Cecilia Lynch, age 69 of Archer City, died Monday, Oct. 25, in Wichita Falls. Family visitation was on Friday, Oct. 29, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Lunn Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, in the chapel of Lunn Funeral Home with her son, Tony Richardson, officiating. Interment will follow at the Megargel Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn Funeral Home of Olney.

Fern Louise Hoing Hamm, age 91, passed away on Oct. 30 and is now in the light of His glory and grace.

Thursday and Friday last week served as the UIL’s snapshot day, the day school’s submit official enrollment numbers to determine classification and districting for all UIL activities. The official results along with full district information will be released in February.

Rusty Pollock and Pam Pierce Pollock were married at their home on Nov. 1, 2021, in Archer City.

The Archer City Junior High ‘Cardiac ‘Cats’ logged another comeback win, this time, downing Olney 24-20 to move to 4-0 in district play. Joe Castles scored a pair of touchdowns on the round while throwing a 15-yd touchdown pass to Parker Hilbers. Steven Zea Monroy added a 4-yd rushing score. Standouts included Gideon Towner, Cy Wooldridge, Billy Booher and Dennis Baugh.

Close to 100 people out a pool of 250 gathered for the first round of jury selection in the Charles Ray Hunter trial for the murder of John Lewis Helms.Photo/Jerry Phillips.

TOP: Archer City High School exchange student from Azerbaijan, Azar Seyidli, assists Sgt Matt England with beef hot dog cooking for First Responder Trunk or Treat last Sunday evening. BOTTOM: A Trunk or Treater waits for candy from an Archer City Emergency Service personnelon Halloween.Photos/Jerry Phillips.

The 64th annual American Studies Association of Texas conference will kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at Midwestern State University’s Akin Auditorium with a discussion of the life and work of Archer City native Larry McMurtry. The public is welcome to attend.

The Chubby Knuckle Choir, hailing from central Texas, will bring back its self-proclaimed "Acid Funk-Soulgrass" style of music to Archer City this weekend. This is the fourth time the genre-mixing group has come to Archer City on the first Saturday of November, and it marks the third time they will help A Major Funding (Michael Wren and Sam Berube) raise money for the Marlon Meador Memorial Scholarship.