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A bison lays in the snow at the David Traylor Zoo in Emporia, Kan. after a snow storm hit in the early hours of Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation's midsection Tuesday, dropping a half-foot or more of snow across Missouri and Kansas and cutting power to thousands. (AP Photo/Emporia Gazette, Matthew Fowler)

Where the buffalo roam becoming an issue

Last updated Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 3:13pm

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Buffalo bill is back. This time it’s not the buckskin-fringed showman who rode the plains more than a century ago.

This version is a piece of legislation introduced by Texas State Sen. Craig Estes, who wants to change who is responsible for corralling buffalo that roam.

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Drought forces Texas ranchers to sell cattle

Lynn Walker Wichita Falls Times Record

Last updated Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 12:59pm

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Gene Jordan waited in line more than an hour and a half to drop off 20 head of cattle to sell at Wednesday's auction at Wichita Livestock Sales. That's the longest he has waited in a lifetime of ranching.

He had to wait because so many fellow cattlemen were lined up trying to get rid of substantial portions of their herds. With the lingering drought, they no longer can feed them and keep them watered.

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