Archer City officials discussed the delay of the Water Treatment Plant construction at Thursday’s city council meeting. The project was passed in 2013, and it will cost a little more than $8,000,000. The United States Department of Agriculture is picking up some of the tab with federal grants, but the city will get a loan for $5,000,000 to pay…… MORE
Bumble Bee Foods and Tri-Union Seafoods are voluntarily recalling canned chunk light tuna because of possible health risks. “These deviations were part of the commercial sterilization process and could result in contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, which could lead to life-threatening illness if consumed,” both companies said in separate statements. No illnesses have been…… MORE
David Gilmour has performed “Comfortably Numb” at nearly every one of his solo concerts over the past three decades, and without Roger Waters onstage he’s relied on everyone from Bob Geldof to Robert Wyatt to anonymous backup singers to handle the doctor’s vocal parts. (“Just a little pinprick…”) But when his On an Island tour came to London’s…… MORE
It’s spring break for some, which means a lot of spring time traveling. Hitting the road doesn’t only mean packing your bags, it could mean cleaning your car and if you do that on Saturday, you’ll be helping one of Texoma’s lakes. All-American Car Wash is having a special event called Friends of the Lake Day—to help restore…… MORE
The sale of Bowie Memorial Hospital was set to be finalized during a meeting today, but that meeting has been cancelled. Over the last few weeks, the hospital board has been trying to iron out the final details of the purchase by Dr. Hasan Farid Hashmi. He wants to buy the main building and the auxiliary…… MORE
Four-way stop intersections are being placed in Iowa Park this week. TxDOT crews will be installing new stop signs on the US 287 Frontage Roads at two locations. The first will be at FM 368 and a week later, 4-way stops will be placed on Johnson Rd. Drivers on FM 368 and Johnson Rd have…… MORE
Barricades are up and travel lanes will be reduced on Westbound Southwest Parkway for an improvement project started this week. TxDOT has a contractor enclosing the drainage ditch that runs on the Northside of Southwest Parkway between McNeil and Hughes. The job is basically identical to the drainage ditch that was enclosed at the McNeil…… MORE
It’s a tragic start to spring break after six people were killed in a number of accidents across Texoma this past weekend. As many as nine others were hospitalized due to those accidents; many of them are slowly recovering. With many people heading out of town for vacations officials said it’s time to be extra vigilant…… MORE
Wichita County Sheriffs are going to be safer on the road thanks to new vehicles. Wichita County Commissioners have approved six new Chevy Tahoes for the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office. There is an agreement in the works to lease them through First Bank at a cost of $83,895. One of the new vehicles is replacing…… MORE
Tulsa, Oklahoma, is about to become the center of the Bob Dylan universe. The singer-songwriter has sold a previously unknown treasure trove of 6,000 artifacts from his private collection — including handwritten lyrics, photographs, contracts and private letters alongside video and audio recordings — to the University of Tulsa and the Tulsa-based George Kaiser Family…… MORE
