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 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.

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.

The Lakeside City city council tabled action on raising the city’s water rates during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 21.

The 2021 Windthorst Homecoming Court (L to R): Keaira Fillingim, Tara Tackett, Jenna Veitenheimer, Katy Berend, Megg Lindley and Abby Schroeder. Photo /Will Edwards.