Governor Greg Abbott provided an update on Texas’ continued response to COVID-19 on Thursday, September 17th at 12:00 PM at the State Capitol. Gyms and exercise facilities, manufacturers, museums, libraries, office-based employers, restaurants and retailers can now open to 75% capacity starting on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Read more about the reopenings here.… More
Wichita Falls ISD has released a statement mourning the death of a long-time Rider High School staff member. Find the story here. … More
United Supermarket on Jacksboro Highway is offering drive-thru flu shots. Through October 28, a tent will be set up in the parking lot on Tuesdays and Thursdays and pharmacy employees will be giving the shots but here are some guidelines to qualify. Click here for more information. … More
A Dallas-based hemp company, Panda Biotech, has chosen Wichita Falls as the location for it’s newest processing facility. The Panda Texas Plains Hemp Gin™ will be the largest facility in the country that will both process and cottonize industrial hemp for textiles. Read more about the new facility here.… More
Michelle Oates with the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank joined Tila Grant to talk about the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. The Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program is open and provides vouchers to local senior citizens and WIC participants to be used at participating Farmers’ Markets. Find more information here. … More
Scammers are sending out voicemails claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House. The voicemail claims whoever received it has won a prize and asks for a call back for details on how to receive the prize. For more information on this scam, click here. … More
The new Wichita County Law Enforcement Center is nearly ready for staff to start moving in. Construction crews inside are working in just about every room of the building finishing up all the fine details on a project that’s been in the works for the last two years. Read more about the new law enforcement…… More
Wichita Falls ISD has received $6,000 worth of medical donations for Career Education Center programs. Read the complete story here.… More
Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (streaming, sales and airplay-based) for the ninth week. Penned by Gabby, Zachary Kale and Jon Nite, “I Hope” is featured on Gabby’s 2020 debut album, Goldmine. After topping the Billboard Country Airplay chart in April, “I Hope” reached the top of…… More
Eric Church performed his hard-hitting new single, “Stick That in Your Country Song,” at the Grand Ole Opry during the ACM Awards on Sept. 16. Penned by Davis Naish and Jeffrey Steele—and produced by Jay Joyce—“Stick That in Your Country Song” tackles societal issues ranging from guns and drugs to veterans and school teachers. Eric…… More
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Fresh off of winning the ACM Award for New Male Artist of the Year, Riley Green will ship new single, “If It Wasn’t for Trucks,” to country radio on Oct. 12. The tune is the title track from Riley’s recently released EP. The five-song EP serves as a primer to his upcoming sophomore album, which is…… More
The nominees for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards were announced on Sept. 22. Luke Combs, Maren Morris and Dan + Shay picked up four nominations, while Kane Brown and Thomas Rhett netted three nominations apiece. Crossover star Lil Nas X received 13 nominations, with Billy Ray Cyrus copping five nominations for “Old Town Road.” Kelly…… More
In August, Kane Brown released a new version of his Top 5 hit, “Cool Again,” featuring cross-genre star Nelly. In addition, Kane and Nelly joined forces in Miami to film a bright new video for the collaboration. As Kane told Elaina Smith, the titular host of Nights With Elaina, filming the video with social distancing…… More
Luke Combs’ current single, “Lovin’ On You,” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the fourth consecutive week. “Lovin’ On You” is the first single in 2020 to lead the chart for four weeks. Luke, who recently won ACM awards for Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, is the…… More
Keith Urban released his new studio album, The Speed of Now: Part 1, on Sept. 18. While the idea for the album’s title came to Keith in October 2019, many of the tunes on the 16-song project were created in 2020 when Keith immersed himself in music during his self-quarantine. Keith’s time at home—where he…… More
Ingrid Andress will release a deluxe version of her 2020 debut album, Lady Like, on Oct. 2. Lady Like Deluxe will include 10 songs from Ingrid’s debut album, as well as three new recordings: “Feeling Things,” “Boys” and “More Hearts Than Mine,” featuring Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town. “My love life…… More
