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AISD hosts special meeting with city, county to address low enrollment
The Amarillo Independent School District, in collaboration with the Potter County Commissioners' Court and the Amarillo City Council, hosted a special board meeting to address their declining enrollment and strategies for potential solutions Monday evening at AmTech. As stated during the meeting by AISD Board of Trustees, the district is...
G.O.A.T. of the Week: Brylee Adams
BUSHLAND, Texas (KFDA) - The Bushland Lady Falcons are looking to go on a deep playoff run this year. It’s clear that the team feels confident they can win any game with senior ace Brylee Adams in the circle. “She’s a very humble player,” Bushland head coach Tayler Frye...
School district work session, condemnation appeals among this week's meetings
Work session - Amarillo City Council, AISD, Potter County. 4 p.m.: AmTech Career Academy - Crimial Justice Lyceum, 3601 Plains Blvd - Southeast side, Entrance #26. Joint work session for the Amarillo City Council, Amarillo Independent School District (AISD) Board of Trustees, and Potter County Commissioners Court to discuss the issue of declining student enrollment in Amarillo ISD and the implications and effects on the District, the City, and Potter County; and to discuss possible future next steps to address the issue. The Council may reach broad consensus on this topic of this work session for the City, but no final decision or vote will occur.
1 dead, struck by pickup truck in Wednesday morning crash near Bushland
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety announced that one person was killed after being hit by a pick-up on an I-40 service road west of Bushland on Wednesday morning.
WT alumni in Hereford invited to free lunch Wednesday
HEREFORD, Texas (KFDA) - West Texas A&M University alumni in Hereford are invited to a free lunch this Wednesday. Representatives from the WT Department of Agricultural Sciences, the WT Alumni Association and Agriculture Development Association (ADA) will travel to Hereford to host the event. The free lunch will take place...
Clements Unit guard charged with 2 felonies after bringing cell phone into prison
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Law enforcement arrested a Clements Unit prison guard Thursday for taking a bribe to supply an inmate with a cell phone. According to a Potter County indictment, 33-year-old Robert Earsley took cash from two men in 2022 to break a law against taking prohibited items into a prison. The indictment says Earsley had a cell phone with the intent to give it to an inmate.
Pedestrian hit, killed on I-40 service road west of Bushland
POTTER COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — A pedestrian hit was killed on the I-40 service road, west of Bushland. The crash happened around 6 a.m. near Adkisson Road. The victim was hit by a pickup and pronounced dead at the scene. The pickup, a 2007 Ford F250, driven by Timothy...
1 killed in head-on crash on I-40 near Amarillo
A driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 40 died in a head-on collison near Amarillo in Potter County overnight Saturday. At about 1:36 a.m. Saturday, April 20, a 2023 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling west in the eastbound inside lane of I-40, about four miles east of Amarillo, while a 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling east in the same inside lane, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The Equinox struck the truck head-on.
Purina donates $25,000 to Deaf Smith County Humane Society for spay and neuter program
Pet food manufacturer Purina announced that its factory team in Hereford recently delivered a $25,000 donation to the Deaf Smith County Human Society to support a program for spay and neuter surgeries.
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