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Wichita Falls After-Hours Bus Route Officially Approved By City Council

Wichita Falls After-Hours Bus Route Officially Approved By City Council

Work Services Corporation is a non-profit agency that employees and trains people with disabilities helping them become more independent. The President David Toogood, is feeling too good about City Council agreeing to help fund the new after-hours transit route. “This is really exciting for us, about a year and a half ago we asked all…MORE

Historic Downtown Building Being Transformed Into Senior Living Apartments

Historic Downtown Building Being Transformed Into Senior Living Apartments

The building under construction on the corner of 11th and Lamar was built in 1925. In 1985, it last belonged to the Maskat Shrine – a masonic service organization. Since then it has not been used for anything other than warehousing. Soon it will have a new purpose. Click here to read more about the…MORE

WFPD Partners With United Regional For Drug Take Back Program

WFPD Partners With United Regional For Drug Take Back Program

The Wichita Falls Police Department and United Regional Health Care Systems have teamed up for a drug take back event this week. The event is set to take place on Friday, December 21, from 9 a.m. to Noon. All you have to do is drop off your outdated prescriptions you do not need anymore at…MORE

Wichita Falls Fire Department: Don’t Run Over Hoses

Wichita Falls Fire Department: Don’t Run Over Hoses

Wichita Falls fire department is speaking out about the dangers of driving over fire hoses during emergency operations. A common careless mistake like this can put firefighters’ lives in great danger. Click here to find out how this move can endanger firefighters and what may happen to you if you drive over a fire hose.MORE

New Project Extends Life Of Area Roads

New Project Extends Life Of Area Roads

It is still early to tell how much damage last weekend’s storm caused on Wichita Falls roads but to help maintain them the city’s Public Works applied a thin layer of sealcoating to some roads. It is a mixture of aggregate asphalt that helps prevent water from going into the base structure, which may cause…MORE

Wichita Falls ISD Title 1 Showcases Technology And New Programs

Wichita Falls ISD Title 1 Showcases Technology And New Programs

Robotics, Virtual Reality, and STEM ruled the day as WFISD students from six different schools showed-off technologies and programs that are funded by Title 1. The funding is for schools where a large percentage of students recieve free/reduce lunch to have supplement learning programs. at the Career Education Center. Title 1 funds are allocated to…MORE

Burk Has A New Retractable Speed Hump

Burk Has A New Retractable Speed Hump

A high traffic road in Burkburnett is getting an upgrade, a new high-tech speed bump. Burkburnett city officials and Burkburnett ISD employees worked together to get two retractable speed humps in front of the new Overton Ray Elementary School, near the new foot bridge and across the baseball field the children play in. More details…MORE

Wichita Falls Force Leaves The Ice

Wichita Falls Force Leaves The Ice

Wichita Falls Force young hockey players who came to Texoma with dreams of glory on the ice left the city on Monday after the team folded. The USA Central Hockey League team was locked out of Kay Yeager Coliseum after a payment dispute between Bill Davidson, the league owner, and the MPEC management company, Spectra.…MORE

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