Sixty years and counting for Lloyd and Rita Schreiber who gathered with their family at their home in Scotland recently for an anniversary celebration. All eight children and spouses along with their 19 grandchildren and spouses and three great grandkids were present for a barbecue meal and 42-tournament. The following morning the family gathered for Sunday Mass at St. Boniface for a special blessing. Courtesy photo/Colleen Schreiber

A Runaway Bay man died in a multi-vehicle car crash on U.S. 281 near Wichita Falls at about 6:45 p.m..

The Chubby Knuckle Choir, hailing from central Texas, will bring back its self-proclaimed "Acid Funk-Soulgrass" style of music to Archer City this weekend. This is the fourth time the genre-mixing group has come to Archer City on the first Saturday of November, and it marks the third time they will help A Major Funding (Michael Wren and Sam Berube) raise money for the Marlon Meador Memorial Scholarship.

The 64th annual American Studies Association of Texas conference will kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at Midwestern State University’s Akin Auditorium with a discussion of the life and work of Archer City native Larry McMurtry. The public is welcome to attend.

TOP: Archer City High School exchange student from Azerbaijan, Azar Seyidli, assists Sgt Matt England with beef hot dog cooking for First Responder Trunk or Treat last Sunday evening. BOTTOM: A Trunk or Treater waits for candy from an Archer City Emergency Service personnelon Halloween.Photos/Jerry Phillips.

Close to 100 people out a pool of 250 gathered for the first round of jury selection in the Charles Ray Hunter trial for the murder of John Lewis Helms.Photo/Jerry Phillips.

Rusty Pollock and Pam Pierce Pollock were married at their home on Nov. 1, 2021, in Archer City.

Thursday and Friday last week served as the UIL’s snapshot day, the day school’s submit official enrollment numbers to determine classification and districting for all UIL activities. The official results along with full district information will be released in February.