The National Weather Service reports: “By this weekend our increasing southerly flow will start tapping into gulf moisture and sharpening a dryline across western Texas up through the Southern High Plains. This will be our next weather system for Sunday into Monday with strong gulf moisture transport fueling this system. Rain POPs are in the…
Vernon College rodeo this week Vernon College will host its 41st annual college rodeo on Nov. 8 and 9 at the Wilbarger County Covered Events Center, located at 301 Wilbarger Street in Vernon. The competition will feature over 900 contestants in 9 separate events. On both nights the rodeo will start at 7 p.m. Vernon…
Vernon College is thrilled to announce that it has received official accreditation documentation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), ahead of schedule. This significant milestone underscores the college’s commitment to providing exceptional nursing education and enhancing the quality of healthcare training in our community. The ACEN accreditation confirms that Vernon College’s…
Class 3A playoffs Vernon lost its 3A bi-district playoff game against Peaster 25-16, 25-10, 25-18 on Tuesday, Nov. 6 in a match played at Windthorst. Standouts for Vernon included Mari Johnson 6 kills, 5 digs; Key’Maria McBride 4 kills, 9 digs; Klancy Sherrill 9 digs. Class A playoffs The No. 24 state ranked Crowell Lady…
Six candidates were vying for three spots on the Northside ISD School Board. The top three vote getters earn seats. They are Layne Chapman, Bobby Don Riggins, and Valerie Wright. Candidate Votes Percent Layne Chapman 111 25.52% Bobby Don Riggins 106 24.37% Valerie Wright 74 17.01% #Larry Lee 67 15.40% #Terry Bourland 53 12.18% Danny…
Five candidates vied for Place 3 on the Vernon ISD School Board of Trustees. Because no candidate received 50%, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election, scheduled for the second Saturday in December. Those candidates are Jarrod David and Kyle Echols. Candidate Votes Percent Jarrod David 1,075 29.47% Kyle Echols 992 27.19% Tiffany…
Class 3A Division I Bi-District Vernon vs. Peaster, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Windthorst Iowa Park vs. Comanche, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Weatherford Region II-A Bi-District Crowell vs. Forestburg, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Iowa Park Prairie Valley vs. Northside, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Petrolia Harrold, bye
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) selected Kylee Magee of Wichita Falls to attend the NCAS Mission 2: Career Simulation, October 23 – 30, 2024. Magee’s successful completion of a five-week online NCAS course earned them a spot to participate in the online Mission 2: Career Simulation. Magee is one out of hundreds of community…
The twice-annual time change is set to end on Sunday, Nov. 3 as the clocks will “fall back” an hour in order to allow for more daylight in the mornings. The time change won’t return until March 2025, when daylight saving time will begin again. Next year, it will be on Sunday, March 9, 2025.…
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected from Saturday through Monday with widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 7 inches likely with locally higher amounts possible. The National Weather Service forecast discussion reports: “By Saturday night, the consensus among High Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) members is a corridor of training showers and thunderstorms somewhere…