The Archer County Commissioner’s Court voted to place Archer County in a 30-day burn ban during its meeting Monday, Sept. 27.

Lee Alfredo Villapondo, a suspect in the April 2020 murder of John Lewis Helms, died last week after he was released from the Archer County Jail Thursday, Sept. 16, on a personal recognizance bond.

During its Monday, Sept. 27, meeting, the Archer City ISD school board approved extending an additional 80 hours of paid COVID-19 sick time for staff members who test positive during the school year.

The Archer City Growth and Development Board held a ribbon cutting to wel come AC Nutrition and Energy to town on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Pictured left to right: Mary Ann Culwell, Jerry Phillips, Nikole Pearcy, Ronnie Williams. Photo/Nathan Lawson

The 2021 Homecoming Court from Holliday (L to R): Libby Carlton, Dalton Anderson, Homecoming Queen Brooklyn Timms, Ethan Faulkner, Payton Murray, Cade Borchardt, Morgan Davis and Hayden Strealy. Photo/Will Edewards

To stay safe in a burning building, a firefighter must wear special gear. A turnout coat, for example, is a special jacket designed to protect a firefighter from heat and flames.

Our culture, our government, and our legal system certainly have pushed religion over the brink. Religious people act more and more as frightened minorities withdrawing from the world rather than changing the world.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court voted to recognize and proclaim Oct. 3 through Oct. 9 as national 4-H week in Archer County during its meeting Monday, Sept. 27. The commissioners also voted to approve the flying of the 4-H flag under the Texas flag at the Archer County courthouse during National 4-H week.

The Strange Ranch off FM 210 would be an unlikely place to find the biblical characters, Mary and Joseph, heading for the Roman census in Bethlehem. On Wednesday, Sept. 22, because of a location shooting for a movie being made by the Gracias Choir, an entire cast and crew of over 135 people were on hand in the hills southwest of Archer City.

Writers from across the country will gather in Archer City to pay tribute to one of its native sons and author Larry McMurtry who died March 25, in Tucson, Ariz. In addition to the literary tribute, the Royal Theater will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Last Picture Show, the Peter Bogdanovich film made from McMurtry’s third book, with an outdoor showing of the film.