Lamesa

Paxton trial completes first week T he first week of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate ended with his former lead law enforcement officer testifying an Austin developer alleged to have bribed Paxton constructed a “conspiracy theory” that federal officials altered a search warrant for his property, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Football’s alive and doing quite well at Welch.

Dawson High School’s 2023-2024 FFA officers were recently announced. They are President- Briana Rosales, Vice President- Jason Roderiguez, Secretary- Anahi Gonzalez, Treasurer- J’lynn Antu, Reporter- Roman Trevino, Sentinel- Ariella Roderiguez, Historian- Jordan Antu, and Student Advisor- David Moreno. Ag teacher Rusty Oaks is Dawson FFA advisor.

Lamesa Service Club member Richard Leonard places flags Monday morning on the east side of the county courthouse in remembrance of 9-11 attacks. Monday was the 22th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and hijackers’ attempts to divert a commercial plane into the national capitol in Washington, D.C. Three thousand workers, passengers on four hijacked planes and first responders died in the attack or after the Twin Towers collapsed in Lower Manhattan in New York City.