TAKING SHAPE

Brick already has been put on the lower exterior while workers continue to frame out the roof for one of the apartment buildings going up at the site of the ...
Booster Club’s new twist

Helping signal the beginning of another high school sports season, the Lamesa Golden Tornado Booster Club has scheduled Meet the Tors Kickoff Family Night next Thursday at Golden Tor Stadium. ...
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

Pre-kindergarten students at South Elementary in Lamesa are fed breakfast shortly after arriving Wednesday morning for the fi rst day of classes in the Lamesa school system. Klondike and Sands begin classes Thursday, Dawson and O’Donnell start nex...
Lamesa Chevy dealership gets new owner

There’s a new Chevrolet dealer in Lamesa who has only been here a short while but has been in the car business for many years. Mitch Hall of Anson purchased ...
Initial tune-up tests

With opening kickoff for the 2019 football season now less than three weeks away, the four area six-man squads will be competing in their initial scrimmages this week. Borden County ...
Fierce flames engulf house

For the second time in less than a month Lamesa firefighters on Friday faced both raging flames and intense afternoon heat while battling a house fire in the southern part ...

News

Schools get state grades

Superintendent Jim Knight said he was “happy and sad” with the accounting ratings which the Lamesa school district received Thursday from the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Marks range from A to C for area districts

Three of the five small school districts surrounding Lamesa received an A in the accountability ratings released Thursday by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

LISD boosting security procedures, structures

Lamesa school officials are continuing to take steps – both procedurally and structurally – aimed at improving safety and security at all local campuses.

Obituaries

Leonides Noel Ortiz

Funeral Services for Leonides Noel Ortiz, age 76, of O’Donnell, TX. will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Gonzales Funeral Home Chapel.

Pauline Odom

Services for Evelyn Pauline Odom, 74, of Lamesa will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at First Church of the Nazarene in Lamesa with Pastor Lee Lennon officiating.

James Lawrence Stuart

Jim Stuart, 70, of Albany, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at his home.

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Sports

Booster Club’s new twist

Helping signal the beginning of another high school sports season, the Lamesa Golden Tornado Booster Club has scheduled Meet the Tors Kickoff Family Night next Thursday at Golden Tor Stadium.

Coyotes start answering questions

Having to replace several key players from last year’s 9-3 playoff ball club, Borden County Coach Trey Richey wasn’t too sure what to expect out of his Coyotes going into Thursday’s football scrimm

Initial tune-up tests

With opening kickoff for the 2019 football season now less than three weeks away, the four area six-man squads will be competing in their initial scrimmages this week.

Borden County

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In a league of their own

The Idle American

They called balls and strikes behind home plate for a combined 52 years, achieving greatness in the world of Major League umpiring until their retirement in 1999.