A Dallas man is behind bars on multiple charges after Wichita Falls police said he fired gunshots into a woman’s apartment before leading Clay County deputies on a short pursuit.
Wichita Falls police responded to the 200 block of East Lincoln just after 9:20 a.m. on Friday, April 5. Officers said shots were fired, but none of the adults or three young children in the apartment were injured.
According to WFPD Sgt. Charlie Eipper, the suspect fired multiple shots into the victim’s apartment and then fled the scene in a Mercury Sedan.
The victim told police the suspect, 23-year-old Datorian Mathis, was angry with her refusal to speak to him upon his arrival at her apartment. She said Mathis was from Dallas and was probably going to return there.
WFPD issued a lookout warning for Mathis and his car. Clay County deputies arrested him on charges of evading arrest and criminal mischief after a short chase with a suspect that matched Mathis’ description.
The WFPD Crimes Against Persons Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Mathis on charges of deadly conduct. The warrant was served, though, at the time of this article’s publication, he is still in the Clay County Jail.
Mathis has warrants from Dallas for assault of a pregnant person and child endangerment. His bond is set at $100,000.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Despite higher than average rainfall so far this year the combined levels for Lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo are 55.3%.
The City has announced that water levels in the Wichita River are so low that they have had to turn off our fake falls which get water pumped from that river.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
The cats have disappeared, right? No feline supervision?
"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
Definitely a noisy process. You want noisy? We had a new roof put on last week.
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler
District officials shared a Facebook post on Friday, April 19, 2024, that said they’ve been made aware that some local businesses were receiving emails from campusboxmedia.com, claiming to represent WFISD.
According to the district’s Facebook post, the emails are fake, stating that the only authorized advertising for WFISD comes directly from WFISD.
“If you receive any emails from campusboxmedia.com, we urge you to report them to the Better Business Bureau immediately,” the Facebook post said. “Do not agree to any contracts or sponsorships with them, as they are not authorized to work with us in any capacity.”
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
The combined source water area lake levels rose over 3 percent this week after rains.
Lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo’s combined capacity rose 3.5 percent this week. This leaves the total at 59 percent.
City Public Information Officer Chris Horgen attributes this to heavy rains over the weekend. These rained over source water lakes and along the watershed.
As the Little Wichita River continues runoff, the lakes are likely to see even more increase in capacity.
Despite this increase, Wichita Falls water customers remain under Stage 1 Drought Watch restrictions.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Recent heavy rains have raised lake levels to 67.7%.
That is high enough to remove drought watch water use restrictions but so far the city council has not done so. Hot weather has started so the lake levels may soon drop again.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Wichita Falls, for the first time since September 12, 2022 the combined level for Lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo have exceeded 70%. This past week the combined level rose 6.3% for a total of 74%.
Water customers remain in the Stage 1 Drought Watch restrictions. Only a City Council resolution can remove those restrictions regardless of the combined level.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
A motorist was caught off guard when he found himself in high water.
Around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2024, Wichita Falls police and firefighters responded to East Scott Avenue near East Fort Worth Street for a water rescue.
They found a motorist had driven into a flooded area and became stuck. Police directed traffic away from the area while firefighters assisted the driver to drier ground.
Police warn people not to walk in flooded areas and warn motorists to avoid driving on flooded streets. No injuries were reported.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Chaos erupted around 2 p.m. on Sunday after several large thunderclaps shook Wichita Falls, bringing rain and flooding with them.
Several power lines came down due to high-speed wind gusts, causing significant damage to the city’s electrical infrastructure and a loss of power near Kemp Blvd and the Kell Freeway.
Oncor’s power outage map showed several outages in Wichita Falls, affecting more than 540 people. It is estimated to return power to those affected by Sunday afternoon or evening.
To make matters more difficult, police resources were stretched thin as they were called to assist in water rescues and direct traffic due to downed signals.
The Wichita Falls Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 1200 block of Harvey Drive caused by lightning at 2:15 p.m. Upon their arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the home.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Regarding the above article, in our TX city of Wichita Falls we live 3 miles from a Level II Trauma Center. The next nearest trauma center is the level III center in Lawton Oklahoma which is an hour away by road. The sparsely populated counties surrounding WF and Lawton have nothing.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Wichita Falls is getting some notoriety as a multibillionaire has picked the city as a legal battleground.
Elon Musk’s X Corp, the social media outlet formerly known as Twitter, has filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Wichita Falls against numerous advertisers who the company claims conspired to withhold billions of dollars in advertising money from the platform.
The lawsuit targets the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.
Among those brands specifically cited in the lawsuit are CVS, Unilever, Mars and Danish renewable energy company Orsted.
X Corp claims GARM violated antitrust laws by boycotting the platform.
Musk said in a statement, “We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war.”
Why the Wichita Falls court was chosen for the fight was not immediately clear. Neither party in the suit is headquartered here.
Presiding U.S. District Judge Reed O’Conner, who offices in Fort Worth, recused himself from the case Tuesday without providing a reason.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
While we enjoy wonderful weather on the North Fork, in Texoma this weekend is the Hotter than Hell Hundred, a 100 mile bicycle race in temperatures over 100F.
Over 13000 folks come from all over to risk their lives in the heat and humidity.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace