Fritch News

Following an hour and a half public hearing Tuesday afternoon, the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District board of directors tabled their proposed 2008 District Management Plan.

I went out of town this weekend and drove from Amarillo to Fritch, took the Sanford drive over the dam then on to Stinnett and to Spearman.

Michael Sexton pushes his 1993 Jeep YJ up a hill as members of the Jeep Exclusive Club of Amarillo watch in the Lake Meredith National Recreation Area's Rosita Flats near the Canadian River .

Nathan Dreasher jumps his motorcycle in the Rosita Flats area of the Canadian River, part of Lake Meredith's watershed.

Amarillo High pitcher Clayton Cook and outfielder Jase Morgan have been named to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 5A all-state second team.

Coach of the Year Gary Hix, Amarillo High Outfielders Chase Herriman, Jr., Sanford-Fritch J. Paul Dodson, Sr., Randall Newcomer of the Year Charlie Curl, So., Tascosa Pitchers Brandon Foster, Sr., Randall ...

The pilot of a plane found submerged in a Panhandle lake after 24 years and a passenger were landing the aircraft on ice days before the fatal crash, a witness has told federal investigators.

Over one thousand acres of land were burned over the weekend when a grassfire broke out near Highway 136.

Remains of pilot, passenger lost in 1984 still not found The search for remains in the cockpit of the small plane that crashed into Lake Meredith in 1984 will resume today when authorities remove the plane from ...

Workers wait after maneuvering a crane onto shore at the Fritch Fortress boat landing Wednesday during recovery efforts for a single-engine plane that crashed into Lake Meredith in January 1984, killing pilot ...

Recovery crews have yet to find any remains of a pilot or his passenger from an airplane that crashed into Lake Meredith more than two decades ago.

A man was charged with shooting three law enforcement officers who were pursuing him yesterday after he allegedly opened fire at two houses in Tucson, the sheriff's department said.

Investigators have identified two men who were aboard a plane found on a receding, drought-stricken lake in the Texas Panhandle after being missing for 24 years.

FRITCH, Texas - What searchers couldn't find, drought helped reveal. Canoeists on receding Lake Meredith in the Texas Panhandle found a small plane that crashed in 1984, the National Park Service said in a ...

Nostalgia and fear. Adaptation and encouragement. Anticipation and resourcefulness.

“If you can believe you can do it, you can do it.”

Michael Lemmons / Amarillo Globe-News James Molina, an eighth-grader at Bowie Middle School, was among the estimated 500 or more junior high school students at The Church at Quail Creek on March 26 for the ... via Amarillo.com

A judge has set a $100,000 bond for 46-year-old Dean Hudous. They think he was involved in a standoff in Fritch on Saturday. via MyHighPlains.com

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The man arrested after a Saturday standoff in Fritch remained in the Hutchinson County Jail in Stinnett on Monday on $100,000 bond. via Amarillo.com

A standoff of almost five hours leaves one man recovering from a bullet wound and another sitting in the Stinnett jail. via KVII-TV Amarillo

“The suspect Mr. Hoduos will be transported to the Hutchinson County Jail and he will will be incarcerated there until he sees a Magistrate, probably Monday of next week”

In Fritch, a five hour stand-off is over. Police have arrested 46-year-old Dean Hoduos and charged him with Aggravated Assault. via MyHighPlains.com