News
Schools across the nation are suffering from job openings that are getting harder to fill - especially for science and math teachers. Many like Lamesa have had to hire uncertified teachers.
No arrests have been made in the shooting of a 43-year-old man Saturday afternoon.
Adalynn Peugh, a FFA member from Ackerly, earned Reserve Champion Hampshire Barrow in the Junior Barrow Show at the 2025 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR).
Obituaries
Graveside services will be held for Martha Jane Stewart on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dawson County Cemetery with Pastor Garland Stueart officiating.
Claudette Diann (Alexander) Herron, 65, of Temple passed from this life surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at Baylor Scott &White Hospital.
A Catholic Funeral Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated for Linda Ramos age 66 of Lamesa, TX. at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday,
Sports
Lamesa High School junior Austin Ramford spends a great amount of his time as a manager for the Golden Tornadoes’ playoff bound boys basketball team.
Sands’ basketball girls might have gotten denied the District 7-1A championship by state ranked Borden County, but it didn’t take them long to bring back some gold to Ackerly.
Apparently 24 wins this season weren’t enough for Borden County’s red-hot and state ranked girls basketball team.
Forum
Abill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
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