The Vernon Wine Walk is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in the downtown area. The event will be led by local artisans and include free tastings of wine, beer, cheese and chocolates but for an admission fee of $10 per person. The wine and beer tastings will only…
The Piper Malibu Mirage that went down in the Red River near Shreveport last Thursday morning was recovered late Saturday night. The plane was bound for Wilbarger County Airport. The pilot has been identified as Ricky Lennard, who recently purchased a 1,000-acre ranch in Wilbarger County. The sole passenger was Scott Hollis. Both reportedly died…
A Quanah resident filed a lawsuit in 46th District Court in Hardeman County last month against the Ray Cox VFW Post 4747 in Vernon and another defendant in connection with a fatal accident that occurred in 2017 in Hardeman County. See more in the online edition
The Vernon Main Street Advisory Board approved actions concerning previously-awarded grant project applications during a monthly business meeting Monday. Directors approved six-month extensions on grant projects including those for an $8,325 roof project at Main Street Nails, Main and Pease; and a $1,994.24 awning project at Heavens Confections, 1605 Main. A motion for a one-month…
CHILLICOTHE – Chillicothe school trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Sheila Clay as election judge for the May 4 school trustee election during a special meeting Monday. In that election, voters will decide on two at-large seats for which three candidates filed including incumbent Cheryl McGlocklin and newcomers Delores Flores and Seth Baird. The other…
A second group of defendants from the FBI’s Flat Rate raids in Vernon and surrounding areas last July were sentenced in federal court on Thursday. Trevor Clifford Scott, who was one of the Scott brothers who was on the run for several weeks, was one of those sentenced. All defendants were sentenced to a term…
The Vernon Police Department became the first police department in Texas to implement the use of gun-mounted cameras. The department has been testing the cameras for the past three months and officially unveiled 20 of the cameras on Tuesday. The weapon-mounted camera begins recording as soon as the gun is removed from the holster. It…
Vernon’s robotics team, the VR Fitness Crew, had a strong showing at the First Lego League Championship Robotics Tournament held in Dallas on Saturday, Feb. 9. The North Texas region had over 450 teams participate in First Lego League this season. From these 450 teams, only 60 teams earned a spot through qualifying tournaments to…
A 24-year-old Savannah, Ga. man was sentenced to three years in prison in Wilbarger County this week following a two-day trial for felony possession of marijuana, District Attorney Staley Heatly announced. Emory Tyler Barton was convicted of the crime by a jury in 46th District Court in connection with an incident that occurred nearly a…
CHILLICOTHE – Chillicothe ISD trustees unanimously approved an order to call a May 4 bond issue election for projects at the elementary and high school campuses during a monthly business meeting Tuesday, Feb. 12. The election is for $7.5 million bond issue to construct a new cafeteria at the elementary school and convert the present…