For the final edition of each county high school’s top three football games to watch, the Windthorst Trojans’ season steps into the limelight. The Trojans dominated on both sides of the ball last season.

A multi-county investigation came to end last week in Archer County which led to the arrest of 12 individuals and the end of an illegal game room off U.S. 281.

Hey Archer County families! We’re excited to kick off our Summer Reading Program, 'Color Our World,' from May 28th to July 31st! Kids can enter our reading contest for a chance to win a Kids Kindle, plus earn fun prizes from our treasure box when returning library books. Explore your creativity with makeand-take crafts! Also, we’re teaming up with The Arts Council Wichita Falls for our Art on the Go art camp from July 21st – 25th.

For the second edition of the top three football games of the 25-26 season, the Archer City Wildcats come into the spotlight. Last season, the Wildcats’ dangerous run-game clawed through defenders with relative ease, but with the quarterback (Landon Smith), and a pair of explosive running backs (Isaac Dieguez and Noah Cornell), as well as those same athletes and several others on the defensive side all graduating, how will this refurbished backfield matchup against this year’s opponents? Week 6, Oct.

Do you have a church home? If so, great! Keep going to your church. Keep living the best life you can and making a better relationship with Jesus. If not, find a place. I’m personally a little partial to The First United Methodist Church of Archer City. The only First United Methodist Church in Archer County, home of history and believers in Grace.

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three o’clock in the afternoon when Jesus said, “ Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, ” My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” (Mark 15:3334)? Jesus felt alone and abandoned by his father, and his human nature was crying out. People can sometimes feel forsaken, too. All of us have experienced feelings as though God abandons us at some point in our lives.

The Lakeside City council reviewed the city of Wichita Falls Wholesale Water Rate Study and discussed the impact to the city of Lakeside City during its meeting on Monday, June 23. City Administrator Cory Aspinwall presented the information from the water rate study to the council.

After two years, Archer City High School will welcome a new head boys’ basketball coach into the fold, former head basketball coach at Throckmorton, Kevin Wright. “Me and my family are happy to be here,” Coach Wright said about joining the staff in Archer City.