Mike Hendren
Accident On Henry S. Grace Freeway Claims One Life, Sends Child To Fort Worth Hospital
The investigation continues into a fatal accident near Hatton Road yesterday afternoon. Wichita Falls Police responded to a call at about 1:15 yesterday on Henry S. Grace Freeway, just above Hatton Road. A white Lexus driven by 55 year-old Connie Spink had struck a guardrail
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Colt 1911 Turns 100!
I am big on the 2nd Amendment. Having the right to keep and bear arms is a crucial part of our republic. It’s scary, though, to think that the last time the 2nd Amendment faced a test before the Supreme Court (McDonald v. City of Chicago, 2010) the vote was a close shave 5-4 vote in the affirmative. Th
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Extreme Temps Can Spell Danger In A Hurry
Way back in 1990, I was young, fresh out high school and looking for a job doing anything I could to make a buck. I found lots of work, but not a lot of bucks. It was late June or early July I think. I was helping build a fence. And we were digging post holes the old fashioned way, by hand
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Oil Patch Looks Active, But Will Our Leadership Do What’s Right?
I took a drive into Wilbarger County over the past weekend and what I saw was impressive. I saw acres of pump jacks working just as hard as they could. Obviously, oil at $95 per barrel is attractive enough to the producers to warrant running those pump jacks
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Casey Anthony Sentenced To Four Years For Lying To Investigators
Casey Anthony, who was acquitted on murder, manslaughter and child abuse charges on Tuesday but was convicted of lying to investigators, was sentenced this morning in Florida. Anthony received one year for each count, but will likely be released from jail within weeks
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Casey Anthony Acquitted!
After deliberating for 10 hours and 40 minutes, a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Fireworks Issue Not An Issue…So Far
I really expected this past weekend to be more eventful. I’m glad it was not. I really did expect someone to fire off a rocket and burn half the town to ground. Why? Because, in most cases, I would argue that we are surrounded by idiots. I
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Beck:I Am Leaving With My Soul
Glenn Beck offered up a powerful final hour on the last day of his Fox News show. Beck, who left CNN’s Headline News channel in 2008 after a nearly two year stint to join Fox News, announced weeks ago that he and Fox would be parting company. Ac
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Burn Bans Expanding As Drought Worsens
Few Texas counties are not under a burn ban at this time. The threat of wildfire is so severe that these counties are also banning the use of fireworks. On Monday’s “Rise and Shine” program, Clay County Sheriff Kenny Lemmons said violators would not be ticketed, they’d be arrested. Officials and landow
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Teen Stabbing Vicitim, Alex Canava, Dies
A 15 year-old male has died from the wounds he suffered in an assault last week. On June 23rd at approximately 11:05 PM the WFPD responded to a possible aggravated assault in the 2700 block of Byrne Place. Officers found Alex Canava laying in the street bleeding
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Update: Wildfire Forces Detour On Hwy 287 North
Wichita County officials had to divert traffic on US 287 north-bound at FM 2384, about 4 miles east of Electra at around 2 pm today. Smoke had reduced visibility to near zero. Wichita County Constable Mark Brewer advised that the highway was reopened at around 2:35 pm
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Burn Bans Will Dampen 4th Of July Celebrations This Year
It’s dry. Very, very dry. Texas is in the grips of one of the worst drouhgts in the last 50 years and this has prompted over 125 Texas Counties to enact burn bans to include the use of fireworks this year. In our area, here is where some of our counties stand:
Archer–use of fireworks is banned
Clay–use of fireworks is banned
Montague–use of fireworks is banned
Wichita–sale and use of fireworks