“Mrs. Mike” was the classic novel presented to Dimmitt Book Club recently when they met here at Rhoads Memorial Library. Member Zetha Collins read excerpts from the 1947 release, which detailed the story of Katherine Mary O’Fallon, a 16-year-old Irish girl from Boston, and Sergeant Mike Flannigan of the Canadian Mounted Police.

Bart Reagor, the coowner of Reagor Dykes Auto Group, filed a motion to reduce his prison sentence, according to public records. Reagor’s sentence was 14 years in federal prison after being convicted of making false statements to a bank during an October 2021 trail in Amarillo Federal Court.

Something’s missing; at times, the loss is noticeable. A button is off a sweater. Maybe a young child proudly smiles to show friends that he or she lost their first tooth. I could hardly believe it; I hadn’t even noticed it for hours. I was wearing only one bedroom slipper.

Moses answered the *LORD. ‘Perhaps the *Israelites will not believe me’, Moses said.

According to a report released by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, more severe and fatal vehicle crashes occur in the Permian Basin than in the rest of Texas. Commissioned by the Permian Road Safety Coalition, the report analyzed data from 2018 through 2022 and focuses on the 20 counties in West Texas and two in New Mexico that constitute the Permian Basin.

AgrLife Extension will holding Private Applicator training for those needing an applicator license. Training will be held at Castro County Extension Offi ce at 1 p.m.

Evictions in metropolitan areas are on the rise as Texas landlords are filing more than they did before the COVID 19 pandemic. As the Texas economy boomed in the pandemic era and demand for housing skyrocketed, rents in the state’s major urban areas increased by double digits.

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Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state is building an 80-acre base camp in Eagle Pass for Texas National Guard soldiers who are deployed for Operation Lone Star. The price tag on the base has not yet been revealed.

Castro County first responders answered a call to a two-vehicle accident that resulted in the death of one driver last Thursday. The crash occurred 8.7 miles north of Dimmitt on US 385 about 1:45 p.m., resulting in the death of Russell Smallwood, 61 of Lubbock, Texas.