The Sheriff’s Office received 148 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 20 inmates and 4 being female in the Archer County Jail.

The Archer County News will raise its annual subscription prices and individual paper prices at the rack starting on Jan. 1 the company announced this week.

Berend Bros. is the oldest company of its type in North Texas, providing local farms and families with quality products and services since 1939. This Christmas, Berend Bros. is providing bags of healthy snacks for Santa’s reindeer to enjoy while St. Nick is delivering presents to homes in North Texas. Berend Bros. is giving away free bags of Magic Reindeer Food to children, starting Monday, Dec. 12 and continuing until Christmas Eve. Free bags of Magic Reindeer Food will be available at all 5 Berend Brothers locations in North Texas, including Wichita Falls, Windthorst, Bowie, Olney and Megargel.

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The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved an amendment to the county’s right of way ordinance culver section in its meeting Monday, Dec. 12, to allow for commissioners to consider uphill and downhill culverts when approving the installation of a new culvert.

The Holliday ISD school board learned that its 313-tax code value limitation application from NextEra Energy for a solar farm is dead due to lack of action from the state comptroller during its Monday, Dec. 12, meeting.

The Holliday city council requested information on switching to an automated reading water meters during its meeting on Monday, Dec. 12.

Luke 2:7: And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. So the story goes that thisveryyoungwoman from the Middle East had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and was risking her life on the road to the burg of Bethlehem.