The latest Covid-19 numbers in Wilbarger County showed a steady increase from last week – and a huge surge of infections at the Vernon campus of North Texas State Hospital. Patients at NTSH are reported in their home counties’ coronavirus numbers, and do not reflect in local data. As of Tuesday, there are 44 active…
Crime: Theft of property, $2,500 to $30,000 Date: 09/05/20 Location: Wilbarger County Gun Range, Oklaunion Details: The Wilbarger County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a report of theft of property, $2,500 to $30,000. Sometime on or before the date of 05-05-2020 at an unknown time a suspect(s) entered the property owned by Wilbarger County in…
Members of the Wilbarger General Hospital Board of Directors held strategic planning sessions and community meetings at Vernon College last week. On Thursday, members of the community medical staff met to see a presentation on the current state of the hospital and weigh in on what is needed to maintain and grow the local health…
Vernon 16, Rider 3 GIRLS SINGLES Addison Spencer lost to Axelle Jacquemin, 6-0, 6-4 Kinsey Weatherly beat Eleny Sandoval-Almuna, 6-1, 4-6, 10-7 Emili Oznick beat Heather Hughes, 6-0, 6-1 Audi Goodman beat Emme Kosub, 6-4, 6-1 Lilly Jones beat Annika Lygren, 6-4, 6-0 Alexis Delagarza beat Shenia Cornwall, 6-0, 6-0 GIRLS DOUBLES Spencer/Oznick lost to…
The Vernon College Board of Trustees unanimously set the college’s tax rate for next year at $0.232436 per $100 valuation. The current rate is a penny less, at $0.221055. The tax rate is the “no new revenue rate”, which used to be called the “effective rate” because it generates the same amount of revenue as…
Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference on Thursday, part of which announced new guidelines for nursing home visitation. He directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to expand visitation to all COVID-negative residents in long-term care and allow the designation of two essential caregivers for residents. This directive will go into place on September 24th. “Allowing safe in-person…
The Vernon Lions will host the Hirschi Huskies (2-1) on Friday at 7 p.m. The Huskies lost their opener to Midlothian Heritage, but have beaten Anna (28-13) and Benbrook (34-28) the past two weeks. Hirschi has a home run threat in A’Marion Peterson. He had 339 rushing yards and 2 TDs in last week’s win.…
The Vernon City Commission set the city’s property tax rate for next year during a regular business meeting Tuesday. A public hearing on the proposed property tax rate was held with no one wishing to speak. The proposed tax rate is the effective or “no new revenue rate” of 0.53422 cents per $100 valuation, which…
The Wilbarger County Commissioners Court held a special meeting on Friday, September 4 to adopt a budget for the coming fiscal year, and to set a property tax rate. The commissioners unanimously adopted a tax rate of $0.541504 per $100 of valuation. The motion was made by Commissioner Phillip Graf, and seconded by Commissioner Josh…
Mail-in ballots The last day that a person can apply for a ballot by mail is Oct. 23, 2020. Wilbarger County Clerk Jana Kennon said that there is great interest in mail-in ballots, with nearly 400 requested so far. Kennon said that for the November General Election, a person can walk their ballot into the…