Jared Christy, portraying Sammy, is expecting the long-awaited-for XBox from Santa. But his bad behavior and treatment of Pip the elf has come between him and his Christmas wish. Christy was among other drama students for the final showing of “The Elf on the Shelf” in the high school auditorium Saturday night. LPR photo
Members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court will have mainly routine business to handle during their final meeting of the year.
A night of drinking at a friend’s house for Richie Griffin in Austin led to the holidays spent in the court system after he crashed into a home when he got behind the wheel drunk.
SLATONITE – A total of 135 families and the homebound had a brighter Christmas Dec. 18 when volunteers from all over Slaton delivered food, toys and other items as part of the annual Santa Red & Blue.
ANDREWS – Operation Blessing’s annual Christmas Food and Toy distribution provides a vital service to the community on different levels.
SNYDER – Scurry County commissioners voted to approve the tax abatement with Brazos Wind Ventures, LLC Tuesday.
SEMINOLE – The Seminole Economic Development Corporation approved a loan to High Cotton Western Wear, LLC at Monday’s meeting following an executive session of the board.
Cumulative Upland Cotton marketings for the first three months of the 2021 marketing year totaled 1.625 million bales according to information released Nov. 30 by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Cotton producers benefit in many ways from the efforts of Cotton Incorporated (CI) and the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. Promoting cotton is easily the most visible component of CI’s work, but the organization’s research program is equally impressive.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the deadline for agricultural producers who are certified organic, or transitioning to organic, to apply for the Organic and Transitional Education and Certification Program (OTECP).
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