Early voting is complete, and Election Day is Saturday, May 3, for Windthorst ISD voters to decide a new School Board Trustee Place 5. Windthorst ISD was the only county entity to have a contested race for the May 3 election as voters must decide between Nicole Schroeder and Jody Clay Conrady to be the new school board member.

The Dundee Memorial Day Service will be held Sunday, May 4, 2025. The service will be at the former Methodist Church in Dundee.

The Lakeside City Council approved a replat request for 301 Driftwood Drive following a public hearing on the matter on Friday, April 18. The 301 Driftwood Drive property was the subject of a heated conversation between Mayor Pro Tem Colby Kafer and future council member Larry Sturges following the approval of a variance request to build one house on the two lots in the March 18 council meeting.

The Holliday City Council supported working with the Texas Department of Transportation on the relocation of its Trunk Water Line on Hwy. 82/277 between Holliday and Wichita Falls during its meeting on Monday, April 21.

Texas Department of Transportation Graham Engineer Zachary Husen presented the departments Road to Zero fatalities safety initiatives to the Archer County Commissioner’s Court on Monday, April 14. Husen said TxDOT’s goals is to have the number of fatalities on Texas roads cut in half by 2035 and reduced to zero by 2050.

The Lakeside City Council approved the city’s 2022-2023 financial audit during its meeting on Tuesday, April 15. Mike Edgin of Edgin, Parkman, Fleming, and Fleming, was on hand to present the audit and discussed the delay it took in completing the audit.

The City of Scotland is sponsoring a Town Clean-Up on Saturday, May 3. This is a free service! All residents are encouraged to clean up their property and place items into the large dumpsters located at the Scotland Trash Collection Center on Avenue I behind the fire department.

It is coming on the first Sunday after Easter. Do you still remember how you felt when you first heard the passion narrative, the story of Christ’s sacrifice for our salvation? Jesus Christ was not recognized as the long-awaited Messiah; he was betrayed, turned over to authorities, illegally tried, and sentenced to death. Jesus predicted his death and repeatedly spoke to the disciples about his victory over death, and that he would return, be resurrected. As promised, Jesus did exactly as he said.

The Holliday ISD School Board approved the purchase of playground equipment for the Holliday Elementary School in its meeting on Monday, April 14. The board accepted the bid from Lea Park and Play out of two other proposals.

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