Lamesa school board members held a special meeting Tuesday for three reasons: to canvass the votes from the May 1 election, administer the oath of office for two incumbents and a newcomer, and appoint new officeholders.
Members of Lamesa Fire Rescue were among those lining a stretch of U.S. Highway 87 in Lamesa Wednesday morning as a caravan of law enforcement vehicles came through town escorting the body of slain Concho County Sheriff’s Sgt. Sgt. Stephen Jones back to a funeral home in San Angelo. The bodies of both Jones and Samuel Leonard, a former Dawson County deputy who also was killed in Eden Monday, were taken to Lubbock Tuesday for autopsy. Dawson County Hospital District EMS ambulances were located across the street from the fire trucks as the caravan came through Wednesday, with dozens of other local residents also lining the highway. LPR photo
According to a posting Wednesday morning on the Concho County Sheriff Office Facebook page, two bank accounts – one for each of the fallen deputies – are being set up at The Eden State Bank.
Monday’s deaths of the two deputies in Eden drew formal comments from a number of elected officials, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott and area Congressman August Pfluger.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
With only one item on the agenda, members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court expected a special called meeting Tuesday afternoon to last only a few minutes.
A decision appears imminent on an effort to provide a new headquarters for the Emergency Medical Services operated by the Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD).
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It is a near certainty that Texans will be allowed to carry handguns without a license in the near future as House Bill 1927 passed both chambers and heads to a conference committee to hash out amendments added in the Senate version. Gov. Greg Abbott has said he would sign the bill, which means Texans would no longer be required to obtain a license to carry a handgun either openly or concealed.
When Lamesa High School (LHS) juniors and seniors come out for the prom Saturday, they will be following a few ground rules, along with having to wait to see who is this year’s Prom King and Queen.
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