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 Windthorst Trojans welcomed a host of teams to their varsity basketball tournament on Thursday, Dec. 28. and Friday December 29. The Trojans performed well, going 3-1 and having two players named to the all-tournament team.

The Archer City Wildcats traveled the short drive to Windthorst for their basketball tournament on Thursday Dec. 28 and Friday Dec. 29. After falling to their first two opponents, the Wildcats recuperated and won their final two games, ending the tournament with a 2-2 record. No individual stats were reported from these games.

As 2023 comes to an end, the Archer County News looks back at some of the top stories from throughout the year. This week, we take a look back at some of the top stories from July through December.

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.

The Archer City ISD school board approved the district’s 2022-2023 financial audit during its meeting on Thursday, Dec. 21.

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