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Breast-cancer death rate drops almost 40 percent, saving 322,000 lives, study says

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A radiologist compares an image from earlier mammogram technology to a 3-D digital mammogram in Wichita Falls, Tex. Breast cancer death rates declined almost 40 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 deaths, the American Cancer Society reported Tuesday.


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In Wichita Falls, the National Night Out will begin Tuesday evening and officers with the Wichita Falls Police Department will come be a part of each neighborhoods' event. If you would like an officer with the Wichita Falls Police Department to come take part on your neighborhood's National Night Out you can call Sgt.

Man arrested for trailer burglaries, property recovered

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In August, the Wichita Falls Police Department began an investigation into the burglary of the trailer from a business in the 2000 block of E. Scott Street. Detectives identified the suspect as Cory Turkett, 44. The investigation also tied Turkett to another stolen trailer that was taken in the 2900 block of Sheppard Access Road in September.

Wichita Falls to help Sheppard AFB in main gate project

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Wichita Falls is going to helping Sheppard Air Force Base on the main gate project, but just how much help is unclear. How large the project is and how much money is going to be spent is yet to be seen.

Rivers and lakes impacted by recent rain

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Debris covered the bridge and a few large tree branches even broke loose the chain linked fencing that runs along the bridge. Tuesday morning the fence had been repaired and the bridge cleaned.

Tillerson denies report he had to be talked out of quitting

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks to his seat at a luncheon with President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in New York.

Business owners receive money, resources from ideaWF

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We have some winners in the 2017 ideaWF contest! $70,000 is how much was handed out Wednesday in cash and in-kind prizes. "I didn't know if I was going to have a heart attack or what," Co-Owner of Take the Shot Golf & Gun, Nathan Moore said.

It's National Adopt a Shelter Dog month

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"Our almost four-year-old son has been wanting an animal that can sleep with him because our dog is too big for him," Sickman said. Sickman said he chooses to adopt because he does not trust dog breeders and dislikes the fact that they focus more on selling than finding the dog a forever home.


Tax program needs volunteers

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Tax season is just a few months away and the North Texas Area United Way is asking for your help. Last year the program in Wichita Falls brought in more than $4 million in tax refunds.

WF Chamber using survey to increase young workforce

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The Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce is looking to grow their young workforce, and they're doing it with a new targeted survey. It's a project that has been in the works for close to a year to figure out why the city is losing young professionals.

Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders

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The Texas Department of Public Safety has recently added a sex offender to their Top Ten Most Wanted Sex Offender list. Dakota Marcus Stewart is wanted for two counts of failure to register as a sex offender and for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

As police close in, Texas man shoots himself days after mother was slain

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A Wichita Falls man wanted for question in the slaying of his mother shot himself in the head Friday night when police tried to detain him. Damon Jason McLellan, 42, was identified Thursday as a person of interest in the death of Madonna Marie McLellan, police told the Times Record News .

WF woman selling blankets for Vegas victims

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A woman who now calls Wichita Falls home is doing what she can to help the town she grew up in, Las Vegas. Poppy Ayivorh said when she heard the news about the tragic shooting that took place just days ago in Vegas she knew she had to help out.

City to address downtown dilapidated buildings after wall collapse

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Wichita Falls city leaders are trying to figure out the best way to address the dilapidated buildings that are sitting downtown. Last week a wall outside one of those buildings collapsed.

Caprock Chronicles: FDR's Great Plains Shelterbelt Program in 1930s included Panhandle

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Proposed zone for planting trees in shelterbelts, drawn by Paul Carlson from 1934 Forest Service map. Actual areas of tree planting, 1935-1942, drawn by Paul Carlson from map in "Great Plains Shelterbelt in I954."


Naked man clings to ATV at Texas rodeo and gets tasered

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Refusing to moo-ve! Shirtless man covered in cow poop clings to an ATV at Texas rodeo as cops taser and wrestle him but he refuses to let go A video taken in Wichita Falls, Texas, shows a man in his underwear holding onto an ATV in the middle of a rodeo ring One officer kicks him to the ground before tasering him, but he still manages to keep his grip on the ATV A video shows a man in his underwear clinging to an ATV in the middle of a rodeo ring getting tasered and kicked because he refuses to let go. The footage opens with the man kneeling by the large, tricked out SUV in the middle of the indoor rodeo ring in Wichita Falls, Texas, surrounded by a crowd of people.

City councilor to announce run for county office

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A currently serving Wichita Falls City Councilor is expected to announce his candidacy for Wichita County Treasurer on Tuesday morning. District Four Councilor, Jesse Brown, is holding a press conference at 10:00 a.m. on the Wichita County Courthouse front steps.

Alex Mills, president of Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, announces retirement

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The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers announced today that Alex Mills will retire, effective Dec. 31, 2017, as president and chief of staff. Mills became president of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers in 2000, following the merger of the North Texas Oil & Gas Association and the West Central Texas Oil & Gas Association .

Hollis Alvin James Daniels

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Texas Tech police officer shot, killed on campus; suspect in cus - KSWO, Lawton, OK- Wichita Falls, TX: News, Weather, Sports. ABC, 24/7, Telemundo - Texas Tech Police Chief Kyle Bonath and University President Lawrence Schovanec will address Monday's shooting of a Texas Tech police officer and subsequent search and apprehension of the suspect, who fled the incident.

Downtown coffee shops becoming more prevalent

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Coffee shops have become a popular and successful part of downtown Wichita Falls and another is coming to the area. "Coffee is the thing," Amador said.

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