A Lamesa man with multiple prior convictions for driving while intoxicated will be spending time behind bars as a result of his latest convictions for that offense.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
In addition to considering a law enforcement agreement with the City of Lamesa (see separate story), members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court have a variety of other business on the agenda for their regular meeting this coming Tuesday.
A budget workshop and several items linked to the COVID-19 impact on schools are among the items on the agenda for a special called meeting of the Lamesa school board on Tuesday evening.
Beginning this coming week the Lamesa school district will shift to providing meals for children on three days a week instead of five, Superintendent Jim Knight said Friday.
A few days ago, my wife and I enjoyed a short road trip. Typically an hour’s drive to Stephenville, this day it was twice that. It took 40 minutes to make it through Granbury, where folks – weary of “sheltering”-- seemed happy to be in their cars again, perhaps looking for “essential places.”
I have traveled America by car for over 40 years. I have seen extremely high gas prices. I have seen awful traffic jams. I have driven miles without a gas station open, seen hotels that scalped all comers, roads that only remotely resemble their names, road signs that artfully confuse observers, and a myriad of traveler-unfriendly environments, but none can compete with the current tribalism among our states.
Administrative personnel and a scholarship fund will be the topics on Monday for a called meeting of the Dawson school board.
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has a new mentoring initiative called the Conservation Agricultural Mentoring Program and is looking for agricultural producers to serve as mentors.
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