Wolfforth council appoints new associate judge

An associate judge was appointed and sworn in Monday night by the Wolfforth City Council. City Secretary Debbie Youngblood told the council that Royce Wittie would be able to handle cases if Judge Donald Preston is out sick. “In order for him to go to school, he has to be appointed,” said Youngblood. Wittie will [...]

Fall in Frenship: Annual events mark beginning of the season.

The weather is only barely beginning to cool off, but the Frenship area is already gearing up for fall events.

The first of this fall’s activities is the South Plains Balloon Roundup, which will be held Sept. 11-12.

Concert scheduled for Celebration Christian Center

Celebration Christian Center will kick off an eventful fall with a concert next month. Aaron Crider will be performing a concert at the church, located at 8001 Upland Ave., at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11. Crider is a nationally known praise and worship leader, as well as a recording artist. He will be at [...]

Church league registers young soccer stars

Kids from age 3 to fifth grade are invited to come kick a ball around in the Fall Upward Soccer League. First Baptist Church of Wolfforth runs the league through Upward Sports. Parents can register their children by calling the First Baptist Church office at 866-4260 or online at www.fbcwolfforth.org with payments due through PayPal. [...]

Gertrude’s Restaurant flourishing

Cynthia Orona never really meant to open a restaurant, but Gertrude’s Restaurant and Tea Room is flourishing nonetheless. Orona was actually running a cleaning service and rented space in Wolfforth to start an ironing service to work with it. Then she had some health problems and had to stop working in her growing cleaning service. [...]

Live Oak church to offer night of music, games

Live Oak Community Church will offer a night of music and games for the community at Friday Night Live, an event to be held Aug. 20 from 6-9 p.m. at the church, located at 10710 Frankford Ave. An outdoor concert featuring the Live Oak Band and special guest Chris Crow will feature both Christian and [...]

Chamber cookoff today

Festivities at the Wolfforth Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Cookoff will start tonight at 7 p.m. with a line dance performance in the Wolfforth Community Building at Patterson Park. The event is a qualifying event for the International Barbecue Cookers Association. If 50 or more teams were to sign up, it would be a [...]