Campus principals recognized outstanding teachers and staff members for their successes during the 2018-2019 school year during a meeting Vernon school trustees on Monday. Awards by campus include: McCord Elementary School –Whitney Fryman, teacher of the year. –Yesika Calvillo, staff member of the year. Central Elementary School –Stacia Boone, teacher of the year. –Mandy Thomas,…
On Saturday, April 20, a large group gathered at the Boys & Girls Club for the dedication of a new playground to the memory of Rhett Sullivan. The dedication was in memory of the nephew of Club Executive Director Sarah Sullivan and was the infant son of Hernandez’s brother and sister-in-law, Ryan and Tyler Sullivan.…
Vernon Tourism Advisory Board members unanimously approved funding requests for the Red River Valley Museum and the Wilbarger County Historical Museum during a monthly business meeting Tuesday. Both museums were awarded funding of $20,000 each. The Red River Valley Museum plans to use the funding toward a second phase project to redesign the Bond, Wright…
Daniel Walker Vernon Record The City of Vernon’s finances are in the strongest shape that they have been in recent history. The Vernon City Commission received the annual audit, on March 26, 2019, for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2018, and heard good news from auditor Mike Edgin, of the accounting firm Edgin,…
The Holy Week activities in Vernon include the traditional Men’s Breakfasts hosted by the various churches and held at 7 a.m., each morning with all men invited to attend. The breakfasts will begin on Monday, April 15, 2019, at the Wilbarger Street Church of Christ; Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at First United Methodist Church; on…
In opinions handed down recently, the Seventh Court of Appeals based in Amarillo affirmed judgments against two Chillicothe men who were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences by Hardeman County juries in recent child sex abuse cases. In an opinion issued on March 22, 2019, the Amarillo appellate court affirmed the conviction of Jimmie Kyle Anderson,…
Several prison sentences were handed down during proceedings of the 46th Judicial District Court sitting in both Wilbarger and Hardeman counties this past week. Vincent Ray Mitchell, 32, of Quanah, was sentenced to 35 years in prison following his plea of guilty to felony assault family violence with a deadly weapon. On November 7, 2018,…
By DANIEL WALKER Vernon Daily Record Editor Tuesday, April 10, 1979 seemed like a perfect spring day – right up until a tornado appeared seemingly out of nowhere, cutting a path through Wilbarger County and Vernon that left 11 dead, dozens injured and millions of dollars of property destroyed. “It was just a regular old…
Editor’s note:The Vernon Daily Record remembers the 40th anniversary of Terrible Tuesday, April 10, 1979 when multiple tornadoes struck the area. An iconic photo from the time showed a City of Vernon vehicle in the living room of a house. The VDR told the story of the truck on the one-year anniversary in 1980, as…
Timeline of April 10, 1979 tornado Editor’s Note: On the 40th anniversary of Terrible Tuesday, April 10, 1979 The Vernon Daily Record remembers those events with a timeline created from the VDR archives. — Daniel Walker Tuesday, April 10, 1979 dawned bright and clear, a change from the thundershowers that threatened the area for the…