The jury in the trial over Led Zeppelin track Stairway To Heaven have retired to consider their verdict after both parties’ lawyers were involved in a heated exchange during closing statements. Their deliberations enter a second day today (June 23) after lawyer Francis Malofiy summed up his legal arguments before Judge Gary Klausner in a…… MORE
Kansas will release The Prelude Implicit – their first album in 16 years – on September 23. And guitarist Richard Williams has reassured listeners that, despite the interval, the work is comparable to their previous titles. The 10-track follow-up to 2000’s Somewhere To Elsewhere was co-produced by Williams and bandmates Zak Rizvi and Phil Ehart. It’s to be launched…… MORE
Fifth and eighth graders who failed the standardized STAAR test, will not have to retake the exam this week because of a recent announcement by the Texas Education Agency. This is all because of ongoing issues with the state’s testing vendor. In a recent news release, Mike Morath, the TEA Commissioner of Education said the…… MORE
A Wichita Falls resident took his water bill issue to the Wichita Falls City Council meeting today – he’s disputing a $400 dollar water bill. City officials say Joshua Jones told them he was being overcharged for his water bill. Jones says there’s no way he used as much water as the City is saying – which is…… MORE
Last Wednesday was a great day for the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office. The Wichita County Jail and Sprague Jail Annex passed a surprise inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The jail failed the inspection last year. Wichita County Sheriff David Duke says that between the Commissioners Court, the inmate work crews, their maintenance workers and…… MORE
Led Zeppelin’s lawyers asked a judge Monday to throw out a case accusing the band’s songwriters of ripping off a riff for Stairway to Heaven. The estate of Randy Wolfe, founder of the band Spirit, failed to prove it owned the copyright to his 1968 song Taurus or that it was substantially similar to Stairway,…… MORE
Additions to Burkburnett High School will be happening in the near future. The announcement comes after city commissioners passed an ordinance on the site plan for the campus. This is just one phase of the school bond project. Mike Whaley, Burkburnett City Manager, said this is a formality for construction projects. “With any construction, there is always…… MORE
At the Wichita Falls Independent School District’s Board meeting on Monday, community members voiced their opinions about an on-field outburst that took place last week. Dozens of people showed up for the meeting and three spoke in front of the board about the incident. One parent and flag football coach who saw the situation unfold between…… MORE
A variety of popular frozen vegetables are being recalled amid fears they could be contaminated with listeria. The recall includes Walmart’s “Great Value” and Target’s “Market Pantry” store brands. The voluntary recall issued by National Frozen Foods Corporation affects some Great Value, Live Smart, Market Pantry, First Green and Bountiful Harvest Green products sold between…… MORE
Tickemaster will offer customers vouchers for free tickets, discounts and cash as a result of a lawsuit filed in 2003. Ticketmaster denies the allegations of the suit, which said the company was charging “excessive and deceptive fees,” but it settled the lawsuit in April. As a result of the $386 million class-action settlement, some 50 million customers…… MORE
