Sheppard Air Force Base News

Teresa Phillips Schmitt admires the POW/MIA bracelet worn by Master Sargent Mark Cusimano, USAF.

Army Pvt. Kyle Alcarez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.

WASHINGTON Stephanie Arens' paycheck is slated for a 20 percent cut, but like other civilian workers facing furloughs at military installations across Texas, she realizes it could be worse.

Firefighters were battling a grass fire near at Riatta Village, near 3700 Central Freeway.

Torin Halsey/Times Record News Jeff Tyree, manager of the Riatta Village Trailer Park, uses a garden hose to help fight a large grass fire that burned right up to the edge of the park Monday afternoon.

About 40 volunteers from several organizations across Wichita Falls put their heads and their feet together to educate pet owners about city ordinances and available services in the area.

Wichita Falls and Sheppard Air Force Base have come together to conduct a Joint Land Use Study that focuses on identifying potential issues that come with having SAFB here.

Tickets: Advance tickets are $5 and available at United Supermarkets, United Market Street, Sheppard Air Force Base's ITT Ticket Office, the Iron Horse Pub, the Elks Lodge and the Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc.

Crews from Wichita Falls and Sheppard Air Force Base were called out to what they assumed was just another routine dumpster fire.

Torin Halsey/Times Record News Fire, wrecked cars, volunteer victims and a mock hazardous materials situation were used in Wednesday morning's training exercise at the Wichita Falls Fire Department's Training Center.

Wichita Falls city councilors meet Tuesday to decide if bus fares throughout the city will see a hike following a second public hearing on the issue.

A Father's Day feature had fallen through, and the designer was desperate. The city editor at the time, Mike Dougherty, asked if I could put something together.

It's a very important day for the people of the Netherlands and the folks in Texoma who are from that part of the world because for the first time in over a century, there is a Dutch king.

Mr. and Mrs. George I. Brickhouse Jr. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary March 23 at a banquet in their honor at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Parish Hall.

"Honestly, we have no clue if we're actually going to be furloughed," said Jacques, a civilian worker who commutes to Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo and is chief steward of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1035.

Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville, AL and highlighted a backward spring in the south that year.

The ordinance banning chaining specifies there should be a group to help qualifying residents comply with the upcoming ordinance that bans chaining dogs.

Jose Rivera was hurt serving his country, but pending furloughs and a pay cut is what pains him these days.