Expecting that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will have ebbed by that time, officials with the City of Lamesa are going ahead and planning to host the annual Chicken Fried Steak Festival in late April. Annually drawing several thousand people from Lamesa and the surrounding area, the festival was cancelled last year due to the then-new COVID-19 regulations on gatherings and other activities. With an array of new activities planned, this year’s festival is scheduled for April 23-25 at Forrest Park. “This is something we’re really pushing for. Lamesa is ready for some return to normalcy,” said Jamie Gonzales, the city’s administrative ...