A special meeting of the Vernon City Commission was held Tuesday, Sept. 6. Mayor Gosline called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with all city Commissioners present. After the invocation and pledges of allegiance, the Commissioners went right into their agenda. The commissioners approved a property tax rate of $0.52990 per $100 evaluation. This…
A special video, Under One Fence: The Land and Legacy of the Waggoner Ranch will be presented on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 at 6 p.m. The online educational presentation by Jeff Bearden is sponsored by the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission and the Red River Valley Museum. Anyone can register to watch it by…
Sonny West, noted songwriter of Buddy Holly’s hit songs “Oh Boy” and “Rave On” passed away on September 8, 2022 in Grove, Okla. at the age of 85. West and Holly were boyhood friends. West was born as Joe Bob West on July 30, 1937 to Hardeman County sharecroppers. West was buried in a service…
Wilbarger General Hospital Chief Financial Officer Charles Cave reported to the hospital’s board of directors during a regular board meeting Thursday that the hospital currently has 190 days cash-on-hand with net receivables just over $6 million and $18.7 million in the general fund. In other business, the board voted unanimously during the meeting to approve…
Three females were arrested in Wichita County for a series of crimes that occurred in Vernon last week. The Vernon Police Department contacted the Wichita County’s Sheriff’s office on Wednesday, August 31 regarding a vehicle involved in a theft. Working off that tip, at around 5:15 p.m., information was relayed about a vehicle involved in…
Fatality collision occurred Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 at approximately 7:20 p.m. on E 395 Rd, ¼ south of OK-28, approximately 10 miles north of Eucha, OK in Delaware County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado was being driven by Ronald Hogshooter, Native American male, age 46, of Frederick, OK. Pronounced deceased…
Lawrence Edwin (Bud) Balser passed from this life on Friday, August 26, 2022 at the age of 92. Bud Balser was born March 1, 1930 in Ripley, West Virginia to the late Rosa Lee Balser and John Henry Balser. He graduated from Ravenswood High School in 1948 and entered the Air Force in September of…
Mary Ruth “Missy” Goodloe Stone passed away on August 8, 2022 in Tallulah, Louisiana after a lengthy illness. Wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend were all titles she held in this lifetime. But the one that meant the most to her was “teacher”. Born on March 26, 1942 in West Helena, Arkansas the daughter of…
Francis Nan Todd Wagoner, loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on Aug. 9, 2022 at age 76. Nan was born on April 29, 1946 in Chillicothe, Tx. to Francis E. and Helen Harwell Todd. In 1964, Nan graduated from Vernon High School, receiving multiple honors and awards. She represented Vernon in the…
Mark Lee Nail, 48 of Vernon, Texas died on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Vernon, Texas. Services were Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel. Interment was held at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Mark was born Saturday, Nov. 10, 1973 in Vernon, Texas. He was…