Vernon News

The Wichita Falls Times Record News has a story about Mark Potter of Vernon, Texas, who's been a longtime aficionado of Route 66.

The Mount Vernon ISD is now accepting proposals on the following items for 2009-2010 school year: A A Soft Drink Supplier All proposals must be in a sealed envelope marked clearly on the outside: PROPOSAL NAME, DUE DATE, & TIME, submitted to Mount Vernon ISD, P.O. Box 98, Mt.

Electra Fire Chief Greg Lynn and Vernon Fire Chief Kent Smead confer on damage at the 7-11 Fina Truck Stop located near Harrold on U.S. Hwy 287.

Price: $499,000 Lake Champlain contemporary has Italian tile in the kitchen and dining room, a blue slate fireplace, two decks, and a 45-foot dock.

Vernon city commissioners have voted to authorize City Manager Mitch Grant and City Attorney Trish Byars to negotiate a long-term contract for the sale of water to the Harrold Water Supply Corporation.

Fire/EMS personnel from the Vernon Fire Department prepare to take reserve firefighter Ryne Burkham to a hospital for heat exhaustion he suffered at a home fire scene.

A new anti-drug program is starting up in Wilbarger County, according to 46th District Attorney Staley Heatly.

A local fraternity wants to help the families of two University of North Texas graduates who died in a vehicle accident in Fort Worth last week.

Mary Yehle/For the Times Record News Angela Suaraz, Mario Morales and other area high school students practice folklorico dancing Thursday during Camp Beyond, a program within Project BOW, at Midwestern State University.

Home Instead Senior Care will be at the Sonic located on the corner of Southwest Parkway and Taft Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk.

Night should be night. Artificial lights are a necessary evil and sometimes not even necessary.

Mike and Jan Laine of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sara Marie Laine, to Brandon Scott Sears, son of Stacy and LeeAnn Sears of Mount Vernon, Texas.

We are enjoying some great weather for living but not so good for crops. The inch-plus rain Wednesday was a boost to row crops, pastures and hay meadows alike.

This weekend is a dream come true for yard sale lovers with 350 miles of yard sale bargains Friday and Saturday, and for those not entirely thrilled with the notion of shopping yard sales, there's a rip-snortin' good time at a choice of two rodeos, one on both Friday and Saturday and the other is Saturday.

W.A. McClure Jr., age 84, a resident of Electra for 82 years, died Friday, May 29, 2009, in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Three people have been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with the death of 24-year-old Jordan Eli Ramirez.

It's that time again, and with the economy the way it is, not a moment too soon.

A story in Thursday's edition of the Wichita Eagle newspaper in Wichita, Kan., reported the owners of the Agriboard Industries plant, which temporarily relocated to Vernon after the Electra facility was destroyed by a wildlife in April, plan to move the business from North Texas to Greensburg, Kan.

The Mount Vernon ISD is now accepting proposals on the following items for 2009-2010 school year: A All proposals must be in a sealed envelope marked clearly on the outside: PROPOSAL NAME, DUE DATE, & TIME, submitted to Mount Vernon ISD,P.O. Box 98, Mt.

Vernon coach Ruben Vargas had a daughter playing for a state championship Tuesday.