I’m Todd Herring seeking election for Archer Co. Commissioner Precinct 4. I’ve been a self-employed rancher for 25 years in the Lake Kickapoo and Dundee area. My wife Jennifer Parkey Herring and I have 2 children, Maeley and Jack.

Isabelle Parkey, of Archer City FFA, placed 8th out of a class of 62, with her Class 3 Light Weight European Cross Steer at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. There are 1,500 steers that compete at the FWSSR with only 270 making the Sale of Champions; only the top 10 placings of each class make the sale. This has been her first year showing a steer and is the same steer who recently was Grand Champion at the Archer County Livestock Show. After the sale, Isabelle was asked to interview with the Cowboy Channel to share her experience at the FWSSR. Isabelle is an 8th grader at Archer City and the daughter of David and Vanessa Parkey. Courtesy photo

A winter storm hit Archer County starting Wednesday, Feb. 2, and laid layers of ice and snow throughout the county.

An early morning raid last Tuesday in Archer City resulted in the arrest of Cassandra Mercedes Thomas and the seizure of a controlled substance field tested as methamphetamine. The arrest and seizure were a result of an investigation by the Archer City Police Department.

Gage Talley, Brody Frazier, Kensley Vieth, Zoie Price, Isabelle Parkey, Clay Miller who are members of Archer County 4-H, Windthorst FFA, Holliday FFA and Archer City FFA caught a calf during the 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.

A Holliday man was arrested for arson after a structure fire on Holliday circle in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 5.

Blessed Assurance! In Kay Warren’s book entitled Choose Joy, she states that “Joy is a choice.” Then she goes on to give the following definition of joy: “Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately that everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things.” 1 I have kept her defini I have kept her definition in the Notes of my iPhone, since I read her book. During a walk in the park, I felt prompted to review it again and reflect.

The Windthorst Spartans basketball team hosted the Windthorst Junior High Basketball Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 22. The 8th grade team went 3-0 and finished in first place in the tournament. They defeated Burk B, Jacksboro (41-27), and Muenster (44-43) in overtime. The 8th grade Spartans also defeated Seymour (39-20) on Monday, January 24 to move their record to 11-1.

The Texas High School Coaches Association announced the official list of State Finalists of Texas for the 2021-22 National Football Foundation National High School Academic Excellence Award. The award is the first nationwide recognition honoring individual high school football teams for excellence in the classroom with a 3.0 or above grade point average. Thirty total state high school associations are currently participating across the country.

The Archer County News has put together a get to know your candidate section for the upcoming March primary. This free section allowed 300 words or less for candidates in the upcoming election to provide information about themselves for voters to make an informed decision. This week will feature those who are running in uncontested races in the primaries. The newspaper did not receive bios from those in the Justice of the Peace Pcts. 2, 3 and 4. The bios for the contested races of Commissioners Pct. 2 and 4 and County Judge will be in the next edition.