A WFISD student is facing charges of Assault on a Public Servant after police said she snatched a teachers glasses off. Officers were called out to Harrel Accelerated Learning Center on February 17th. Police said Marcilla Hernandez was being unruly in class, when a teacher asked her to leave. During the incident, officer said Hernandez snatched…… MORE
The Wichita Falls ISD approves the Guaranteed Maximum Price for the Career and Technology Education Center. The construction budget is set at about $30 million and Superintendent Michael Kuhrt said the district came in about $29,000 under budget with the package it chose. The Wichita Falls Independent School District is ready to move forward with the…… MORE
The Wichita Falls St.Patrick’s Day Downtown Street Festival is expected to bring over $1 million worth of additional tax dollars into the community. According to the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Wichita Falls nearly $1.18 million was brought into the community during last years St. Patrick’s Day Downtown Street Festival weekend. “That is money that…… MORE
According to the National Weather Service, Texas experienced the most severe weather in the country in 2015. Their data showed a combined total of 1,962 severe weather incidents including, 228 tornadoes, 783 hail storms and 951 high wind events. State Farm Insurance found that Texas lead the nation last year when it came to severe…… MORE
AMC Theatres has purchased Carmike Cinemas in a deal worth $1.1 billion. This will give the movie theater chain more than 600 theater locations in 45 states, including the one in Sikes Senter Mall. In a press release issued by AMC, officials from the company said they plan on bringing premium food, drinks and 400 recliner seats to Carmike…… MORE
Wichita Falls City Councilors terminated a contract Tuesday after a company failed to complete a nearly $1.3 million project. It was part of the Phase 1: Hike and Bike Trail on Seymour Highway. City Councilors awarded the bid for that project back in November 2014. Then in January 2015, the city entered into a contract with Mega…… MORE
Nick Gordon is maintaining his innocence in the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown. More than a year after the she was discovered face down and unconscious in a bathtub, the autopsy results of Whitney Houston’s late daughter have been released. While her cause of death—Lobar pneumonia, caused by Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and water immersion combined with mixed drug intoxication—could be…… MORE
Tyga recently tweeted a photo calling Tupac his father in a side by side of the two rappers wearing the same Duke jerseys. Seeing how Tyga isn’t exactly anyone’s favorite rapper, social media let him have it once again. Someone even went as far as to comment “Dead….like your music career.” It didn’t make fans go easy on…… MORE
A case of road rage in Wichita Falls almost turned deadly Sunday afternoon after a driver pulled a gun on someone who cut him off. It all started on Kell Freeway around 1 p.m., when a man driving an Elantra cut off a Chevy pickup on the highway. The Chevy then sped up to get back…… MORE
One local candidate is celebrating and another is preparing after the results of the March first primary. Mark Beauchamp beat incumbent Ray Gonzalez for Wichita County Commissioner Precinct One. Beauchamp will now take on Democratic candidate Larry Donohoo in November. “I was real excited. We had a good feeling going into the night that it was…… MORE
