Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I don’t know about you, but I often get caught up in the ways of the world rather than the ways of my faith.

The City of Scotland is sponsoring a Town Clean-Up on Saturday, October 5th. This is a free service! All residents are encouraged to clean up their property and place items into the large dumpsters located at the Scotland Trash Collection Center on Avenue I behind the fire department. The gates will be open Saturday, 8am – 5pm or until dumpsters are full. Once the dumpsters reach capacity, the gates will be locked. Please do not put items outside the fence or throw items over the fence. Also, below is a list of items NOT accepted at any Texas landfill:

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The Archer County Commissioner’s Court and Archer City Council adopted their tax rates and budgets for fiscal year 2025 on Thursday, Sept. 12.

The Archer City Elementary School Book Buddy Program is looking for volunteers to take 30 minutes a week to help with the development and growth of an elementary student. The book buddy program was started in 2016 by Vicki Davis and Jessica Deerinwater.

Oncor Cares Foundation announced its most recent investment in Texas communities: $650,000 to support critical training and equipment for 26 fire departments across West and Northwest Texas. Holliday Volunteer Fire and Rescue is one of 26 grant recipients.

The Holliday ISD school board must decide on which part of the district bond project to put on hold while it waits for money to be released from the bond. The district has drawn down $31,300,000 of its $41,800,000 bond that was passed in May of 2023.

Carolene Allen Heaster 80 passed away on May 1, 2024 in Wichita Fall. Carolene was born Aug.

Kelly May Browning, age 44, of Wichita Falls, formerly of Archer City, passed away Sept.14, 2024. Services will be held at 11 a.m.