Six Archer City High School students are advancing to the state UIL academic meet. The computer science team won first place and two journalists placed in the top three to advance to state.

Holliday High School One-Act Play advanced to state after a strong performance at the region contest in Clyde Thursday, April 15. Holliday High School performed “dirt” by Mandy Conner.

Early voting for the May 1 General Election began Monday, April 19, and will run until 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, for the contested elections for the Holliday City Council, Holliday ISD School Board and Lakeside City city council.

After Notre Dame Catholic School in Wichita Falls announced plans to close its doors last month, the Windthorst ISD school board discussed a large increase of transfer requests from the school during its board meeting Monday, April 19.

Your favorite, best friend pooch may know a whole lot more about your life than he or she can tell you, but if you watch closely he or she will let you know with body language ranging from tail wags to barks.

The Archer County Annex now has a drop box which will be used for annex offices only. Rules for Drop Box • Security cameras are in use • For annex offices only.

The Holliday ISD School Board entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Angelo State University for dual credit courses. Students now have the opportunity to earn college credit from ASU with the partnership.

The Archer County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people suspected of running a chop shop operation off of Newsome road at the end of March. According to the probable cause affidavit, the sheriff’s office responded to a report of a possible stolen vehicle on Newsome Road on Wednesday, March 24.

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)!

The Sheriff’s Office received 73 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 28 inmates with five being female in the Archer County Jail.