A first set loss is all it took for Holliday to snap back into their usual volleyball dominance, defeating the Nocona Lady Indians 3-1 in the Lady Indian’s own home on Tuesday, Aug. 20.

The Sheriff’s Office received 189 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 25 inmates 4 being female in the Archer County Jail.

Dr. Ken Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor.

Get ready to make a difference on September 5th! The Archer Public Library is gearing up for Texoma Gives, and we'd love to have your support. Help us fund next year's Summer Reading Program to keep Archer County kids reading all summer long and fight the Summer Slide. By donating on Thursday, September 5th at https://www.texomagives. org/organizations/ archerpubliclibrary, you can make a real impact and ensure that children of all income levels can benefit from these amazing events. Thank you so much for supporting your Archer Public Library! ************** Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.

Paul and Nila Dowlearn-Owners of Wichita Valley Nursery. Paul’s recent books, “The Lazy Man’s Garden” and “Touch the Earth” are available at the Nursery, 5314 S.W. Pkwy, Wichita Fall, Texas.

Gretchen Abernathy-Kuck Get ready to make a difference on September 5th! The Archer Public Library is gearing up for Texoma Gives, and we'd love to have your support. Help us fund next year's Summer Reading Program to keep Archer County kids reading all summer long and fight the Summer Slide.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court discussed how to best use the Archer County Sheriff's Office Senate Bill 22 funds during a special called meeting on Friday, Aug. 16.

The Windthorst Trojanettes and the Archer City Lady Cats travelled north to compete in the Cool in Boomtown volleyball tournament in Burkburnett on Friday, Aug. 16 and Saturday, Aug.

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On what may be the hottest day (so far) of summer 2024, as I begin writing, it is 113(f) in the shade out my back door at 1pm. It was already 108 at 11am when I went out to feed the fish some cat food. The flowers and veggies I have left all standing and not wilted (yet). I have one tomato vine that might live. The rest are going down. I have one pepper plant that looks OK but no peppers. I have three squash still hanging in there (no squash bugs this year) but have not made a squash since June. I watered all this at sundown yesterday. I have been watering only twice weekly to conserve water. We don’t have city water out here. My 3,000 gal. rainwater collection system ran dry two weeks ago so we are obliged to run city water out from the nursery.