The Wilbarger County Sheriff’s Office has a new tool that will give deputies an upper hand when suspects put up a struggle. It is a Centurion LE Pepper Gun and the office is the first in North Texas to have them. The pepper gun sends a blast of red pepper stronger than the average pepper…… MORE
Equifax, which monitors credit, said Thursday a security breach could potentially affect 143 million U.S. customers. In a news release, the company said “criminals exploited a web application” to gain access to files that include names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver’s license numbers; 209,000 credit card numbers and personal ID information on 182,000…… MORE
Salvation Army relief efforts have intensified after Harvey as waters continue to recede and evaporate making new areas of Southeast Texas more accessible. They’re using mobile feeding units to help feed those displaced in over 13 different counties. Major Sharma Green and her husband, Robert, work for the Wichita Falls/Wichita County Salvation Army, but for the past…… MORE
Wichita Falls city leaders have been uncertain about the future of a full-service hotel and conference center next to the MPEC. But the project is back on track, and about to become a reality. For six to eight months Wichita Falls has worked with Gatehouse Capital to get all the funding in place for the…… MORE
Wichita Falls Police Department is investigating an abduction attempt on a minor that happened on 4600 block of Mistletoe, near Jefferson Elementary and Rider High School on Monday. The father of the victim said a man tried to force his daughter into a car while she was walking. The young girl fought the man off after…… MORE
Azealia Banks is hitting the road starting October 3. Banks will take her talents to a bevy of cities including Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta as part of her North American Tour. Last year, she released her Slay-Z mixtape and since then has flooded the hip-hop circuit with a barrage of tracks including “Escapades,” of which she released three different versions. Read more about Banks’ tour…… MORE
Hopefully you weren’t too distracted by the hot dogs and burgers on Monday to notice that Kelly Clarkson revealed that she’s prepping her first new single in two years. Clarkson dropped the news in a moody black and white teaser video featuring a soaring gospel choir, close-up images of singers Bridget Sarai, Nicole Hurst and Jessi Collins, a single…… MORE
ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and CMT have joined forced to air a Hurricane Harvey relief telethon, it was announced today. George Clooney, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand and Reese Witherspoon are among the stars set to appear on the broadcast, set for September 12 at 8pm ET. Houston rapper Bun B and Scooter Braun organized…… MORE
It has been more than a week since the city of Houston was hit with devastating flooding due to Hurricane Harvey. In that time, we’ve seen businesses across Texoma offer help to those victims. One Wichita Falls man got to see first hand, the help that is needed. With a metal boat strapped to the…… MORE
A Wichita Falls manufacturing company is trying to expand, and they’re looking to the city for help. On Tuesday, the city council will consider giving them close to $170,000 for the $712,000 project. Chantex Manufacturing expanded last December which brought 28 new jobs to the company. Now they’re working on another expansion in hopes it will…… MORE
