Panhandle News

As we hear the horrifying stories of the tornadoes that hit our neighbors in Granbury, Texas and Shawnee and Moore, Oklahoma, we are reminded that Tornado season is upon us.

The latest anthology in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, released this week, features Canyon resident Rory C. Keel.

Jaedyn Espinosa, 6, from Forest Hills Elementary School plays with a black-footed ferret, a rare Texas Panhandle species once believed to be extinct, during Thursday's grand opening of the zoo's new center.

According to Triple A, travelers will spend about $659 over Memorial Day Weekend.

Most of the Texas Panhandle faces a severe weather threat Thursday, with a 20 to 50 percent chance of thunderstorms from 3 to 10 p.m. and the possibility of damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes, National Weather Service meteorologist Nicholas Fenner said.

The City of Amarillo's Office of Emergency Management is offering advice on where Panhandle residents can hide in the case of a tornado.

Citychurch in downtown Amarillo is making it their mission to feed needy kids around the city, and they're doing it one bike ride at a time.

Roberto Rodriguez / Amarillo Globe-News Elizabeth Thomas, Regional Services Program Coordinator at the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, talks about the new battery recycling program the city is participating in, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 0542 of the Amarillo Fire Department will be out in the community Friday and Saturday collecting donations to help children and adults in the Panhandle living with neuromuscular disease.

The sun is shining, there are a few clouds in the warming sky, and over on a perfectly manicured lawn is a family of four enjoying a fantastic morning.

Though food and beverage consultants from, The Group 86 can't say what specifically makes a business successful or not, recently, they've noticed popularity in locally owned restaurants.

Cyclists gathered together Wednesday for the ninth annual Ride of Silence to honor cyclists that have lost their lives on public roadways.

Homer's Backyard Ball will be on the show. FTQ: Recycling one soda can, can save enough energy to power a light bulb for how long? A. 5 minutes B. 30 minutes C. 1 hour 45 minutes D. 4 hours KAMR Word of the Day: Panhandle .

Panhandle-area letter carriers will help Stamp out Hunger Saturday and collect non-perishable food items for the High Plains Food Bank.

On Saturday, Panhandle-area letter carriers will again help Stamp Out Hunger! across America with help from everyone in order to provide assistance to the rapidly increasing number of Americans who are struggling with hunger.

UPDATE: NWS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR W.ARMSTRONG, W.CARSON, S.E. DEAF SMITH, POTTER, RANDALL COUNTIES UNTIL 9:30 p.m. PREVIOUS STORY: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Wheeler, Roberts, Hemphill and Gray counties, meteorologist Christine Krause said.

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Norma Burney and a worker from Bugs Burney Pest Control remove a gooey bee hive Wednesday from a south Amarillo home.

Meteorologist Andrew Moulton said there is a 20 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms for the northwest, northeast and eastern parts of the Panhandle, leaving Amarillo and the surrrounding area dry.

The fate of North Texas settlers lay indirectly in the hands of men whose faces they would probably never see unless they were Indian captives.