Archer City, Holliday and Windthorst all picked up key district wins this past week as the Lady Cats and Trojanettes both opened up league action. Archer City (5-25, 1-1) suffered a five-set loss in its district opener to Quanah (25-17, 25-20, 18-25, 17-25, 15-12) on Saturday before rebounding to knock off Petrolia (16-25, 25-23, 2225, 25-17, 15-12) in five on Tuesday.

Holliday freshman Noah Strohman collected his fourth win of the season this weekend, winning the Hoka/McNeil Invitational 2022 on Friday, Sept. 23, with a time of 15:19.80. The event takes place at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock, the site of the UIL State Cross Country Championships in early November. Strohman won the Class 1A-3A event by 15 seconds.

The Sheriff’s Office received 150 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 29 inmates and seven being female in the Archer County Jail.

The Archer City ISD School Board approved the purchase of 2023 Chevrolet Suburban off BuyBoard during its meeting on Monday, Sept. 26.

The City of Scotland is sponsoring a Town Clean-Up Day on Saturday, Oct. 1.

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It’s time to enroll your kids in the best positive youth development program in Texas! The new 4-H year began Sept. 1, in all 254 counties in Texas. As part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program provides inclusive opportunities to youth ages 8-18 in grades 3-12 for personal growth, community service, and fun. Texas 4-H reaches around 500,000 youth per year.

As the Archer County Museum and Arts Center (ACMAC) continues to plan for its jail restoration and museum expansion, is looking to commission a local artist for a piece of artwork to be included in their marketing and promotional material.