Chrysanthemums have always been the big seller for fall color. So many years that our wholesale growers have learned to manage these to the peak of perfection for that stunning round ball of blooms. Chrysanthemums are perennial so your investment can return for years to come. While they can survive a light freeze and some frost a good hard freeze will put them down. Good for Halloween but maybe not Thanksgiving.

The Sheriff’s Office received 123 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 28 inmates with six being female in the Archer County Jail.

The Holliday City Council approved an ordinance which requires tiny houses or auxiliary dwelling units to be at least 800 square feet during its meeting Monday, Nov. 8.

Archer County saw 691 voters, or 10.73% of registered voters, participate in the Constitutional Amendment Election Nov. 2.

Thur., Nov 11 Holliday Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Meal on Veteran's Day. Veterans eat free.

Windthorst senior Mikah Frank swings for a kill in the third set of the Trojanettes 3-0 loss to Crawford on Friday, Nov. 5.

Marvin Joseph Hoff was born at home on Nov. 18, 1928, in Windthorst to Ernest and Pauline (Zotz) Hoff. His younger years were spent going to school (which he hated), milking cows by hand, hauling hay, and picking cotton. His mother was known to say he was always getting in trouble along with his three brothers, but as the oldest, he seemed to be the leader of the pack.

A Scotland man was arrested for multiple felonies including indecency with a child, sexual assault of a child and online solicitation of a minor in October. According to Archer County arrest warrants, Jorge Estrada, 50, was initially arrested on Oct.

The Windthorst ISD school board discussed possible changes in price of the district’s track and football field project during its board meeting Monday, Nov. 8.

Robert “Bob” Perry Knox Sr., 89, of Midland, passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2021. Celebration of Life was held on Tuesday, Nov.