Alex Achten
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For the last six months, Spectra Venue Management has been working to try and bring a soccer team to Wichita Falls.
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Every year the city allocates money for community service organizations.
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The committee will oversee city staff while they work on the implementation process.
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The new software systems are expected to be installed and operational by October of 2019.
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The City of Wichita Falls has partnered with Work Services Corporation on this initiative since 1981.
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The IPR went online and began pumping water into Lake Arrowhead in February of 2018.
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Just last week commissioners learned of another weigh station being built in Guadalupe County that is the same size and has nearly the same budget.
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The website and app will be able to provide a historical perspective on population growth rates, tax rates, economic trends, and revenue streams that have not been provided in the past.
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The Downtown Steering Committee of Wichita Falls has been working hard to help revitalize the Central Business District for the last year and a half.
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It is National Fire Prevention Week and the Wichita Falls Fire Department is using it as an opportunity to educate people on fire safety with cold weather on the way.
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With the recent robbery, police want food truck workers to use situational awareness to reduce the risk of an incident like that, or even worse.
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Wichita Falls city leaders say they are opening the bidding process up because Edwards Risk Management's contract with the city expires in November, not because of Officer Tim Putney.
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Fall is upon us and that means more deer on the roads and highways. There are a handful of reasons for that, most notably it being deer mating season. Experts want people to be aware and insured.
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News Channel 6 concludes it's Hometown Pride Tour in Burkburnett with a look at the 5th annual Glow Run, and looks ahead to Saturday's Friendship Festival.The festivities got underway Friday at 6 p.m. with a pep rally and a Zumba pre-party with DJ MF Maniac.
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The Wichita County community is teaming up with the Early Childhood Coalition to find a way to address problems with Adverse Childhood Experiences, also known as ACEs.On Thursday a Community Empowerment Summit was held to start the process.
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The Permian Park expansion project is expected to cost just over $440,000.
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Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Ted Cruz supporters gathered for a rally with him and Donald Trump Jr. Wednesday afternoon in Wichita Falls at the MPEC.
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Kemp and Kell built the train depot in Burkburnett in 1907, before the city was established.
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The railroad crossing is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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The two areas of land we re-zoned for a housing project, as well as a manufacturer expansion.
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Last month the Wichita Falls Animal Services Center had a Distemper outbreak at the shelter.
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Wichita Falls city leaders have been discussing going to the 4B board for help on the projects for months.
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The Burkburnett Library has served residents since April of 1967.
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Wichita Falls city council and staff have been working to revitalize downtown for nearly two years.
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In 2017 the McNiel Drainage Project was finished, and just a few months ago so was phase one of the Kemp Monroe Drainage Project.
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A few people gathered at Kiwanis Park Thursday morning to make the ribbons and put them up.
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Burkburnett city leaders have been working many years on a project for a Justice Center and it is finally complete.
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The City of Wichita Falls is looking to match grants from TxDOT for the circle trail with 4B Sales Tax money.
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Wichita Falls leaders are hoping to attract businesses to the old ATCO building once the environmental issues are resolved.
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Wichita Falls city leaders have been working on revitalizing downtown the last two years.
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After six months of work, Wichita Falls City Council passed a budget for the fiscal 2018-2019 year.
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The spending of more than $100,000 of 4B funds was approved for construction of the circle trail.
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B-25 Bomber "Maid in the Shade" has landed in Wichita Falls for the week as part of it's Legends of Victory tour across the nation. The warbird was a part of 15 flight missions in World War II.
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Flu shots are beginning to be offered at pharmacies, grocery stores, and doctors offices throughout Texoma with flu season right around the corner.
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Wichita County voters passed a bond for a $70 million law enforcement center in May of 2017. Groundbreaking on that project is now delayed.
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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is touring the state and focusing on small to medium size Texas cities so those residents know there is a focus on them.
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15 counties across the country will be taking part in this year's NHANES survey.
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The Taft Improvement Project was part of Proposition C, which was passed in May.
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The proposed tax rate in Wichita Falls is expected to rise four cents due to Proposition C, which was passed in May for street improvements.
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The Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee has been spending months trying to find the right firm for the projects.
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The City of Wichita Falls looks into donating properties to Habitat for Humanity every year.
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The interactive children's exhibit will cost $122,000, $25,000 of it being paid for by the City of Wichita Falls
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The City of Wichita Falls is looking for more plumbers, and they're partnering up with the Wichita Falls I.S.D.
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Time is running out for the Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee to raise $1.5 million to match grants from the Texas Parks and Wildlife for three shoreline improvement projects at Lake of Wichita.
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Wichita Falls city leaders are frustrated. They are frustrated that right now there is not a full-service hotel and conference center being built. They are frustrated that the latest financial deal fell through.
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TxDOT is doing all they can to prevent the number of drunk drivers on the roads this upcoming Labor Day weekend.
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Col. Russell Driggers graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1995. Now he's the commander of the SAFB 80th Flying Training Wing.
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Henry Florsheim said some parts of the community strategic plan will be short-term projects, while others will be long-term.
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