The Wichita Falls Police Department is warning residents of a new phone phishing scam that is affecting our community. According to police, a scammer has been calling Wichita Falls residents posing as a representative of their department’s civil warrants division asking for money or gift cards as payment. One of the numbers calling is (940)…… MORE
Atmos Energy is helping feed the homebound throughout the Wichita Falls community. Tuesday, employees from the energy giant donated $2000 to THE Kitchen – Meals On Wheels. The money will be used to buy food to feed clients of Meals On Wheels. Read the complete story here. … MORE
Midwestern State University is set to receive a $4.4 million federal grant from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund authorized by the CARES Act, US Senator John Cornyn announced. The funds are to be used to help the college respond to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak and at least 50 percent of the grant…… MORE
The first coronavirus case has been confirmed in Wilbarger County, according to City of Vernon officials. Vernon officials said the patient contracted the virus in Wichita Falls and they are currently in isolation. Read more about the Wilbarger County case here.… MORE
Remote learning for students has been a challenge, but for those with disabilities, it can be even more work. In the classroom, special education teachers are able to adapt to a student’s work day-to-day. With those students now having to learn in their homes, some without internet, the Vernon ISD officials said teachers had to…… MORE
Monday marks two days in a row that no new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Wichita County. In fact, there’s good news– another person has officially recovered from the illness. Get the complete story here. … MORE
The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing home healthcare workers to change how they treat their patients. We’re talking daily about doctors and nurses in hospitals and clinics but there is another group of frontline workers who have had to switch up how they provide care: Home Heath health care workers that bring care and services to…… MORE
The third case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Montague County, according to a report by The Nocona News. Find more information here.… MORE
Dairy farmers are being told to cut back on milk production due to the lack of processing capacity in Texas. “Loss of sales into the restaurants and schools has really slowed down milk purchasing from the processing facilities,” said Windthorst dairy farmer Adam Wolf. More details about how the Covid-19 crisis is affecting area dairy…… MORE
Sunday numbers showed only two cases across Southwest Oklahoma. Greer and Stephens County added one new positive case a piece. More information about SW Oklahoma’s numbers can be found here. … MORE
