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Masks will continue to be required in most of the Wichita County Courthouse for the time being, despite a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott that mask mandates be lifted. Eighty-Ninth District Court Judge Charles Barnard told county commissioners Monday that areas of county buildings that contain courtrooms remain under a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court that requires face coverings. Barnard said he anticipates the supreme court will lift its restrictions June 1 or earlier. In Wichita County that means for at least the next week, masks will not be required on the first floor of the courthouse but will be required on the second and third floors. County Judge Woody Gossom said that applies to the District Attorney s Office, which is located on the third floor. ....
Vigil for Nathaniel Lewis to be held Saturday Nathaniel Lewis (Source: Jessica Barton) By KAUZ Team | April 15, 2021 at 7:18 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 7:22 PM WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - A vigil in memory of Nathaniel Lewis will be held on Saturday at the Wichita County Courthouse. Vigil at Wichita County Courthouse on Sat, April 17th ,7 PM. It will be a peaceful time of prayer, petition, and memory of Nathan and other victims of gun violence. Please wear your shirt! SHARE!!Posted by Jessica Barton on Thursday, April 15, 2021 Lewis was shot and killed on Dec. 12, 2020 at Stone Ridge Apartments. Friends, family and anyone wanting to participate in a time of prayer and petition for 19-year-old Lewis and other gun violence victims are welcome to meet at the Wichita County Courthouse at 7 p.m. ....
Who were those unmasked men? County commissioners thumb uncovered noses at their own mask mandate. A standing policy that all in the Wichita County Courthouse wear facemasks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 fell by the wayside Monday as county commissioners took a relaxed view of the policy as it applied to them. Gov. Greg Abbott dropped the statewide mask mandate March 10, but Wichita County buildings abide by an order imposed by a panel of local judges that says masks are required until June 1. One week after affirming the county mask mandate, commissioners Barry Mahler and Mark Beauchamp thumbed their uncovered noses at the policy by going sans-mask throughout the entire meeting. Other masks fell away as the morning wore on, revealing an assortment of bare cheeks, mustaches, goatees and beards. ....
An Archer City man is accused of threatening to kill a Wichita County judge and bribing an assistant district attorney, according to allegations in court documents. Jeffrey Tyler Sweatt, 41, is suspected of threatening people in two counties and soliciting sex and money from an assistant prosecutor in return for her dropping charges against him, according to allegations in court documents. Sweatt is also accused of a knife assault and hiding a cell phone in his underwear in jail, according to allegations in court documents. He was being held Sunday in Wichita County Jail on $383,500 in total bonds, according to online jail records. ....