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
Exactly one month after her brother Tito Jackson’s death on September 15, Janet Jackson has finally broken her social media silence by sharing a touching tribute to him on her Instagram stories on Tuesday (October 15). The now-expired post featured a black and white photo of a young Janet looking affectionately at her older brother…… More
Tyler, the Creator appears ready to launch his next music project, as the rapper released a brief video on Instagram on Wednesday (October 16) that teases that he has new music on the way. The 90-second clip, which Tyler captioned “1. st chroma,” features new music soundtracking a video depicting a masked Tyler leading a…… More
During the Jonas Brothers’ show in Prague on Tuesday night (October 15), the performance was halted for several minutes due to someone flashing a laser pointer at Nick Jonas while he was onstage. A fan-shot video of the incident captures Nick looking up into the crowd while seated at the piano, before he quickly ran…… More
Back in 1995, while Mariah Carey was busy recording her chart-topping, Grammy-nominated album, Daydream, the pop diva also recorded an unreleased alt-rock album with her band called, Someone’s Ugly Daughter. On new episode of Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast, Carey discussed her long-lost grunge record that has been sitting unheard in her…… More
Liam Payne, former member of one of the best-selling boy bands of all-time, One Direction, has died at the age of 31. The English singer reportedly died after falling from his third-story hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The circumstances of the incident are still under investigation, including whether it was accidental or intentional, but…… More
