The local chapter of the Knights of Columbusis again sponsoring a Friday Fish Fry during Lent. The meal will be served each Friday from Feb. 19 to March 26 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 2200 Roberts Street in Vernon. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the meal will be provided as take-out or curbside delivery only this…
Wilbarger General Hospital continued a positive financial trend in December. Interim Chief Financial Officer Jim Bash told the hospital’s board of directors that “it was a good month.” He said that Wilbarger General Hospital had a net profit of $338,000 for December. Breaking it down, he said gross revenue for December was $6.2 million, and…
Winter will really be making its presence known with dangerously cold temperatures/wind chills and significant snowfall expected Sunday into Monday. Any preparations for the upcoming winter weather should be done either today or Saturday. “Dangerous wind chills are expected Friday through early next week. A winter storm is possible Sunday into Monday.” That is how…
Vernon wrapped up the No. 3 seed in District 5-4A with a 49-43 road win at Hirschi last Friday. The Lady Lions were led by three players in double figures. Macy Flowers led the way with 13 points, Carli White added 11 and Shay Williams had 10. Vernon was scheduled to play No. 15 stated…
Gov. Greg Abbott has set Feb. 23 as the date for the House District 68 special election runoff to replace former state Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, who is now in the Texas Senate. Early voting for the House District 68 runoff will begin Tuesday, Feb. 16. Wilbarger County Clerk Jana Kennon said that early voting…
Nine building permits were issued in Vernon during January. The big permit was for a remodel at Wilbarger General Hospital for the creation of a new wound center. In a December 2020 meeting, the Wilbarger General Hospital board of directors accepted a bid of $373,750 for the new Wound Care Center project. WGH Chief…
Phone service in Vernon was out for several days after a contractor for another utility doing work in Vernon cut the main AT&T line in town on Thursday. The cut affected both residential and commercial hard-line customers. The Vernon Police Department was one of those affected — reporting at 11:17 a.m. that they had…
A Relay for Life planning meeting will be held at 6 p.m., Monday. Feb. 8, at Wilbarger Auditorium to register cancer survivors and caregivers and discuss plans for the 2021 Relay for Life. Relay for Life Survivor Dinner and Walk will be held be held on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Wilbarger Auditorium. Those…
Boys & Girls Clubs of Texas have partnered with Save the Children and are helping to get food to families. The Boys & Girls Club of Vernon will be taking part by inviting families and individuals from Wilbarger County to attend a drive-up distribution featuring free fresh food boxes as part of the Farmers to…
As of Monday,1,572 residents of Wilbarger County had received a first dose and 589 were fully vaccinated. The county’s eligible population above the age of 16 is 10,374. Wilbarger County currently ranks as the 39th most vaccinated County in the United States – with a new daily covid case average of 2.2 per thousand. There…