The Lakeside City council heard a bid proposal on three new solar lights for the basketball courts at the West Side Park and Patsy’s Park during its council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Windthorst ISD was presented with a check of $4,380 to go towards the Kaybree Coleman Scholarship fund on Friday, Jan. 31.

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Ella Dora of Iowa Park, a member of Archer County 4-H, caught a calf during the 2025 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. Dora is the daughter of Mark and Tara Dora. Her award was sponsored by Amy and Byron Biggs.

Ever since the Archer City Writers Workshop purchased the former Booked Up from Chip and Joanna Gaines in late October 2024, newspapers, television stations and magazines have produced a long string of stories about our plans to convert Booked Up into the Larry McMurtry Literary Center (LMLC). We’ve also received a flood of inquiries from Larry’s fandom in Texas and across the country asking when the LMLC will open its doors to the public.

For a chance to take first place in district, the Windthorst Trojans travelled to Seymour on Tuesday, Jan. 28 to take on the Panthers in a much-anticipated rematch from earlier in the season. Seymour took game one and remained undefeated up until the second meeting, while the Trojans also rattled off a stream of wins in that same span.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved resolution opposing the elimination of the countywide polling place program during its meeting on Monday, Jan. 27.