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Relay for Life fundraiser set for Saturday
Relay for Life will hold a yard sale beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 15 at 2907 Yamparika. Proceeds will benefit cancer survivors. Anyone wishing to donate items to the sale may bring them to the location after 4 p.m. on Friday, May 14. for Saturday
Read MoreFBC to honor Greg Tanner on Sunday
The First Baptist Church of Vernon, Texas, will honor music minister Greg Tanner and his wife Nina with a retirement reception on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Tanner, a native of Harrisburg, Ill., holds a BA degree from Belmont College and a Master of Church Music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Greg and Nina Tanner began…
Read MoreReady for the Roundup
The 75th Santa Rosa Roundup rides into Vernon this week for four days of rodeo action. The excitement starts on Wednesday, May 12, with the traditional rodeo parade. The parade will get underway at 4 p.m., with colorful floats, plenty of horses and other entries, all vying for prizes. Bringing up the parade will be…
Read More14 building permits approved
There were 14 building permits approved in the City of Vernon during April. A solar panel project was approved at 4401 Foster with Davis Electric as the contractor. A sign was approved for the Church of Christ at 2515 Wilbarger. There were three permits for HVAC, all with Fancher Electric as contractor. Five permits were…
Read MoreWalk for Life set here for May 8
The 21st annual Walk for Life will be held in Vernon on Saturday, May 8, at The Center, 23oo Pease, beginning at 9 a.m. with a continental breakfast of donuts, fruit and juice. A Walk will also be held in Lucy Park in Wichita Fall on the same day. Those wishing to wishing to take…
Read MoreIncumbents fall: Craighead, Fraticelli and Parmer win elections
The local election Saturday saw two incumbents go down in defeat. For Wilbarger General Hospital board of directors, Place 5, Kathy Craighead beat incumbent and current board chairman Melanie Milner with 65 percent of the vote — 504 to 262. For Vernon Independent School District board of trustees, place 2, Patrick Parmer beat Allen Overby…
Read MoreDistrict 3 4-H Horse Judging results
Wilbarger County 4-Hers Bracee Padilla, Trista Lehman, and Zaylee Padilla was the 1st place Junior Team at the District 3 4-H Horse Judging Contest. Bracee Padilla was the 3rd Place High Point Individual and Trista Lehman was the 5th Place High Point Individual. In the Intermediate Division the Team of Bowie Eakin, Presley Lehman…
Read MoreMasks still required at VISD
The Vernon Independent School District board of trustees opted to keep the mask mandate in place for all students, staff and visitors – at least through the end of the school year, which ends in May. The vote was part of the Wednesday, April 21 VISD trustee meeting. But the trustees were divided about the…
Read MoreTennis claims district titles
The Vernon Lions won four of the five district titles up for grabs last week, and advanced the four champions as well as four runners-up to the next round of Region tennis competition. Vernon also won both the boys and girls District team titles. District play began Wednesday in Vernon, but rain forced a delay,…
Read MoreDistrict Court proceedings
Recent hearings in the 46th Judicial District Court resulted in prison and probation sentences. Jason Fry, 40, of Vernon, was sentenced to four years in prison when his probation was revoked in a case of assault family violence. The basis for the revocation was an allegation that Fry had committed the offense of burglary of…
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