Amarillo TX

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Court documents show law enforcement seized around $800,000 worth of meth after a police chase in Amarillo. According to court documents filed October 23, Ollie Lee Payne is facing federal charges of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charges stem...

Amarillo, Pampa and surrounding Panhandle communities face heavy rain before another round Sunday

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) -The city of Amarillo discussed an outside review of its new utility billing system that found bills were calculated correctly under the rate ordinance, but did not determine why some residents saw abnormally high water bills. The city transitioned in April to a new water utility billing...

A one-and-a-half year-old bison was one highlight of the Moon Market Saturday, Oct. 17 on the downtown Canyon square. "Sally" is in training to be the next "Thunder," West Texas A&M University's mascot. She was attended by WT Herdsmen. "People have absolutely loved her," said Emily Montgomery, WT graduate assistant who oversees Sally's care. "I have heard that she's the highlight. All the kids have asked to pet her, but they can't." Sally was inside a portable pen on the northeast side of the Ra

The Texas Panhandle First Responders Memorial is officially completed and will soon be open to the public, according to officials, after a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday and a dedication ceremony on Wednesday afternoon.

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - An Amarillo man has died after crashing his motorcycle during a chase with DPS troopers. According to DPS, the crash happened around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, October 24. Officials say a trooper attempted to stop a motorcycle for a traffic violation on I-40 near the I-27 interchange.

HEREFORD - 20-straight district victories and counting. That's what West Plains has done since losing to Seminole in 2022 ... the first year the Wolves opened their school and started playing varsity football. Friday night, West Plains continued its roll through District 2-4A Division I, using a powerful running game to dominate Hereford, 59-12 at Whiteface Stadium. With the win, West Plains improved to 4-3 overall and 3-0 in district. Hereford dropped to 3-5 overall and 1-2 in district. West Pl

If there's not a quarterback controversy at West Texas A&M following the Buffs' 69-14 win over Western New Mexico, there is now. Redshirt freshman Ryan Gafford and true freshman signal-caller Reid Macon lit a fire under the WT offense and came away its best scoring output of the season on Homecoming at Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium. Gafford, of Stephenville, and Macon, of Amarillo, helped the Buffs move to 3-3 in the Lone Star Conference with the lopsided victory over Western New Mexico. WT bui

NASA's FarmFlux mission is flying a low, twin-engine A200 plane over farmland near Amarillo, Texas, through Nov. 9 to measure ammonia, methane, ozone and particles from livestock and crop operations.

Dense fog risk peaks from 5 to 8 a.m., with hazardous driving possible until late morning.