Alvord News

When it comes to the value of natural gas, wetter is better.That, in a nutshell, is why tax values in Alvord ISD are up 25 percent this year and values in Slidell ISD are up a whopping 58 percent.Wise County Chief Appraiser Mickey Hand released the preliminary numbers over the weekend.

Beginning Saturday, Memorial Day celebrations will be held around Wise County to honor those who died in military service to the United States.

As deadly storms continue to rage in Texas and Oklahoma, there are some eastern Idahoans right in the middle of it all.

TAX VALUES SLIPPING - The sluggish economy took its toll on tax values in Wise County this year.

NWS CONFIRMS ALVORD AREA TORNADO - National Weather Service survey crews spent yesterday gathering information about the damage created by Wednesday night's storm which produced what they say are 16 confirmed tornadoes stretching from Montague County to just north of Goldthwaite in Central Texas.

Emergency management personnel and sheriff's officers are out checking out the damage from last night's storms.

Waves of strong thunderstorms swept through Wise County Wednesday evening, bring heavy rain, wind, hail and even reports of tornado touchdowns.

HOT MEALS ON WHEELS - Beginning this summer, local residents who rely on the Wise County Committee on Aging Meals on Wheels program will be receiving hot meals made locally.

ALVORDKINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP - Alvord Elementary is having pre-kindergarten and kindergarten roundup 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. through Thursday this week and May 13-16 at the elementary office.

PAYNE PLEADS TO TAKING WEAPON - Danny Scott Payne, 49, pleaded guilty Monday in 271st District Court in Decatur to taking a weapon from an officer, a state jail felony, and received a sentence of seven days in the county jail.