Wichita County News

Wichita Falls Police said a meth bust just two streets away from Crockett Elementary School landed a man and woman in jail.

The trial for former Wichita Falls Police Officer, Teddie Whitefield will begin on January 12th, 2015.

Judge Bob Brotherton , presiding judge of the 30th District Court, made it official yesterday by signing an injunction which limits street gang members activities, according to an article in the Wichita Falls Times Record New s today, Friday, July 18. Twenty-eight members of the Vario Carnales are enjoined under this injunction.

Autopsy results show a man shot by a Wichita Falls police officer on May 14 died from 8 bullet wounds to the torso.

Today is the day Texoma, the smoking ordinance goes into effect after a year of petitioning.

If you walk down the hallway headed towards the District Attorney's office at the Wichita County Courthouse you can't help but smell a strong odor.

For the second time in less than a week a dangerous drug is pulled off the street.

A Wichita Falls man is behind bars accused of causing serious injury to a child.

"Scattered thunderstorms moving into western Oklahoma today will combine into a thunderstorm complex overnight," the National Weather Service said in an advisory Wednesday morning.

The Wichita Falls Organized Crime Unit, SWAT, and K-9 Unit executed a search warrant in the 4700 block of Eden Lane on Monday afternoon.

On July 1st, Gilbert Briones was pulled over by A K-9 Unit for speeding. The K-9 officer alerted the presence of narcotics in the car.

A man accused of trying to wrestle a gun away from a Wichita County sheriff's deputy is charged with attempted capital murder and jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.

According to a release from the Sheriff's Office, two deputies went to the 100 block of Prairie Circle to investigate a family disturbance.

The Texoma All Breed Horse Show was held Saturday at the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center in Wichita Falls.

At 4:00 Saturday afternoon, two Wichita County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the 100 block of Prairie Circle in Electra for a family disturbance.

The Wichita County Democratic Association, East of the Falls CDC, and Davenport Grocery are sponsoring a Community Picnic 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Spudder Park.

Wichita County is making its way towards the end of a grant in the federal storm shelter rebate program.

Times Record News file photo A mother dog and her litter of puppies rest at the Humane Society of Wichita County.

Electra Turmoil Over? On Tuesday Electra Commissioners voted 5-0 to end the city's contract with Wichita County Sheriff's office.

Ten students, including three from Wichita County, have been named recipients of Midwestern State University's President's Distinguished Scholarships.