The Archer Public Library is thrilled to announce that we will undergo a major renovation project! Thanks to the generous support of The Tocker Foundation, The Priddy Foundation, The Royal C. Bingo Kinder Fund - Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation, Affordable Texas Movers, and our fantastic library volunteers, we are able to transform the space into a more inviting and comfortable environment for our patrons.

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The Sheriff’s Office received 143 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 27 inmates and 1 being female in the Archer County Jail.

The fourth-ranked Windthorst Trojanettes are fresh off another 7-1 week which culminated in another championship at Nocona’s Buckle Up for Lane’s Sake tournament this past weekend. With the tournament slate now in the books, Windthorst has built up a 23-2 record.

After a tumultuous offseason, it had to feel good for Archer City head coach Bradan Ritchey to finally get his team back to football. His Wildcats dominated in all three facets of the game, cruising to a 44-8 win over Quanah in the season opener on Friday, Aug. 25.

The apostle Paul was rotting away in prison when he writes to the church at Corinth. Paul’s enemies must have been gloating. They tried everything to silence Paul. You would think that the last thing Paul would be thinking of is others. After all most people would be thinking of how they would mount a defense against the charges leveled against them, and feeling sorry for the persecution they suffered. But, then again, very few people thought like Paul. In II Corinthians 4: 15-18, Paul wrote: “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace reaching me and more people may cause Thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore, we do not lose heart though on the outside we are wasting away; inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles (emphasis on mine) are achieving for eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes on not what is seen but unseen, since what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal.”

The Archer City ISD School Board adopted a proposed budget and tax rate for the next fiscal year during its board meeting on Monday, Aug. 28.

Cherrie Ann Knox Byrd, age 85, of Bixby, Okla., formerly of Archer City, passed away Friday, Aug. 25, at 6:20 p.m. in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. after a month long stay with heart and kidney problems.

Eighth-ranked Holliday popped a pair of long touchdown runs that proved to be the difference as the Eagles edged the Hawks 18-7. New Eagles head coach Kyle Atwood picked up his first win in his coaching debut with the Red and White.