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Books, audiobooks, movies, and magazines continue to be checked out here at Rhoads Memorial Library and Young Scientists’ take-and-make kits, courtesy of Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service agent Felice Acker, are picked up by youngsters.As for newlyreleased books that have arrived and are ready...

Fresh Vision

Where there is no vision, the people perish.Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) I opened the bread box yesterday afternoon with great ambition to make myself a big soft succulent sandwich for lunch. Inside was a loaf of bread. Taking it out I gave it a gentle squeeze. To my dismay, it was firm, not soft.

What Will Be, Will Be

What will be, will be… Some think their future and fate is sealed; shrugging their shoulders they sigh. ‘Why fight it?’ Faith never enters the picture. That’s just wishful thinking; or is it? I think not!“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

WTAMU CJ job fair Set Oct. 29

Students and community members seeking jobs in criminal justice fields, and not just in law enforcement, can attend an upcoming career expo at West Texas A&M University.The Criminal Justice Career Fair will run from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 29 in the commons area in the Jack B. Kelley Student Center on...

Lubbock ISD considers consolidation of campuses

Lubbock ISD is considering combining school campuses as it wrestles with a $14.8 million budget deficit, with no new state funding and declining enrollment numbers.The LISD Future Focus Committee, comprised of 100 community members, educators and students met last week to discuss consolidation of...
CastroCountySheriff’s Office deputies, Castro County EMS, Dimmitt VFD and TxDOT were called to the scene of truck vs. tractor accident on the morning of Oct. 19. Vehicles involved included a John Deere 4640 farm tractor and a silver 2002 Dodge flatbed pickup truck. The accident occurred at the 300 block of FM 1055. No injuries were reported. DPS Trooper Kyle Grimsley investigated the accident.

CastroCountySheriff’s Office deputies, Castro County EMS, Dimmitt VFD and TxDOT were called to the scene of truck vs. tractor accident on the morning of Oct. 19. Vehicles involved included a John Deere 4640 farm tractor and a silver 2002 Dodge flatbed pickup truck. The accident occurred at the 300 block of FM 1055. No injuries were reported. DPS Trooper Kyle Grimsley investigated the accident.

Potential trade war threatens farmers

Potential trade war threatens farmers

Potential trade war threatens farmers

U.S.farmers could lose billions of dollars in annual corn and soybean production should new tariffs be imposed on China.In an economic study commissioned by the American Soybean Association and the National Corn Growers Association and conducted by the World Agricultural Economic and Environmental...
Castro County 4-H Oliver Meador from Nazareth received the Gold Star Award for County at the Annual District 2 Gold Star Banquet. The Gold Star Award is the highest achievement award given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program and be awarded once in a member’s 4-H career.

Castro County 4-H Oliver Meador from Nazareth received the Gold Star Award for County at the Annual District 2 Gold Star Banquet. The Gold Star Award is the highest achievement award given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program and be awarded once in a member’s 4-H career.

Naz collegiates bound for nationals

Two Nazareth graduates will be competing at the national collegiate soil judging contest in the spring as a part of the West Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University judging teams.Dayson Schacher (WTAMU) placed #6 with an overall individual score of 842; and Briana Huseman (TAMU), #16, had an...