Parkey speaks about time as ambassador
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Networking, advocacy, leadership, and creativity. These are all things that I've learned this past year as a Texas Youth Livestock and Agriculture Ambassador through Texas 4-H.
Crafton takes control of Archer City FFA Program
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Archer City FFA will have a new man in charge this year as Ryan Crafton replaces Tanner Hash in the lead role. Hash departed the district to take a similar position in Denton ISD.
Holliday ISD Board approves after-school program
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The Holliday ISD School Board approved the use of the elementary facility for use in a new after school program at the scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 14.
Marvin Joseph Hoff
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Marvin Joseph Hoff, age 94, passed away on Saturday morning, Aug. 12, 2023, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
David Andrew Roewe
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David Andrew Roewe, 65, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. He was born in Jacksboro on April 28, 1958, to Henry J. and Shirley A. Roewe, the second of six children. He lived in Windthorst until the age of 11 when his family moved to Oklahoma City. He attended Bishop John Carroll Elementary School and was a 1976 graduate of Bishop Mc-Guinness High School. Immediately after graduating, he dedicated five years of service to the United States Marine Corp’s 3rd Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment based out of Camp Pendleton, CA. He attained the rank of sergeant.
Holliday ISD cleared, one arrested after bomb threat
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The Holliday ISD campus was cleared after a bomb threat was made by around noon., Thursday, Aug. 10. Corby Wayne Sissom, 56, has been charged with Terroristic Threat and Retaliation. There is believed to be no threat to the school.
According to Archer County Sheriff Jack Curd, the Holliday Police Department received information about a possible bomb threat around noon and the decision was made shortly after to evacuate the school district.
County raises Sheriff's pay to be eleigilble for SB 22
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The Archer County Commissioner’s Court voted to raise the salary of the Archer County Sheriff in a special called meeting on Monday, Aug. 7.
