Emily Bjorklund

With just over half of virtual students failing their classes, City View ISD has decided to no longer offer remote learning.

After the first nine weeks of school, 78% of students in the Wichita Falls ISD are back in the classroom, and the district wants to see the number continue to grow.

On Thursday morning Wilder McDaniel’s parents got the call: James Staley had been arrested and charged with the murder of their son.

Hospitals across Texoma are urging everyone to get their flu shot as they continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Food banks across Texas are getting hit with a nearly $2 million cut to their budgets this year.

Mohamed Sharaf, the vice president of development for Victron Energy, had visions of 24-hour fuel pumps and dining options at a travel center right next to I-44.

Since offering virtual options for getting your GED, or learning English as a second language, Heeber, the program’s coordinator, is seeing students from cities she hasn’t before.

On the evening of September 14, 20202, Kelly Fest was in the emergency room at Seymour Hospital when she saw a scene that she will never forget.

No more holes in classrooms, a brand new football field and a new gym floor make the Bowie high school from June unrecognizable.

Instead of gathering downtown and walking as a group, walkers will stay home with their sneakers and their smart phones ready to go.

The Wichita Falls ISD is in the process of figuring out how it can create its own wifi network for the district.

The president of Vernon College got the chance to sit down with members of Vice President Mike Pence’s office this week, one of only five community colleges in the district.

The Wichita Falls ISD is in the process of figuring out how it can create its own wifi network for the district.

Disinfecting schools is now as easy as getting some water, a disinfecting tablet and spraying away.

Homecoming at Archer City High School will still feature voting for royalty and alumni lunches. Just this year, more of those events are being moved online and getting spaced out.

On a day meant to honor workers, the Robinson-Chaney American Legion Post 67 in Vernon opened its doors to treat those working on the front lines to a free meal.

The Texas Education Agency is rolling a system to track COVID-19 cases in public school districts.

Electra ISD Superintendent Ted West said there hasn’t been a positive test in over a week, and credits masks for that.

When the school year started, 15-percent of City View students committed to online learning. Since making the announcement that parents could change their minds on Wednesday, all three schools are already receiving requests.

Texoma students who are distance learning may not be on campus, but still need access to breakfast and lunch.

Inside their classes everyone is wearing masks and desks are marked to tell you where to sit.

For Jason Sprague, his daughter’s morning routine for the first day of school will look different this year.

The city of Wichita Falls has received over $35 million in CARES Act funding, and on Tuesday, Texas Senator John Cornyn was in the city to see the impact the money had first-hand.

The Wichita Falls ISD will officially hold a bond election this November. The district is asking for $290 million to build two new high schools, intended to be ready by the 2024 school year.

Vernon ISD will be welcoming back 88-percent of its students in-person on Monday, and with that comes some new rules to make sure they stay safe.

It’s the first day of school for many schools across Texoma, but Christ Academy students got to start this year in a brand new high school.

Vernon College has released its guidelines for coming back to school this month as it prepares to welcome back nearly three-thousand students to campus.

After submitting their 2020-21 commitment form, 63-percent of Wichita Falls ISD students will be heading back to school in-person.

384,464 disposable masks, 188,700 pairs of gloves, 4,081 gallons of hand sanitizer and more is headed to school districts across Region 9 to get them ready for this upcoming school year.

While the start of school is less than a month away for the Wichita Falls ISD, students have already been back in the classroom.