The Holliday City Council voted to name Scott Hammel to fill the vacant Place 4 position during its council meeting on Monday, Feb. 13.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court voted to pay the backpay, benefits and the court cost and fees for the appeal to Constable Pct. 2 Donald Stevens as laid out in a 2nd Court of Appeals judgement relating to Stevens’ removal from office in June.

Shooter Canada and Isabelle Parkey, members of Archer City FFA, and Hunter Talley, a member of Archer County 4-H, caught a calf during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 1 earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards.

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Feb. 16 Michael Moloney St.

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.” ~John 10:14-16 (New Revised Standard Version).

Girls Thurs., Feb. 2 Olney 40, Archer City 18 A second half explosion from the Lady Cubs allowed Olney to pull away with a 22 point win over Archer City (4-20).

The cities of Holliday, Lakeside City, Megargel and Windthorst saw an increase in sales tax in January than they did in the same time frame in 2022. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced on Jan.11 he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for January, 7.6% more than in January 2022.