This past week, my family loaded up and headed to Caddo State Park in East Texas. We have a silly pop-up camper that has been a fun experience for 1 to 2 day getaways. Caddo State Park is a mixture beautiful tall East Texas trees and a Louisiana

Brandi Delayne Davis, passed away on Tuesday, July 12 at the Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder after a brief illness. She was 50 years of age.

Registration for the 24-county area fundraising program Texoma Gives is open for Archer County non-profits through the end of the year. Texoma Gives is an area fundraiser, on Sept.

Santa “Bookgirl” Kumpina has been traveling through neighborhoods in Holliday and Lakeside City the previous weeks working as a sales representative for Southwestern Advantage. Southwestern Advantage is an entrepreneurial for university students where they can learn transferable life skills and pursue a deb free education.

Members of Archer County 4-H attended the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program called Texas 4-H Congress held in Austin at the State Capitol July 17-20. Texas 4-H Congress is a four-day mock legislative experience for 4-H members in grades 9th to 12th where 4-H members assume the roles of legislators, lobbyists, and press corps to gain a first-hand understanding of how the legislative process works.

David Evans, age 61, of Holliday, passed away July 9, 2022. A celebration of life were held at 9 a.m.

Texas juniors won third place in the intermediate roast division at the All-American Certified Angus Beef® (CAB) Cook-Off at the 2022 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), July 5 in Kansas City, Mo. Pictured from left are Brenlen Humpert, Windthorst; Bayler Smith, Kirbyville; Payton Alexander, Nemo; Kilye Winge, Cisco; Dalton Birdwell, Bryson; and Daisy Plaschke, Hallsville. They prepared "Instant Pot® Authentic Birria Tacos." Courtesy photo/Peral's Pics

Volunteer Fire Departments from Megargel, Olney, Archer City and Lake Kickapoo a grass fire that claimed a structure in the between 10th and 11th street in Megargel on Tuesday, July 19. Photos/Jerry Phillips

On Saturday, the United States will transition the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 – an easy-to-remember three-digit number for 24/7 crisis care. The lifeline, which also links to the Veterans Crisis Line, follows a three-year joint effort by the U.S.

The cities of Archer City, Holliday, Lakeside City, Megargel and Scotland saw an increase in sales tax returns this month than they did in the same time frame in 2021. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released on Thursday, July 7, that he would send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for July.