Robotics, Virtual Reality, and STEM ruled the day as WFISD students from six different schools showed-off technologies and programs that are funded by Title 1. The funding is for schools where a large percentage of students recieve free/reduce lunch to have supplement learning programs. at the Career Education Center. Title 1 funds are allocated to…… MORE
A high traffic road in Burkburnett is getting an upgrade, a new high-tech speed bump. Burkburnett city officials and Burkburnett ISD employees worked together to get two retractable speed humps in front of the new Overton Ray Elementary School, near the new foot bridge and across the baseball field the children play in. More details…… MORE
Wichita Falls Force young hockey players who came to Texoma with dreams of glory on the ice left the city on Monday after the team folded. The USA Central Hockey League team was locked out of Kay Yeager Coliseum after a payment dispute between Bill Davidson, the league owner, and the MPEC management company, Spectra.…… MORE
Stephen Wolf and his daughter Alaina had no idea a trip coming home from Dallas would end up being one they will never forget. They were driving down Highway 287 near Bowie when the unthinkable happened. “I started coughing, and I was coughing so hard that I blacked out,” Wolf said. Read about their ordeal…… MORE
During Tuesday’s Wichita Falls City Council meeting a step to replace the Wichita Falls Police Department’s record management system with a new incident-based reporting system was passed. Read more about the new system and why it is a necessity here.… MORE
Gas prices in Wichita Falls are down again this week just in time for Thanksgiving travel. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel is $2.32. Get more details about gas prices and holiday travel here. .… MORE
A Wichita Falls Police Department officer who was killed in the line of duty eight decades ago was honored Monday morning. 80 years after his death, the grave of Special Officer Robert Franklin Fennell was given a headstone for the first time. Officer Fennell died in March of 1938 when his throat was slashed with…… MORE
The City of Burkburnett is closing two roads near some Burkburnett ISD campuses during the week of Thanksgiving. City crews along with contractors will be working on County Road in front of the Boys and Girls Club, near the Post Office entrance and D.W. Taylor Pathway near the Overton Ray Elementary parking lot. More details…… MORE
NAMI Homefront is helping loved ones of military service members and veterans with mental health conditions support them. It is the first time it has been offered in Wichita Falls. Details about NAMI services and upcoming classes can be found here.… MORE
The Holiday Spirit Meal is an annual tradition in Vernon on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Pat and Glenna Bryant hosted a Thanksgiving and Christmas meal for the community more than three decades ago following a good year in business. “We just did it on our own that first year, never dreaming it would continue this many…… MORE
