Body The Antelope Cemetery Association will observe its annual Decoration Day on Sunday, May 16, at the Antelope Cemetery, located at 10792 FM 175. There will be a business meeting and memorial service at 11 a.m.

Body The Archer City Pool will open for the summer on Saturday, May 22 from 1 to 6 p.m. Splash day will take place that day and admission will be free to the public.

Body The graduating class of 1971 of Archer City High School will hold a 50th-year reunion this coming Saturday, May 15th at the Royal Theater. A class spokesman said there will be an open invitation to play 18 holes of golf Saturday morning at the Archer City Country Club.

Body Kalan Stephens takes a photo with his sister Kadence Huffman after the Archer City softball game vs. Era Saturday, May 1. Stephens was in a wheel chair after a snake bit him at a previous game on Monday, April 26. Courtesy photo/Candace Huffman Stephens

Body The consideration to purchase a Collins eight passenger bus and a pickup for the Ag/Band Programs was held during an Archer City ISD board meeting, on Monday, April 26. “What this is, is a special needs bus with a lift and it is for $69,680.

Body The incumbents in the Holliday and Lakeside City city council races were victorious while David Foster outpaced Chris Morgan in the Holliday ISD school board place 1 race during the May 1 General Election.

Body The Archer City Cemetery Foundation recently sent out requests for support from previous donors after finding itself low on funds to pay for maintenance and utilities.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.