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Bait shop, watercraft rental to close for season soon
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterMonday, October 14, 2019LAKE MEREDITH , TXIt may be the middle of October but the fish are still biting at Lake Meredith. Dave Wright, owner of Wright-On Bait, Tackle, and...
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Park superintendent and wife call Fritch home
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterTuesday, October 15, 2019FRITCH, TXLake Meredith National Recreation Area stretches across Hutchinson, Moore and Potter counties and encompasses 404,000 acres, according to...
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Morales booked at jail on numerous charges
Staff WriterTuesday, October 15, 2019BORGER, TXAngel Jonathan Morales, 25, was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 13, for possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, search or transport and evading...
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Alleged victims testify in Stinnett man's sexual assault trial
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterWednesday, October 16, 2019BORGER, TXThe trial of Stinnett resident 51-year-old Freddie Duwayne Hutchinson started with preliminary questioning of potential jurors on...
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Borger constructs new pavilion at Cofield Park
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterWednesday, October 16, 2019BORGER, TXThe City of Borger is in the final stages of construction of a new pavilion at Cofield Park, which is located at Brain and 11th streets...
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Jury hands down verdict in Hutchinson trial
By: Tim HowsareEditoreditor@borgernewsherald.comFriday, October 18, 2019BORGER, TXA 12-member jury handed down a verdict on Thursday in the trial of Freddie Hutchinson, the 51-year-old Stinnett man who...
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Hutchinson found guilty of 3 counts of sex crimes on children
By: Tim HowsareEditoreditor@borgernewsherald.comFriday, October 18, 2019STINNETT, TXAfter nearly a full day of deliberation Thursday, a jury of six men and six women found Freddie Duwayne Hutchinson...
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BoomTown Scholarship to offer new opportunities for BHS students
SubmittedFriday, October 18, 2019BORGER, TXA signing event for the Don C. Dilley BoomTown Scholarship was held on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the new freshman wing at Borger High School. Through a $1.5...
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Hutchinson sentenced to 55 years
By: Tim HowsareEditoreditor@borgernewsherald.omSunday, October 20, 2019BORGER, TXFreddie Duwayne Hutchinson, the 51-year-old Stinnett man who was convicted Thursday on three counts of sex crimes on...
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Living Water: Sharing Gospel, providing basic needs
By: Sarah HarrisStaff WriterMonday, October 21, 2019BORGER, TXIn the early 2000s, a group of men from First Baptist Church in Borger began praying about a ministry that would meet the immediate...
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Citizen addresses concern over lease agreement with PSP board of trustees
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterWednesday, October 23, 2019STINNETT, TXThe Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, Oct. 21, at the administration board...
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Military Monday: Joseph Nicholes II, Air Force
By: Sarah HarrisStaff WriterMonday, October 28, 2019BORGER, TXJoseph Nicholes II grew up in Fritch and is a 2018 graduate of Fritch High School. Due to his birth date, he graduated at 17. Nicholes was...
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Fritch nonprofit helps county residents in need
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterTuesday, October 29, 2019FRITCH, TXFRITCH — Extended Hands is a nonprofit organization that serves all of Hutchinson County. Located at 104 N. Cornell Ave. in Fritch, the...
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Giving blood to save lives
By: Tim HowsareEditoreditor@borgernewsherald.comThursday, October 31, 2019BORGER, TXA lot of students, as well as many adults, lost a pint of blood Tuesday while they were at Tex Hanna Gym at Borger...
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Borger native leaves lasting legacy on community
By: Jessica OzbunStaff WriterThursday, October 31, 2019BORGER, TXWilliam F. “Bill” Carder was very well liked and a staple in the Borger community. He was a skilled businessman and engineer, a civic...
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Column: Lack of power supply for police scanner brings back memories of Radio...
By: Tim HowsareEditoreditor@borgernewsherald.comSunday, November 3, 2019BORGER, TXLike most newspapers, we have a police scanner. Ours happens to be a hand-held unit that was purchased at Radio Shack....
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Military Monday: Rusty Mihm, U.S. Marines
By: Sarah HarrisStaff WriterMonday, November 4, 2019BORGER, TXRusty Mihm spent some of his childhood in Happy, Texas. Then, when Mihm was in junior high, he moved to Houston, which is where he...
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Borger’s historic Morley Theatre turns 72 on Wednesday
By: Staff ReportStaff WriterTuesday, November 5, 2019BORGER, TXOn Nov. 6, 1947, not much else happened in other parts of the world besides the debut of “Meet the Press,” which is television’s longest...
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Borger EDC: City’s sales tax up 5.46% from previous year
Staff WriterWednesday, November 6, 2019BORGER, TXKatie Lingor, executive director of the Borger Economic Development Corp., announced at Tuesday night’s regular Borger City Council meeting that sales...
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City Council approves nearly $315K for new trucks, wheeled loader
By: Tim HowsareEditoreditor@borgernewsherald.comWednesday, November 6, 2019BORGER, TXThe Borger City Council approved $114,650 for four new light-duty pickup trucks and $200,000 for a new John Deer...
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