Several seniors from across the county competed in the 88th annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic for volleyball, basketball and football last week. Basketball On Friday, June 6, Windthorst’s Megg Lindley and Isabel Bussey played for the West team in basketball, while Archer City’s Adelyn Harvey played for the East team.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Windthorst celebrated its 133rd Parish Picnic on Sunday, June 1.

The Archer City ISD school board approved the hiring of a new secondary school principal and Head Boys’ Basketball Coach during its meeting on Tuesday, May 27. The district approved Kevin Wright as the new Boys’ Basketball Coach.

A former Holliday pastor was arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety for alleged child grooming. According to DPS Sergeant Juan Gutierrez, Texas Rangers served a warrant and arrested 31-year-old Nathan Patrick Roach Friday, May 30, for child grooming, a third-degree felony.

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The Archer City Council received the Consumer Price Index increase for its contract for Emergency Medical Services with American Medical Response during its council meeting on Thursday, May 22. City Manager Ronnie Meyer said he spoke with AMR’s Pete Wolf and was told the CPI increase would be 2.74%, or $13,700, over the contract price of $500,000.

Many Archer County residents took time on Monday, May 26, to honor those who were killed in action as part of multiple Memorial Day services that took place across the county. Gary Johnston Post 198 American Legion held a prayer at the Archer County Veterans Memorial at the Archer County Courthouse in the morning.

Hampton Sides has made his mark in the literary world writing books of narrative history that bring to life the events and characters of another time. Sides, the author of acclaimed books such as The Wide Wide Sea, Blood and Thunder, and others, will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Royal Theater in Archer City.