Castro County Sheriff Sal Rivera said his office received a report on Monday from the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office following their investigation of the fire at South Fork Dairy that destroyed cattle, property and sent one person in critical condition to the hospital.

The Texas Legislature is considering several bills concerning the groundwater supply in the state. Sen.

High Plains Water District has published the results of the 2023 water level measurement, showing an average decline of -0.71 feet. The average decline was calculated in the groundwater levels of the Ogallala/Edwards- Trinity (High Plains) Aquifer (ETHP) from 2022 to 2023.

Animal cruelty involves gratuitously inflicting harm, injuring, or killing an animal. The cruelty can be intentional, such as kicking, burning, stabbing, beating, or shooting; or it can involve neglect, such as depriving an animal of water, shelter, food, and necessary medical treatment.

If you are in the mood for a book in the Western genre, we have acquired some here at Rhoads Memorial Library. We purchased over 60 gently used large-print Westerns for our readers and they are ready for checkout (the Westerns, not the readers).

The Texas House voted 136-5 on Tuesday on HB 1422 to give initial approval to a bill that seeks to end the practice of changing clocks twice a year. The representatives’ overwhelming verdict: Stay on daylight saving time moving forward.

Jesus’ last words… Think back to times when you were thirsty; I mean really thirsty. Maybe you’d been gardening, jogging or fasting before surgery. Your throat was dry, and your lips were chapped. You wanted and needed water to quench your thirst.

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44) Jim had a calling in his life. He’d come to know Jesus at an early age and by the time he reached his teens, he knew God had a plan for him. Jim was bright and talented, and the Lord soon opened a door for him to flourish as a worship leader. Three years after leaving school Jim married his childhood sweetheart. Together they fixed their eyes on the purposes of God. He registered with a Bible seminary to study for the ministry. However, two years into his studies Jim was to discover the truth that, although God had a plan for his life, so did the enemy of God’s plans – the devil.