Panhandle News Archives

Plenty of sunshine was on tap for the Lone Star State on Saturday. Sunny skies were expected in Dallas-Fort Worth with a high near 72 degrees.

Texas' devotion to protecting parental rights allows moms and dads to provide pornography to their children.

Teel Bivins, a former state senator, U.S. ambassador to Sweden and descendent of a pioneer Panhandle family, died Monday after a long illness.

State Rep. John Smithee, dean of the Panhandle delegation in the Texas Legislature, was honored Wednesday for his work on legislation that helps Texans 50 and older.

Originally published October 23, 2009 at 2:01 a.m., updated October 23, 2009 at 3:06 a.m. AMARILLO, Texas a ' The tiny Texline school district is the latest in the Texas Panhandle to cancel classes because of illnesses including the flu.

Last year, 58 heaters were given out over the winter months to the elderly, young, or disabled and this year, 2-1-1 Director Kelly Stephens says, they will have even more in need because of low paying jobs, fixed incomesA or layoffs.

Drum major Bethany Lankford leads the Childress High School band in the Division I University Interscholastic League marching band contest Saturday at Dick Bivins Stadium.

Amarillo will save more than $20 million in interest on financing a new source of water.

A Dalhart man whoa s suspected of shooting his wife to death while two of the couplea s grandchildren watched remained at large Friday as police investigate whether he fled to Mexico.

The Fall 2009 Amarillo Job Fair is on Tuesday, October 13th. Bell Helicopter, Pantex, WT and Amarillo College are just a few of the nearly 80 employers that will be giving out information at the event.

A school district in the northern Panhandle announced Tuesday it will close for the rest of the week, making it the third district in the region to shutter schools due to an outbreak of flu and other illness.

Cloudy skies and more rain were forecast across Texas on Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasters gave a 100 percent chance of rain for the Dallas-Fort Worth area with temperatures in the 60s during the day and overnight.

Do you need a night away from the kids on Friday? Some area museums are helping out.

Richard Elliot is the Principal Organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and he isA A in town to host a concert at the Saint Andrews Episcopal Church tomorrow night atA 7pm.

State Senator Kel Seliger continues his tour through the counties of Senate District 31, meeting with the citizens of the Panhandle, South Plains, and Permian Basin to discuss the recently completed regular and special sessions of the 81st Legislature.

There is something about the drive up into the rarified air of the Texas Panhandle that invites conversation, even - miracle of miracles - from a preteen.

Several fire departments in the southwest corner of the Panhandle are battling a large grass fire just outside Hereford.

Amy Monk, an English teacher at Midway Alternative School, said she makes an effort to learn students' interests.