Wichita Calls County Commissioners say our roadways are going to be a little safer thanks to a new weigh station. Construction was approved this morning. The proposed weigh station will be on highway 287. DPS officials says the exact location has not been determined but they say it will be west of Iowa Park. There is a…… MORE
Ozzy Osbourne Prepares For Solo Album
Ozzy Osbourne intends to make his next solo album as soon as Black Sabbath’s farewell tour is over, he’s said. The vocalist has begun gathering ideas for the follow-up to 2010’s Scream, and aims to get into the studio as quickly as possible once he’s completed his Sabbath duties on February 4 next year. Ozzy tells…… MORE
Poison’s Rikki Rockett Close To Full Fitness
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett says he getting close to full fitness following his successful battle with tongue cancer. Rockett developed a tumor on his tongue last summer and underwent nine rounds of chemotherapy followed by 35 radiotherapy sessions. But with no signs of improvement, he chose an experimental immune therapy called immunotherapy – a treatment which…… MORE
Texas Troopers To Increase Patrols Over Labor Day Weekend
Texas troopers will increase patrols over the Labor Day holiday weekend to crack down on drunken drivers and other traffic violators. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the enhanced enforcement period begins Friday and runs through Labor Day next Monday. DPS announced that troopers, during last year’s Labor Day holiday weekend, made 488 DWI…… MORE
Castaway Cove Hopes To Close Season With No Injuries Or Incidents
The Wichita Falls water park known as Castaway Cove is hoping to close it’s 2016 season out with no injuries or incidents. In July, 2015 two young girls were transported to the hospital for minor injuries while riding a tube down the Cliffhanger water slide. The girls were in one of two tubes. According to…… MORE
Led Zeppelin’s Lost Song Sunshine Woman Released
A lost Led Zeppelin song named Sunshine Woman has been made available to stream. The previously unreleased track was lifted from a session recorded for Alexis Korner’s World Service show in March 1969. According to the label, Atlantic, the original BBC tapes were lost, but a private recording was unearthed in the late 1990s. The cut is…… MORE
A War On Ticket Bots, With Mixed Results
Even if Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda eliminates every electronic “bot” that scoops up thousands of tickets and helps shady brokers resell them at insane prices, he’s unlikely to make a dent in the scalping market. Stung by reports that one bot sold 20,000 tickets to the popular Broadway show earlier this year, and that scalpers…… MORE
Watch AC/DC Dust Off ‘Live Wire’ With Axl Rose
Quickly after completing the North American leg of Guns N’ Roses’ Not in This Lifetime tour, Axl Rose was back onstage Saturday night – this time with AC/DC– in Greensboro, North Carolina for the first of 10 rescheduled Rock or Bust U.S. shows with Rose filling in for Brian Johnson. While the majority of the band’s set list mirrored the repertoire…… MORE
Numerous Shots Fired At Club In Wichita Falls
Shots were fired and two people were sent to the hospital after a fight at Stage West in Wichita Falls. However, the injuries were not sustained from gunshots. Just after 1:15 this morning, the Wichita Falls Police Department responded to a disturbance at Stage West, in the 2700 block of Southwest Parkway. Authorities said a brawl…… MORE
Poison And Def Leppard To Tour Together Again In 2017, Says Bret Michaels
Poison will re-team with Def Leppard for a US tour in 2017, it has been revealed. The two bands first hit the road together back in 2009, and then again three years later. Asked in a brand new interview with The Salt Lake Tribute about a potential Poison reunion, singer Bret Michaels said: “The honest answer to…… MORE
