Wichita Falls Ballet takes stage for first time since COVID
The Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre (WFBT) is set to have their first live public performance since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring.
Their first show back will be “Cinderella,” which will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Memorial Auditorium.
The full-length performance will feature WFBT company dancers along with Sam Jones, a guest artist from the Oklahoma City Ballet.
“I feel it is the beginning of our first steps as a company trying to return towards some sense normalcy,” said Executive Director Valentine Liberatore. “After a year and a half of not dancing on that big stage, I know the company dancers will be thrilled to be back in the limelight. I personally can’t wait to see the show this weekend, and I think our audience will feel their joy as they’re returning to the stage.”
Weather service issues Friday tornado findings
The National Weather Service in Norman, Okla. released its preliminary findings on tornadoes that touched down in Wilbarger County Friday.
The Lockett community escaped serious damage twice as both confirmed twisters set down nearby. Neither tornado was particularly powerful.
The first touched down at 6:15 p.m. west of Lockett and stayed on the ground for seven minutes as it traveled four miles. NWS estimates its track at about 300 yards wide. It s strength was rated at EF-2 on a scale of 1 to 5. This twister may have started in southeastern Hardeman County.
The second touchdown occurred at 6:34 p.m. east of Lockett and stayed on the ground eight minutes to travel three miles. It was also 300 yards wide, but was slightly weaker as a EF-1 tornado.
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Two in deadly bar fight face second charge
Two people have now been charged with the assault in an incident that left one person dead at O’Brien’s Sports Pub.
James Henderson and Jorge Soto are back behind bars, this time charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the late December incident in the parking lot of the northside Wichita Falls bar.
According to the arrest warrants:
Shortly after midnight Dec. 28, Wichita Falls Police responded to O’Brien’s Sports Pub on N. Scott Avenue for a disturbance. Police discovered two people had been stabbed.
The victims, Evan Aleman and David Barron, were transported to the emergency room for treatment. Aleman was pronounced dead at the hospital. Barron was admitted to the hospital for continued treatment.