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Wellington High School’s (WHS) Rocket Regiment will present its Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 in the WHS Auditorium. Additionally, the event will feature a performance from the sixth-grade and seventh-grade bands. Courtesy Image

Wellington High School’s (WHS) Rocket Regiment will present its Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 in the WHS Auditorium. Additionally, the event will feature a performance from the sixth-grade and seventh-grade bands. Courtesy Image

Rocket Regiment slates Sunday afternoon performance

Wellington High School’s (WHS) Rocket Regiment will present its Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 in the WHS Auditorium. Additionally, the event will feature a performance from the sixth-grade and seventh-grade bands.
Austin Elementary students travel to Pampa

Austin Elementary students travel to Pampa

Austin Elementary students travel to Pampa

Austin Elementary School students travel to Pampa Friday, April 18—a reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goals. In Pampa, students visited the Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center, White Deer Land Museum and Freedom Museum USA, finishing the day off with lunch at Coney Island Café.
Memphis Chamber of Commerce hosts Easter Egg Hunt

Memphis Chamber of Commerce hosts Easter Egg Hunt

Memphis Chamber of Commerce hosts Easter Egg Hunt

The Memphis Chamber of Commerce welcomes local youth to the Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 19 at Memphis City Park. “Thank you to all those who braved the wind and cold to hunt eggs at the Annual Easter Egg Hunt,” Memphis Chamber of Commerce Manager Kim Cloyd said. “It was lots of fun.
Memphis High School students compete at Wichita Falls Independent School District Carrer Education Center’s 7th Annual Weld-Off Contest Thursday, April 17. At the contest, over 375 students from 32 school competed in 702 contests, showing off their skills, raising funds for local Future Farmers of America (FFA) and welding programs and earning welding certifications. Memphis ISD

Memphis High School students compete at Wichita Falls Independent School District Carrer Education Center’s 7th Annual Weld-Off Contest Thursday, April 17. At the contest, over 375 students from 32 school competed in 702 contests, showing off their skills, raising funds for local Future Farmers of America (FFA) and welding programs and earning welding certifications. Memphis ISD

Memphis students compete at 7th Annual Weld-off Contest

Memphis High School students compete at Wichita Falls Independent School District Carrer Education Center’s 7th Annual Weld-Off Contest Thursday, April 17.
Local nursing homes welcome Easter magic

Local nursing homes welcome Easter magic

Local nursing homes welcome Easter magic

Local nursing and assisted living facilities, including Childress Healthcare Center, Memphis Convalescent Center and Wellington Care Center, welcome Easter magic, inviting guests—both young and old—to join in on Easter egg hunts. 
Monson Music Studio’s Bella Blu Sanders entertains at Childress Senior Citizens Center

Monson Music Studio’s Bella Blu Sanders entertains at Childress Senior Citizens Center

Monson Music Studio’s Bella Blu Sanders entertains at Childress Senior Citizens Center

Monson Music Studio’s Bella Blu Sanders, the nine-year-old daughter of David and Jaime Sanders, entertains at the Childress Senior Citizens Center’s Easter luncheon Thursday, April 17, singing “Chocolate Rabbit” and “Easter Parade,” in which she donned an Easter bonnet and held a lacy parasol,...
A thing of beauty: Top 20 again

A thing of beauty: Top 20 again

A thing of beauty: Top 20 again

For the first 60 years of our country’s history, our people understood that presidents are removed by ballots, not bullets. After that, the attempts started, and the first successful assassination happened 160 years ago this month. Robert E.

Wellington ISD Board of Trustees hires additional staff

WELLINGTON – The Wellington Independent School District (ISD) Board of Education met at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14 in regular session at the Superintendent’s Office. President Cody Phillips called the meeting to order with a quorum present. Brad Bawcom offered the opening prayer.