The 25-26 basketball season saw returning starters and fresh faces leave it all out on the court for the three county high school teams. The Windthorst Trojans secured their first district championship since 2006, while the Holliday Eagles made it to the Regional Semis round for the third-consecutive season.

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The 25-26 season featured another year of quality basketball on the hardwood for Archer City, Windthorst, and Holliday. The Lady Cats finished with an overall record of 15-14, their second-straight season above .500 under head coach Tyler Owen.

The Windthorst ISD School Board approved a one-year lease agreement with Nathan Munchrath to allow him to grow hay on the six acres the school owns behind the ag shop on Monday, March 16. Superintendent Jason Nolan said the district will receive 25% of the hay produced as compensation.

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“On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.”

The Archer County Commissioners Court discussed next steps for the construction of a new Emergency Service Center during its meeting Monday, March 9. At the start of the fiscal year, the court approved plans for the center to be built on land next to the Law Enforcement Center at 100 Law Enforcement Way in Archer City The facility will house an office for Emergency Management Coordinator Shane Wright and provide a central location to store equipment used by all four county commissioners and Wright.

The Archer City Council approved a resolution expending $60,000 of 4B funds to the Archer Livestock Association to fund improvements to build new bleachers on the North side of Berry Stadium also known as the Archer County Rodeo Arena.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court discussed changes to the county’s personnel policy for employees covered under the 207(k) exemption during its meeting Monday, March 9. The 207(k) exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows public agencies to calculate overtime differently for law enforcement and fire protection employees.