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Now that we have gathered our wits about us here at Rhoads Memorial Library following Thanksgiving’s turkey-induced coma, we are making plans for our second Adult Winter Reading Program.

Joe D. Rogers: POW camp saved lives, shortened WWII

Joe D. Rogers, speaking from years of study, made some penetrating observations about the POW camp outside of Hereford and just within Castro County that housed Italian Prisoners of War from 1942 to 1946 during World War II.“There are more than two sides to any story.

It is Halloween Night

It is Halloween night.It is cold and dark, and I am lurking.Not far from me, to my right, is Mark Powell, invisible in the gloom.

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Hopefully you have visited us here at Rhoads Memorial Library and procured your holiday reads since we will be closed for Thanksgiving a few days.When we re-open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, we will offer several newly-released books for your pleasure.

Castro County Jail passes state jail inspection

On November 18, 2025, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards conducted an unannounced annual State jail inspection of the Castro County Jail.

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.

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...