Emily Bjorklund

From falling apart to being burnt to the ground to being built in the middle of a pandemic, the new Lynwood East Community Center is officially open.

A number of Texas senate and house bills are making their way through the legislative session that target transgender youth participation in sports and their access to health care.

Those who have worked at the health district since that day said what came next was something they never want to relive again.

Wichita Falls is just days away from early voting for another bond election for the Wichita Falls ISD that asks voters to pass a proposition that had previously failed.

Wichita Falls district and community leaders gathered at both the west and east site locations to ceremoniously break ground for its two new high schools. `

Seventy percent of the COVID vaccine doses Wichita County received this week were Johnson&Johnson. Doctors say this one-shot vaccine could help draw in a whole new group of unvaccinated people.

April is the month of the military kid and military bases across the nation bring attention to the challenges and honor those living on base right alongside their parents.

The Wichita Falls Business Park is about to get a $10 million upgrade.

The front door of Apartment 108 in Legacy Hall looks like the front of any other dorm; but in reality, it belongs to Marcos Lopez, the faculty-in-residence at MSU Texas.

In a first-of-its-kind event in Wichita Falls, community leaders gathered at Patsy’s House to honor every single Texoma child who was a victim of abuse in 2020.

The usual Meals on Wheels volunteers were subbed in for community leaders from all across Texoma on Wednesday, who loaded up their cars for Community Champions Day.

If you’re driving by Graham Junior High School this week, you’ll notice a big blue trailer sitting in the gymnasium parking lot. Inside: a hands-on mobile STEM experience that travels all across the state bringing that kind of education to rural school districts.

On March 18, 2020, Wichita County announced its first positive COVID-19 test; a travel-related case coming in from DFW. A year later and the county is sitting at 14,735 total cases and have lost 325 people to the virus.

The Texas National Guard went door-to-door at Parkstone Senior Village on Wednesday, getting shots into the arms of Wichita Falls’ most vulnerable.

After a year of researching every job in the city of Wichita Falls, a survey found-in the jobs it looked at-90.7-percent of them were underpaid.

Unemployment rates across Wichita Falls and North Texas are beginning to improve a year after the area saw a major rise in in numbers and nationwide hiring freezes.

On Friday, the Wichita Falls ISD vaccinated hundreds of its teachers just over a week after the Texas Department of State Health Services moved them to the front of the line.

It includes another round of stimulus checks, an extension of unemployment and others that will have an impact on how you file your taxes this year.

The Texas Education Agency has yet to decide if virtual learning will be an option for students next school year, but the Wichita Falls ISD is looking to change the way its students learn online, possibly through a virtual academy.

Early numbers from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agency shows Texas farmers and ranchers lost over half a billion dollars due to February’s winter storm.

For the first time in almost a year businesses in downtown Wichita Falls were able to open their doors and participate in the After Hours Artwalk.

Ultimately, school boards will make the decision on whether to keep the mask rules, but some Texoma residents think schools are too close to the end of the year for things to start changing.

In the over 24 hours since Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced an end to the statewide mask mandate, Wichita Falls residents are having mixed reactions.

While residents continue to question how quickly the city responded, Chief Prillaman said a few factors played a role.

A Burkburnett woman celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday, but instead of gifts, she gave back to a non-profit closest to her.

In just a few short months, the empty seats at Kay Yeager Coliseum are going to be filled with family members who will get to watch their loved ones walk across the stage.

Across the state of Texas, homeowners are getting hit with high electric bills, leaving many of them vulnerable; some of those bills are in the thousands of dollars.

Through the hardships, when asked why he keeps going, he said, “it’s part of the nature I’m in."

This stretch of snow and frigid temperatures is forcing many Texoma residents to stay home, which means non-profits are having to plan ahead.

A new survey, named Texas Speaks, is the first time the organization is asking for input on where they need to focus their resources beyond just agriculture.