The Vernon Boys & Girls Club robotics team made an unprecedented showing at the North Texas First Lego League Regional Championship in Dallas on Saturday. The Vernon team, Insert Name Here, won the 1st Place Champion’s Award, placing first among the 68 teams to advance to the World Festival in Houston, which will be held…
A packed house gathered at City Hall on Tuesday night as the Vernon City Commission waded through several contentious issues. The commission voted 3-2 to support the efforts of a developer wanting to build an affordable housing complex, named Vernon Pioneer Crossing LLC, to be located at 1916 Stadium Drive. Michael Beard, a consultant representing…
The Wilbarger County Commissioners Court has agreed to allow the Vernon Independent School District to restructure a parking lot that the county and school district co-own between the Vernon Middle School and Wilbarger Auditorium. Judge Greg Tyra said that VISD superintendent Jeff Byrd had approached him with a plan to alleviate traffic congestion around the…
The 10 candidates for four county offices took the stage on Thursday night and answered questions. Each of the four races will be highlighted in upcoming editions of the Vernon Record. Today’s candidates are those running for tax assessor/collector. They are incumbent Sherrie Campsey and challengers Tissha Taylor and Angie Boyd. Not all questions are…
The Vernon Lions Club played Santa Claus on Friday as they donated six specially-designed bicycles to area children with special needs. “This is a special day,” Lion Club member Mike Moore said. “We have five special young boys and girls with us.” Moore said the Vernon Lions Club had partnered with the local community and…
Wilbarger County Judge Greg Tyra said that 2019 was a good year for Wilbarger County and he is optimistic for 2020. “I think it’s going to be a good year for Wilbarger County. As always, there are challenges we will have to face, but there are no pressing issues that we have not dealt with.…
The Wilbarger County Ministerial Alliance (WCMA) has spent the last year reestablishing the organization, and redefining its purpose. This process included, rewriting the bylaws, which primarily focused the alliance in two general areas. The foremost purpose of the WCMA, is to consistently bring the good news of Jesus Christ, to the county. The secondary, but…
A crowded field has filed for county offices in Wilbarger County on the Republican ticket. A candidate forum is planned for Thursday, January 23 at 7 p.m. at the Wilbarger County Auditorium. Two offices drew three candidates each. The Tax Assessor-Collector position will be contested between Tisha Taylor, Angie Boyd and current office holder Sherrie…
Bright yellow stars bearing the Christmas wishes of local youngsters hang from the branches of trees set up in the lobbies of the Waggoner National Bank and the Herring Bank for this year’s Star Tree/Toys for Tots program. The stars, totaling 125, reflect the children who were registered earlier this month for the annual program…
Vernon ISD Superintendent Jeff Byrd reported to the VISD board that the district needed to change its use of texting. The discussion was part of Monday’s regular meeting of the VISD board for November. Byrd said a new state law will require that the district needs to archive all school-related texts sent or received and…