Challenger Glenn Barham beat incumbent Wichita Falls City Councilor Jim Ginnings by a narrow margin today, 1,782 to 1,762. The men were in a runoff election for the At-Large seat on the council. via Times Record News
“Women particularly, and men, need to realize this world has changed. And it’s changing daily.”
Albert Ditto, 82, thought he’d be a Good Samaritan. Instead, he became a victim. via Times Record News
“That is something we have never forgotten.”
The 40 Americans were “10-day wonders” just before they died in Australia.That’s what the locals called GIs like those flying back from 10 days’ leave in Mackay, Queensland, 64 years ago, an Australian war … via Times Record News
“We did have people up there. We’re looking at it and investigating the situation”
A Burkburnett man working on lighting outside the district’s Henderson Field suffered a brush with electricity that sent him to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. via Times Record News
“Oh, that’s Imogene Nottingham. You remember her from high school?”
With his leave over, Frank shipped out to Wichita Falls, Texas for flight training. via Vail Daily
“The feeling of unity was not dissipated”
When The United Methodist Church celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2008, it will have “traveled” 30 miles-from its 1968 birthplace in the Dallas Convention Center to the Fort Worth Convention Center, the site … via Worldwide Faith News
“It is the leading cause of injuries and some death for children that are either curious of matches or lighters they may find”
Assistant Fire Marshal Justin Perron with the Wichita Falls Fire Department says they’ve responded to many fires where a careless cigarette ignites a mattress on fire. via KAUZ
A collision on a south Wichita Falls road sent a passenger to the hospital and two drivers to jail on felony charges of racing on a highway, police announced. via Times Record News
“We’re as puzzled as everybody else with this yellow thing”
A mysterious ailment seems to be killing area birds, and that has one local expert worried. via Times Record News
June 2, 2007 June came to North Texas with a crackle, a boom and a whole lot of water. via Times Record News
“Kids got it; kids were into it. They thought the song was about their mom. The moms got it because, ‘Hey, that song is about me.”
When the pop-punk band Bowling For Soup started in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1994, it was as a bar band, ‘playing to drinkers,’ frontman Jaret Reddick says. via Chicago Tribune
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“I heard commotion in the alley way and beer bottles. then I heard an old white haired gentleman come following behind him. He said i got stabbed in the head 10 times”
A Wichita Falls man is in the hospital today after a late night fight. Wichita Falls Police say the fight happened around 11:45 near 13th and Travis. via KAUZ