Archer City’s Candace Taggart won the Conference 2A State Championship in News Writing. She won the event at the 2021 Academic Spring Meet Saturday, May 1. The Computer Science team of Kole Stovall, Breden Hulse, Robert Salyers, and John Machtolff placed fourth. Junior Brooke Rice placed seventh in Headline Writing. Courtesy photo

Holliday ISD's Andrew Draper, Maddie Reynolds, Kathryn Donoho and Colten Ellis won the 3A UIL state current events competition. Holliday ISD is now back to back to back state champions in the event. Reynolds placed fourth and Ellis placed third individually. Draper also placed sixth in the computer applications contest. Courtesy photo

It is taking 10-14 days for my Lindale News & Times newspaper to make it just 40 miles down the road. It is mailed in Smith County on Wednesdays and is supposed to be delivered to adjacent Upshur County on Thursday – the next-day Thursday, not Thursday a week or two from now.

Holliday High School's One-Act Play recieved fifth place in the UIL Division 3A state competition. Sarah Rivers was named to the All-Star cast and Nikki Stancik was named as an honorable mention. Courtesy photo

Cameras located on 40 segments of roadways in the Wichita Falls TxDOT District will conduct traffic counts for the next 10 days. Each camera will be recording data for just 24 hours per location.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a virtual listening session for beginning farmers and ranchers to learn how COVID-19 impacted their farming operations and to get their feedback on USDA assistance. The listening session will take place on May 6, 2021, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., centeral time.

Editors note: Reprinted witht permission of the Wise County Messenger. Builder Mark Southard is a native of Archer City.