Kalan Stephens takes a photo with his sister Kadence Huffman after the Archer City softball game vs. Era Saturday, May 1. Stephens was in a wheel chair after a snake bit him at a previous game on Monday, April 26. Courtesy photo/Candace Huffman Stephens

The consideration to purchase a Collins eight passenger bus and a pickup for the Ag/Band Programs was held during an Archer City ISD board meeting, on Monday, April 26. “What this is, is a special needs bus with a lift and it is for $69,680.

The incumbents in the Holliday and Lakeside City city council races were victorious while David Foster outpaced Chris Morgan in the Holliday ISD school board place 1 race during the May 1 General Election.

The Archer City Cemetery Foundation recently sent out requests for support from previous donors after finding itself low on funds to pay for maintenance and utilities. Most cemeteries that provide routine upkeep of the grounds charge an expensive plot fee, but in 1883 the cemetery land was donated to the citizens of the city by E.H.

Archer City’s Candace Taggart won the Conference 2A State Championship in News Writing. She won the event at the 2021 Academic Spring Meet Saturday, May 1. The Computer Science team of Kole Stovall, Breden Hulse, Robert Salyers, and John Machtolff placed fourth. Junior Brooke Rice placed seventh in Headline Writing. Courtesy photo

Holliday ISD's Andrew Draper, Maddie Reynolds, Kathryn Donoho and Colten Ellis won the 3A UIL state current events competition. Holliday ISD is now back to back to back state champions in the event. Reynolds placed fourth and Ellis placed third individually. Draper also placed sixth in the computer applications contest. Courtesy photo

It is taking 10-14 days for my Lindale News & Times newspaper to make it just 40 miles down the road. It is mailed in Smith County on Wednesdays and is supposed to be delivered to adjacent Upshur County on Thursday – the next-day Thursday, not Thursday a week or two from now.

Holliday High School's One-Act Play recieved fifth place in the UIL Division 3A state competition. Sarah Rivers was named to the All-Star cast and Nikki Stancik was named as an honorable mention. Courtesy photo

Cameras located on 40 segments of roadways in the Wichita Falls TxDOT District will conduct traffic counts for the next 10 days. Each camera will be recording data for just 24 hours per location.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a virtual listening session for beginning farmers and ranchers to learn how COVID-19 impacted their farming operations and to get their feedback on USDA assistance. The listening session will take place on May 6, 2021, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., centeral time.