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Fire Affecting Traffic on U.S. 287 North near Vernon

The northbound lanes of US 287 near FM 432 west of Vernon are closed.

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Photo credit: Mike Hendren-News Talk 1290
Photo credit: Mike Hendren-News Talk 1290
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Wichita Falls DAV Commander’s Trip to the Pentagon

Joel Jimenez, DAV Chapter 41 commander, stopped by our studios this morning to fill us in on his recent visit to the Pentagon.

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Mike Hendren-News Talk 1290
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Wichita Falls, Area Youth Getting Ready for Summer Horsemanship Program

The equine section of Texas A&M University offers one of the best horsemanship programs in the nation. Each year, students of the program

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Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
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The Housing Market: Is It Really In Trouble?

The AP is reporting housing prices have declined for a sixth straight month, with the biggest fall in Chicago, Atlanta and Cleveland. No shock there. By all appearances,

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uhuru1701, Flickr
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Buying Made In America Should Be A Priority

I’m really getting tired of hearing ‘well, it IS a global economy, so we have to outsource’. No, actually we don’t. We’ve painted ourselves into a corner and that’s how we’ve chosen to deal with the problem. We’ve become a society of I-want-it-now-and-cheap consumers who scoff at the notion of paying ‘too much’. This spoiled brat attitude of ours,

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Shots Fired Outside Local Businesses

Police were called to the 7-11 convenience store at City View Drive and US 287 at around 9pm Monday night. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and shell casings were found in the parking lot.

A short time later, police were alerted to shots fired outside

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Weeks-sculpture (used by permission-Kemp Center for the Arts)
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Cowboy True A True Success

Last weekend, the Kemp Center for the Arts and the Kemp at the Forum (formerly the Woman's Forum) played host to some of the finest cowboy artists in the southwest.  No, not every single artist was a working cowboy, but all of the artists shared a common love for the life and work of the true, working cowboy

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Photo credit: Mike Hendren, KWFS-AM
Photo credit: Mike Hendren, KWFS-AM
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Storms Bring Needed Rains, Uneeded Headaches To Texoma

Downed power lines and blown transformers, as well as a litany of other damage have left hundreds of Oncor customers without power since early this morning. Crews are working on the problems,

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