Tex Avery Cartoons have captivated and delighted children – and the young at heart -- for generations. As the motion picture industry emerged, cartoons became a staple feature of the matinee.

Boys Nov. 22 Archer City 58, Bellevue 21 Archer City (1-0) opened up the Josh Castles era with a dominant win over Bellevue.

A pair of turnovers in the final five minutes of regulation spelled disaster for the upset-minded Windthorst Trojans in a 3228 regional semifinal loss to Collinsville on Friday in Springtown. Windthorst (8-5) saw its 2022 campaign come to an end despite playing its best game of the year.

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It seems to me that the worldly beginning of the Christmas holidays starts earlier and earlier each year, and we cannot celebrate a holiday without immediately moving on to the next.

It was another historic year on the volleyball hardwood for all three Archer County programs. Windthorst won its record-breaking 14th volleyball championship, Holliday advanced to the regional finals for the third-straight season and Archer City continued its playoff streak.

Martha Ellen (Zotz) Wolf, age 82, of Windthorst passed away Friday, Nov. 25, at Brookdale Senior Living Solutions, under the care of Hospice of Wichita Falls.

Kenneth Ray Triplett, 68, of Gainesville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. He was born in Chickasha, Okla. in 1954 to parents, Kenneth Roe Triplett and Alta June Triplett. He was raised in Archer City where he played football and got into plenty of mischief.

Jaron Wesley Curry, 41, of Grandfield, Okla.passed away on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Wichita Falls.