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Ella Dora of Iowa Park, a member of Archer County 4-H, caught a calf during the 2025 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble, earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards. Dora is the daughter of Mark and Tara Dora. Her award was sponsored by Amy and Byron Biggs.

Ever since the Archer City Writers Workshop purchased the former Booked Up from Chip and Joanna Gaines in late October 2024, newspapers, television stations and magazines have produced a long string of stories about our plans to convert Booked Up into the Larry McMurtry Literary Center (LMLC). We’ve also received a flood of inquiries from Larry’s fandom in Texas and across the country asking when the LMLC will open its doors to the public.

For a chance to take first place in district, the Windthorst Trojans travelled to Seymour on Tuesday, Jan. 28 to take on the Panthers in a much-anticipated rematch from earlier in the season. Seymour took game one and remained undefeated up until the second meeting, while the Trojans also rattled off a stream of wins in that same span.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved resolution opposing the elimination of the countywide polling place program during its meeting on Monday, Jan. 27.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved an amendment to the 97th District Attorney’s Office contract with Tyler Technology during its meeting on Monday, Jan. 27.

The Archer City Council approved the advertising of selling the old Archer City Nursing Home located at 200 E Chestnut during its meeting on Thursday, Jan. 23.

Archer County 4-H Brystol Humpert, 6th Place Angus Heifer Brantley Humpert, 5th Place Angus Heifer Brenlen Humpert, 6th Place Angus Heifer Isabelle Parkey, 2nd Place Limousin Heifer Levi Talley, 6th Place Polled Hereford Heifer Kaitlyn Geer, 9th Place Beefmaster Heifer Ava Dora, 3rd Place Maine Anjou Heifer Grant Dora, 5th Place Main Anjou Heifer Hunter Talley, 4th Place Poller Hereford Heifer Whit Parkey, 3rd Place Brangus Heifer Kinlee Hughes, 2nd Place Charolais Heifer Briella Humpert, 5th Place Charolais Heifer Blane Parnell, 6th Place ORB Heifer Bentley Parnell, 10th Place ORB Heifer Ella Dora, 9th Place ORB Heifer Ryder Trahan, 10th Place ORB Heifer Holliday FFA: Ben Miller, 3rd place Red Angus Heifer Cate Deges, 6th place Red Angus Heifer Paxton Pepps, 7th place Red Angus Heifer Windthorst FFA: Bri Vieth 2nd, Whitlee Munchrath 3rd Colby Vieth 5th Mitchel Romero 5th.

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