Fritch News

A Fritch woman died Thursday after running a stop sign at a Fritch Highway intersection in Hutchinson County, according to the Department of Public Safety.

The Champs Academy alternative school in the northern Panhandle is closing. The school's been around for 16 years.

An alternative high school for six rural Panhandle districts will shutter its doors at the end of the school year, its governing schools have decided.

The Borger Economic Development Cooperation approved a deal to provide a $72,000 package to Fritch company Blue Creek Mercantile.

Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:12 p.m. Read more: Local , Economy , Business , Community , Borger , Borger Edc , Blue Creek Mercantile , Texas Panhandle , Fritch , Ammunition T he Borger Economic Development Cooperation approved a deal to provide a $72,000 package to Fritch company Blue Creek Mercantile.

Q. I have received two e-mails recently about an 89-pound rattlesnake. In the first one, it was supposedly found on a golf course near Cleburne.

Rarely seen without a drink in one hand and a smoke in the other, comedian Ron White has had a career that has taken him from the cassette racks of truck stops to the world of stadiums and feature films -- but all the while they've called him "Tater Salad." The myth around the Fritch, TX, native's famous nickname has to do with a flippant remark ...

A single-vehicle accident in northeast Potter County late Sunday night killed a Canyon teenager and sent five others to the hospital.

Three additional Texas Panhandle schools will close their doors for the remainder of the week as they struggle with absences from flu-related illness.

A school district in the northern Panhandle announced Tuesday it will close for the rest of the week, making it the third district in the region to shutter schools due to an outbreak of flu and other illness.

A Panhandle school district will close its doors Thursday and Friday in hopes of preventing the spread of the flu-like illness that has sent nearly one in five students home.

I think you've heard the story: "It was parked in a garage just around the corner for the past 30 years, when some guy turned up from out of town to snag it, and it was gone!" Well, that's the storyline for Don Hardy, so now you know the first chapter.

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area will celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday.

A 43-year-old Borger man injured a police officer while fleeing authorities attempting the serve him a felony arrest warrant late Friday.

A Borger man was caught after hitting a police officer with his car. Officers say that on Friday, September 11th, they pulled over Herschel Bryan Moffitt, 43, when they noticed he had an arrest warrant.

When the season began last week, four area coaches had 100 victories - Brad Thiessen of Amarillo High , Steve Parr of Palo Duro , Rick Ware of Sanford-Fritch and David Wood of Muleshoe .

The drivers involved in a two-vehicle accident on Wednesday on Texas Highway 136 north of Borger have been identified.

Clayton Campsey, 9, looks out the window of Paul Edison's Cessna 210 as he flies over Palo Duro Canyon during Challenge Air .

Starting today the Hutchinson County CommissionersA Court will listen to you about concerns regarding stray dogs in Fritch.

Starting today the Hutchinson County CommissionersA Court will listen to you about concerns regarding stray dogs in Fritch.