Vernon Lions earn postseason baseball honors
The District 6-4A All District baseball team has been announced with several Vernon players earning postseason honors. In the superlatives, Ashton Durham was named Newcomer of the Year and Tyler Reeves was tabbed as Utility Player of the Year. Named First Team were Joseph Boone, Jacob Boatman and Jace Smithson. Earning Second Team honors were…
Read MoreCity wells in good shape
Daniel Walker Vernon Record May continued a streak of three months with well above-average rainfall – and that has the city’s water well fields in strong shape heading into the summer months, even as another wetter than normal month is forecast. The month of May had 6.92 inches of rainfall in Vernon. That pushed the…
Read MoreRemembering D-Day in Vernon
Daniel Walker Vernon Record D-Day, the allied invasion to liberate France occurred 75 years ago Thursday, on June 6, 1944. The Vernon Daily Record reported the headline “Vernon observes Invasion Day.” The story reported: “News of the invasion of Western Europe came to Vernon Tuesday morning at 3 o’clock. Most residents heard the fire siren…
Read MoreCity firework show set for July 6
Tourism Director Amanda Lehman reported that the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration will be called the Red River Rhythm this year. It is which scheduled to be held from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 6 at the Santa Rosa Rodeo Grounds south of Vernon. The event will include a battle…
Read MoreCases heard in district court
Two defendants were sentenced to prison while two others received probation during proceedings of the 46th Judicial District Court of Wilbarger County last week. J.D. Nava, 37, of Vernon, was sentenced to five years in prison following the revocation of his probation in a case of felony assault family violence. Nava was placed on probation…
Read MoreVernon High School graduates receive diplomas
Some 120 Vernon High School students from the 2019 graduation class were issued their diplomas during commencement exercises held Friday, May 24 at Wilbarger Auditorium. The commencement exercises were originally set to be held at Lion Stadium, but moved to the auditorium due to a weather forecast of rain and thunderstorms. VALEDICTORIAN Valedictorian Rahul Bhakta…
Read MoreLegislature approves county hotel tax; lets WGH change election policy
A bill to allow Wilbarger County to adopt a Hotel Occupancy Tax looks to be close to becoming state law, after escaping a concerted effort from House Democrats to stop it. Representative Drew Springer’s House Bill 2959 was filed in March. During a hearing on April 10 Rick Hardcastle spoke before the committee on behalf…
Read MoreTourism Board accepting funding requests
The Vernon Tourism Advisory board held a discussion last Tuesday about the upcoming Hotel Occupancy Tax Funding Review meeting set for June 18. The City of Vernon tourism department is currently accepting applications for events that will qualify for hotel occupancy tax funding for which the submission deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, May 31. The…
Read MoreVernon’s recycling program is over — for now
Vernon citizens no longer have the opportunity to recycle. The city’s waste contractor, Waste Connection, has removed all of its recycling bins from the city. City Manager Marty Mangum said he was caught by surprise that the company had removed all of the bins, but understood that they did it because of complaints and due…
Read MoreVISD trustees approve energy efficiency project
Vernon school trustees unanimously approved a proposal to pay for an E3 facility improvement project during a monthly business meeting Tuesday, May 21 during which trustees also approved a number of personnel actions. Supt. Jeff Byrd recommended that the district pay cash for the estimated $1,342,158 project rather than to pay it out through financing…
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