It’s lights out for ERCOT’s CEO Bill Magness. He was fired Wednesday for his mismanagement of Texas’ power grid during last month’s sub-zero freezing temperatures which left over 4 million Texas residents without power and therefore, unable to heat their homes. Magness has defended his decision to begin rolling blackouts to ease the strain on…… More
Citizens of Wichita Falls who participate in the Choose to Reuse program at the Wichita Falls Organics Facility will be able to pick up a free load of compost this Saturday. Get more information here.… More
The same pancake mix and sausage cooked at the University Kiwanis Club pancake festival is being served differently this year. The club’s annual pancake festival was cancelled in January because of the pandemic. “We didn’t know what we were going to do when we cancelled the event quite frankly. We just knew we had to…… More
Nearly one year into the coronavirus pandemic, help from the federal government for small businesses who are struggling continues to be in high demand. Luckily, starting Wednesday for two weeks, the Paycheck Protection Program will open applications for places that have 20 employees or less. More details about this new, temporary eligibility requirement and how…… More
The City of Wichita Falls Water Department is helping residents make sure they can keep their water services on. “We actually haven’t cut anybody off for nonpayment since right when this first started, which I think was around Feb. 11, so we’ve actually gone about two and half weeks,” said Azura Kerr, Systems Data Administrator…… More
Cher disclosed multiple bombshells in her newly released book, Cher: The Memoir, Part One, including her admission that she contemplated jumping off a Las Vegas hotel balcony while she was “trapped” in a “loveless marriage” to Sonny Bono. After surviving that experience and divorcing Bono in 1975, Cher was there to provide marital advice to…… More
Shakira announced on Instagram on Wednesday (November 20) that she will be giving away her own personal car, a customized 2022 Lamborghini Urus, to one lucky winner of her contest. The giveaway is a partnership between the Latin pop superstar and Univision, in promotion of her latest single, “Soltera.” The Columbian singer shared a series…… More
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Miley Cyrus disclosed that she is working on a new visual album called Something Beautiful that is inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Cyrus first saw The Wall as a teenager with her brother, where they smoked weed in a limousine while decked out in 70s-style clothes. “We really…… More
The headliners for Coachella 2025 will be Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone (who already confirmed his appearance in his Big Ass Stadium Tour announcement on Tuesday), and Travis Scott. Other artists on the bill include Charli XCX, FKA twigs, Missy Elliott, Megan Thee Stallion, Kraftwerk, The Prodigy, The Misfits, The Go-Go’s, Three 6 Mafia,…… More
A private funeral was held for Liam Payne on Wednesday (November 20) at St Mary’s Church in Amersham, England. All of Payne’s former One Direction bandmates were in attendance, as Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson arrived separately to the service dressed all in black. Liam’s parents, Karen and Geoff Payne, were…… More
