We love celebrating birthdays with our grandchildren. After the candles are blown out, and we have all joined in singing “Happy Birthday,” it is time to cut the cake. The birthday celebrant gets to ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) Local law enforcement agencies were alerted Friday morning to a possible active shooter in or near Sheppard Air Force Base.

The deadline for submitting items for church briefs to be published in our print edition is 2 p.m. Wednesday. To have an item listed, email Trish Choate at [email protected]. Please limit ...

Three women in Wichita Falls have been arrested and charged with aggravated perjury in connection with a murder investigation. Police have not released details about the murders, including the ...

Here is a list of the top 35 salaries paid by the city of Wichita Falls in Fiscal Year 2024, including overtime pay. For some workers, overtime enabled them to earn more money than their superiors.

Days are now warmer and longer, and you might be spotting blossoming trees and flowers, signaling the beginning of spring. The official start of the season is known as the vernal equinox. Vernal means ...

After being signed into law on Jan. 5, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2025 sought to rectify substantial inequalities in Social Security payments for specific groups of employees, namely those ...

Unsteady times now after COVID have changed us. Work flows shifted as employers optimized for WFH — work from home. Four years later, workforce demographics, technology and culture have shifted again.

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to lay off at least 76,000 employees. The layoffs are part of President Trump's plan to reduce the size of the federal workforce. The VA argues the cuts are ...

For decades, religion-beat journalists in the mainstream press knew how to produce stories that would land on the front page. The formula was stated in jest, but there was truth in it. I heard this ...

We make decisions dozens, sometimes hundreds of times every day. Do you think about how you think? Some practice “Ready, fire, aim,” jumping into action without a plan. The other end of the spectrum ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim — with many shouting — bold statements of faith from the year 787 after decades of persecution. ...