Vernon News

Summer Elizondo, 21, of the 200 block of Moore, charged with battery on a peace officer, resisting/evading/obstructing an officer, 2 counts of battery, concealing identity and disorderly conduct.

Texas state hospitals are filled to capacity and hospital officials are working to make room for patients with mental health issues.

Harvey Hugh DeFord, 85, of Altus, passed away at his home Monday, May 7, 2012. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday at the Kincannon Memorial Chapel with Pastor S. K. Robinson officiating.

Thunderstorms will persist around the Central U.S. on Sunday as a low pressure system over the Plains combines with a low pressure trough moving off the northern Rocky Mountains.

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds pop up across the Central US as a trough of low pressure strengthens in the Plains.

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds pop up across the Central US as a trough of low pressure strengthens in the Plains.