Archer City ISD announced that it received a Community Grant from Walmart/Sams Club in the amount of $1,500. The money will be used to help fund the band's trip to Austin/San Antonio in the spring semester.

Archer City's Marley Morrison won the kindgerten section of the Archer County News' Christmas drawing contest. She won $10 from the newspaper.

Merry Christmas: The Son of God became man. This the Church calls “Incarnation.” “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word as God.

The Holliday City Council appointed Gary Bernal to city council member Place 3 during its meeting on Monday, Dec. 11.

The Scotland- Windthorst Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2676 and Auxiliary recognized the winners of their annual patriotic Voice of Democracy (VOD) audio- essay and Patriot's Pen (PP) essay contests along with Teacher of the Year recipients at an awards ceremony held Monday, Dec.11, at the Windthorst Knights of Columbus Hall.

The Archer County Commissioners approved funding employee's health saving accounts during its meeting on Monday, Dec. 11.

According to author Jim Black, his newest book is a far cry from his previous works and not for the squeamish. “I finished Manitou Lake a few years ago,” says Black, “but was hesitant to publish it since it was such a departure from what I usually write. I just wasn’t sure how people would react. Recently, I let a few people read it, and the response was so positive I decided to run with it.”

Archer County 4-H members competed on Dec. 7 at the District Ag Product ID contest held in Graham.