The Windthorst ISD School Board received an update on the district's English second language program and discussed property insurance during a board meeting on Monday, Oct. 9.
7-6 The Electra Tigers gave Archer City all it could handle in the Wildcats homecoming clash on Friday. Luckily for the Wildcats, it wasn’t quite enough as Archer City held on for a 7-6 slugfest win to move to 3-2 on the season and pull to .500 in district action with a 1-1 mark.
The Archer County Commissioner’s Court certified revenue from the 2021 Winter Storm Grant Funding and discussed using those funds towards refurbishing the old jail on the east side of the square during its meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Two Iowa Park male teenagers and a Henrietta female teenager were pronounced dead following a single vehicle wreck north of Holliday in the early morning of Monday, Oct. 9.
The Holliday City Council elected to switch insurance providers for the city's employees after it's current provider Texas Municipal League's Health Pool proposed a 63% increase in rates during its council meeting on Monday, Oct. 9.
Sometimes in life, things happen that are almost unbearable. Grief doesn't announce that it's coming, and almost always blows in like an unexpected storm. I hope in defining some of the realities of sorrow that it might help someone who feels stuck in their pain. One of the verses that has always given me hope, is Psalm 34:18 'The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and saves such as have a contrite spirit.'
The City of Scotland is sponsoring a Town Clean-Up Day on Saturday, Oct. 21. 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 morning at 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.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: