Wichita County News

Times Record News file The Wichita Falls City Council voted Tuesday to purchase water to be hauled in to the city-owned Castaway Cove Waterpark if Stage 5 Drought Catastrophe restrictions take effect.

One of the three men wanted in connection to an aggravated robbery at a Wichita Falls apartment complex has been arrested.

The U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday shows all of Wichita County is now in the Exceptional Drought category - the most severe.

This included four new dispatchers and two full time officers. The announcement was made at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

Wichita County Sheriff David Duke confirms to the media that a body found on Hammon Ranch Road was that of George Rodriguez, 26, who had pleaded guilty Monday to injury of a child.

The Wichita Falls Cattle Baron's Ball raised more than $400,000 last Saturday night, according to Lee Ann Haines, chairman of the event which raises money to fight cancer.

Matt Bailey , Tim Pope, Jeff Li and Tim Putney stop for a moment during a ride. Bailey and Putney along with a team of riders will compete in a 150-mile ride May 3-4 to help raise awareness and money for multiple sclerosis research.

Marc McCown's cottage at 1823 Speedway was built in 1927. It is one of five dwellings featured on the Provenance Historic Homes Tour, coming up April 12. The Wichita County Heritage Society unveils its 14th annual Provenance Historic Homes Tour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gilleland celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a tour of National Parks throughout the West.

File photo More than 80 booths and displays including the Wichita Falls Fire Department will participate in the Eighth Annual Health Fair at the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District has something to offer everyone from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday ... (more)

State Highway 79 and Professional Drive is the site for the first flashing yellow arrow traffic signal in the Wichita County.

Residents who participate in the city of Wichita Falls Curbside Recycling Program can receive a free load of compost during the Sanitation Department's Spring Compost Giveaway 9 a.m. -3 p.m. Saturday at the Wichita Falls Landfill on Wiley Road.

A new ordinance will help the city attack its pet overpopulation problem, but it will admittedly take a couple of years for it to have any teeth.

Christopher Walker/ Times Record News Students from Christ Academy and volunteers from Sheppard Air Force Base place pinwheels for Patsy's House Tuesday afternoon in the grassy area in front of Patterson Honda on Jacksboro Highway.

Church in Wichita Falls held a garage sale Saturday morning to raise money for a local organization.

Judge Bob Brotherton , who is the presiding judge of the 30th District Court, will hear the traffic case which resulted in the deaths of three people in Wichita Falls on Jacksboro Highway, according to a statement from the Wichita County District Attorney's Office in the Wichita Falls Times Record News newspaper, Saturday, March 29. Former police ... (more)

An affidavit released Thursday reveals the details of a high-speed chase involving the Burkburnett Police Department, the Wichita County Sheriff's Office and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in February.

Over 200 Wichita County Orchestra Students were able to work with professional musicians for over two hours Thursday afternoon.

Heroin, a drug known for it's devastating effects and terrible reputation is on the rise in Wichita County.

Out of 232 counties in Texas, Wichita County ranks 151 of the unhealthiest counties in the state.