It must be the roses. A flower called the "Knockout Rose" is being blamed for spreading a rose killing disease across most of the Dallas/Fort Worth region.
Rose Killer
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Texas Still Pumping Out Jobs
The report shows the state's economy gained 276,400 non-agricultural jobs from June 2014 to June 2015, an annual growth rate of 2.4 percent compared to 2.1 percent for the nation. According to the Real Estate Center's latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy , the non-government sector added 253,900 jobs, an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent compared with 2.4 percent for the nation's private sector.
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Drunk Driver Going Wrong Way Hits SUV Head On
A 21-year-old drunk driver is lucky to be alive after driving the wrong way and hitting an SUV head on. Wichita Falls Police said they received a call about a driver going the wrong way down Kell West around 1:00 Friday morning.
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Unplugged oil wells may be polluting groundwater
Unplugged wells in our area are now grabbing the attention of water conversation groups after they discovered oil could be leaking into our groundwater.Tonight the Red River Groundwater Conservation District decided to take action against these unplugged wells. POTTSBORO, TX-- Unplugged wells in our area are now grabbing the attention of water conversation groups after they discovered oil could be leaking into our groundwater.Tonight the Red River Groundwater Conservation District decided to take action against these unplugged wells.
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We tried the crazy Laya s chip flavors a " again a " so you dona t have to
For the second year in a row, I have done you a flavor and taste tested the four finalists in the annual Lay's Do Us a Flavor weird chip contest so you don't have to. The four flavors - Southern biscuits and gravy, New York Reuben, Greektown gyro and West Coast truffle fries - have just hit stores in the last couple of days.
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Deer Fest
Deer Fest 2015 is right around the corner. It's a one day event that's held at the MPEC Exhibit Hall in Wichita Falls, Texas on August 1st.
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Judge Barney Fudge sentences Wichita Falls man for murder and aggravated assault
Judge Barney Fudge sentenced a Wichita Falls man to 40 years in a Texas penitentiary for the murder of David Douglass Mays, according to an article on the front page of the Wichita Falls Times Record News newspaper today, Saturday, July 25. Davontay Tyrone Johnson, 21, pleaded guilty in the 78th District Court before being sentenced yesterday. Johnson, who was reportedly 18 at the time of the slaying of Mays, evidently was not acting alone, according to court records and other documents.
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Man in Hospital After Attacked by Dogs
Wichita Falls Police say the man was walking in the 1400 block of Taylor around 9 a.m. when he was attacked by two pitbulls. First responders stated he was alert and responsive when taken in the ambulance.
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Wichita Falls says goodbye to potty water for now
Wichita Falls stopped using treated wastewater last week to supplement its water supply now that the drought has ended. The city will now build a more permanent pipeline to pump treated wastewater to Lake Arrowhead, one of its reservoirs.
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WFPD: Two Arrested After Early Morning Burglary
On Monday morning around 12:30 a.m., patrol officers with the Wichita Falls Police Department were dispatched to the 4700 block of Jacksboro Highway in reference to noises coming from the backyard of a vacant residence. Upon arrival Officers located a blue Honda CRV parked nearby and an open back door to the residence.
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Wichita Falls Man a Finalist in Lay's New Flavor Competition
Voting starts tomorrow to pick one of Lay's chips new flavors, and Wichita Falls' very own James Wagner came up with many different ideas for his submissions, including a bacon-flavored chip and salted caramel chip. Eventually, the flavor that would make him a finalist in the competition came to fruition.
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Man Arrested for Impregnating Underage Girl
According to the arrest affidavit, on November 4, 2014, Wichita Falls police began an investigation into an alleged sexual assault in the 6700 block of Geronimo. Authorities say Juan Antonio Rodriguez engaged in sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old female.
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City Officials Alert Residents to Boa on the Loose
The Wichita Falls Animal Services Center is warning residents in the City View area, namely around the Cimarron Trail area, to be on the lookout for a six foot Imperator Boa. The Imperator Boa is a non-venomous constrictor snake.
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'Recognizable' names looking at historic half-million-acre Waggoner Ranch
It's been almost a year since Dallas-based broker Bernard Uechtritz and Lubbock's Sam Middleton announced they were handling the $725-million sale of the 510,527-acre, 166-year-old W.T. Waggoner Estate Ranch that spans six North Texas counties just to the west of Wichita Falls . Since then, says Uechtritz, there's been " a tremendous amount of interest worldwide ."
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Wichita Falls Police Search for Robbery Suspects
Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls Police are searching for two suspects that were involved in the aggravated robbery of the Exxon-Sprint 24 located in the 6600 block of Seymour Highway. Police say they received a call around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday from a panic alarm at the Sprint 24. The clerk told officers that two men robbed him at gunpoint.
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Health Officials: West Nile Virus Discovered in Wichita Falls
The Texas Department of State Health Services laboratory has confirmed that a pool of mosquitoes from Wichita Falls has tested positive for West Nile Virus . The mosquitoes were collected from traps placed in the city as part of the Wichita Fall-Wichita County Public Health District's routine mosquito surveillance program.
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Missing Snake Has Neighbors on Edge
Residents of a Wichita Falls, Texas neighborhood are on the lookout for a large boa constrictor that escaped its cage. Residents of a Wichita Falls, Texas neighborhood are on the lookout for a large boa constrictor that escaped its cage.
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Wichita Falls: Growing Stronger
New manufacturing companies have committed to call the Falls home, and more retail and restaurants are moving in. They also committed to the city before the drought was over.
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Former teacher shares color photos in Capitol exhibit
An artist offers us straight color photographs, "Straight from the Heart," in a show at the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd. The artist, Martha Burger, whose work is in the North Gallery, is a former teacher and school principal in Duncan, where she has lived since 1970. Burger was also an associate professor at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, before retiring to devote more time to photography.
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Texas businessman recovers cellphone that fell from plane
A North Texas businessman used an app to find his iPhone in a pasture after it fell about 9,300 feet during a flight from Houston. The Wichita Falls Times Record News reported Thursday that Ben Wilson says his cellphone still works.
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