Give your garden tools a winter spa day

Cleaning garden tools probably isn’t at the top of anyone’s fall to-do list, but if you skip it, your tools might soon look as scary as that collapsing pumpkin still sitting on your porch!

The BB gun truce of 1985

There are certain summers that live forever in memory.For some, it was the year they fell in love. For me, it was the year I nearly lost an eye to a Daisy lever-action.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Funny state laws New Jersey:• It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.• It is against the law to “frown” at a police officer. • It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.

LIBRARY LINES ... BY GAYE REILY

Natalie (Kline) Bright presented her new book, 'A New Fatherland' at Dimmitt Book Club's recent meeting here at Rhoads Memorial Library. Written by Bright, a Dimmitt native, and co-author Manuela Schneider, the historical fiction is the first of a series exploring the emigration of Germans to the U.

Pet Talk

The winter chill has begun to blow through the U.S., and the comfort of a warm fire is a welcome respite.

CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Persons Arrested & Booked into Jail October 28 to November 16, 2025All information of persons arrested and booked into the Castro County Jail are open records:October 28Oscar Gamas Garcia, 32, of Hart was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office for Possession of a Controlled...

PLAYOFF FOOTBALL

Last week Dimmitt’s Bobcats and Nazareth’s Swifts both played in the first round of the state football playoffs. In Bi-District action Dimmitt fell to Idalou, 49-7 while Nazareth topped Claude in six-man action, 74-65. Nazareth will take on Rankin in Hermleigh at 6 p.m. Friday.