Billy Joel has taken the blame for Bruce Springsteen’s recent motorcycle breakdown. Joel told the audience at his gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden this week that he built the custom bike that Springsteen was riding when it broke down in New Jersey earlier in November. Find out what happened and why Billy Joel is to…… MORE
Texoma Families Welcome Airmen Into Their Homes
Thanksgiving is about family, football and food. Every year many airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base have to spend the holidays alone; enter Operation Thanksgiving. “I know how I would feel if it was my son or my husband that was not able to be with us during Thanksgiving,” Jennifer Cooper, a family member said.…… MORE
‘The Brady Bunch’ Matriarch Florence Henderson Dies At 82
Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in “The Brady Bunch,” has died. She was 82. Henderson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday night, a day after she was hospitalized, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson had suffered heart failure, her manager…… MORE
Canned Food Distributed To Area Food Banks
Kiowa Casino has been working to help feed those in need and on November 21, the goods brought in from the Can Hunger Food Drive were distributed. The food collected will go to many groups including The Wichita Falls Area Food Bank, Lawton Food Bank, Faith Mission, The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and other local area food banks.…… MORE
Early Childhood Intervention Services Return To Wichita Falls
Helen Farabee Centers in Wichita Falls will be providing Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) services in the Wichita Falls area. This news comes after North Texas Rehab Center discontinued their ECI services because of continued decreases in reimbursement, including the recent cuts to Texas Medicaid. For more information on the return of ECI services to Texoma,…… MORE
Review: Metallica’s ‘Hardwired’ Shreds Back To Vintage Eighties Terror
The long wait is over! Metallica’s new album Hardwired: To Self Destruct is now available. I downloaded it over the weekend and listened to each track several times. I don’t wanna give away too much about the album– you need to experience it for yourself– but while listening, I was transported back to the 80s with…… MORE
MSU-Burns Fantasy Of Lights Opening Ceremonies Tonight
Thanksgiving is Thursday but at least one section of Wichita Falls is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The Midwestern State University-Burns Fantasy of Lights hosts its opening ceremonies this Monday at 6pm. More details available here.… MORE
Southern Drought To Intensify Through Winter, NWS Predicts
Mother Nature isn’t going to give the dry, wildfire-plagued South a break this winter, forecasters say. Relatively warm and bone-dry conditions are expected to continue in the Southeast, intensifying an extreme drought in the region, according to the US Seasonal Drought Outlook from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center. Hopefully Texoma won’t see a…… MORE
Ronnie James Dio Archives To Launch In 2017
Previously unreleased Ronnie James Dio material is set to launch next year, his widow Wendy Dio has confirmed. Rhino Records issued the A Decade Of Dio box set earlier this year, which contained his first six albums from 1983 until 1993. Wendy, who was also Dio’s longtime manager, says there are “precious” tapes in the…… MORE
Patsy’s House Celebrates 20 Years Advocating For Abused Children
Patsy’s House is celebrating their 20th Anniversary after two decades of work as one the top advocacy groups for abused children in Wichita Falls. Since their beginning in Wichita Falls on Denver Street in 1996, the non-profit organization has grown and expanded its advocacy outreach to multiple other Texas towns and communities in four…… MORE
