The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved a substantial number of contracts and orders to get the joint March primaries ready during its meeting on Monday, Jan. 8.
The Archer County Republican and Democrat parties recently held a ballot draw to determine the order of which candidates will appear on the ballot in the March primaries. Republican: In local races, Jordyn Berend will appear first in the county attorney race followed by Dan Branum and Judy Rosenberger.
5. Holliday vs. Iowa Park (Softball) Missed opportunities haunted the Lady Eagles in a 6-5, 10-inning loss to Iowa Park on Fri., April 21, as Holliday (21-2) entered the postseason as the No. 2 seed for the first time in three seasons.
In my introductory column, I spoke of the vision of Holliday Assembly of God’s former pastor, Rev. Mike Wells. His dream was the beginning of the Harvest Food Ministry. It is continuing to operate and expand the number of people being served on a monthly basis.
The city of Archer City is back to square one in its search for a new city manager after its top candidate rejected an offer from the city. According to city secretary Kim Whitsitt, the city council made an offer to its top candidate, but the two sides were too far apart on salary compensation.
An Archer City man was indicted this month for his alleged role in a $60 million health care fraud, wire fraud and kickback scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), genetic tests and foot bath medications.
By Nathan Lawson A former temporary employee of Haigood and Campbell in Archer City has been accused of illegally downloading more than 4,700 files of customer identification information including bank account, social security and credit card numbers. Megan Bushfield-Riley was charged with fraudulent use or possession of identifying information and was booked into the Archer County jail on a $125,000 bond.