The angel of the Lord apeared to him (Gideon) and said to him (Gideon), “The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior.” Gideon answered him, “But sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.”

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Cletus Schenk was honored for his time served on the Wichita County Mounted Patrol board during the WCMP Rodeo on Saturday, June 7. Schenk, a Scotland native, served as the second president of WCMP in 1965 and helped build the rodeo into what it is today.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved the funding for hiring a third full-time employee to the Tax Assessor- Collector’s Office during its meeting on Monday, June 9. Archer County Tax-Assessor Collector Dawn Vieth had presented the request in a previous meeting but the court had asked the auditor to look into the numbers behind adding an additional employee.

The 2025 Texas 4-H Roundup lit up the Texas A&M University campus as 2,200 attendees from across the state gathered June 2–5 for a high-energy week of competitions, scholarships, hands-on learning and new programs focused on belonging, mentorship and workforce-ready skills.

We are living in such a 'fast paced' world and we rarely take time for peace. There's so much 'noise' everywhere we go. The cares of this life often have us so overwhelmed that we no longer take time to rest and regain our perspective.

The cities of Archer City, Megargel and Scotland saw an increase in sales tax rebates in May than they did in the same time frame in 2024. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.3 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 4.5 percent more than in May 2024.

Several seniors from across the county competed in the 88th annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic for volleyball, basketball and football last week. Basketball On Friday, June 6, Windthorst’s Megg Lindley and Isabel Bussey played for the West team in basketball, while Archer City’s Adelyn Harvey played for the East team.