Now you can use your library card to check out a mobile hotspot device - just like a book. These pocket-sized devices are easy to use and can connect up to 8 devices, such as your smartphone, laptop, and tablet, to cellular Internet. Use the device to surf the Internet, help your children do their homework, connect to health and banking services, and much, much more! The device and service are already paid for, you just need to come in to the library to check it out! ************** Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in polite company, and even in the medical field. Our ideas about dying are confusing at best: Will our memories flash before our eyes? Regrets consume our thoughts? Does a bright light appear at the end of a tunnel? For most people, it will be a slower process, one eased with preparedness, good humor, and a bit of faith. At the forefront of changing attitudes around palliative care is hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos, who shows that end-of-life care can teach us just as much about how to live as it does about how we die.

Windthorst 17 Archer City 0 The Windthorst Trojan baseball team has been on a roll since the middle of March, embarking on an 11-game winning streak that started on March 19, capped off by a pair of shutout victories over the Archer City Wildcats on Tuesday, April 23 to secure their third district championship in four years. “I think we’ve consistently gotten better,” head coach Scott Belcher said about the team’s performance throughout the year.

Holliday’s track resurgence continued on Mon., April 22, at the Region I-3A Championships held at Elmer Gray Stadium in Abilene as the Eagles posted their best finish since 2005, earning silver with 86 points.

The Archer City Lady Cats took home the district championship on Senior Night after a convincing 13-2 victory over the Windthorst Trojanettes on Friday, April 19. After a fourth-place finish in the in the year before and a district title in the 21-22 season, the young and hungry Lady Cats claim their second district championship in five years.

Since the 2018 season, Holliday has been damn near perfect in district baseball, posting a 69-2 mark over the six seasons entering Tuesday night’s matchup with Henrietta. With an opportunity to claim an outright district championship with a win, the Eagles fell flat, dropping a 3-1 decision to the Bearcats on the road.

Mark Gerald Schroeder, 52, of Wichita Falls, Texas, died on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. A wake service and rosary will be held at 7 p.m.