Lamesa Kiwanis Club Treasurer Scott Leonard (standing) speaks Tuesday during the annual luncheon hosted by the club for new teachers and administrators in the Lamesa school system. New teachers reported on Monday. Students are scheduled to return to the classrooms here on Aug. 16. LPR photo
Lamesa City Council members were adamant Tuesday in stating a proposed four-cent property tax increase for the 2021-2022 fiscal year is not set in stone.
The resurgence of COVID-19 here during the past few weeks has prompted a change in plans for the annual back-to-school giveaway hosted by Lamesa’s churches.
Thursday’s opening night of the annual Lamesa Rodeo will feature not only the regular opening events but the crowning of a new queen and the finals of the Lamesa Rodeo Association’s own roping contests.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases here continues to increase, the percentage of local residents who are fully vaccinated against the virus has risen little during the past six weeks.
Lamesa received more than five inches of rainfall overnight from the June 26 storm that pounded Lamesa and the surrounding area.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
The cab of an 18-wheeler is wedged beneath electrical transformers and between two utility poles following a collision before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of State Highway 137 and FM 828 south of Lamesa. The truck, carrying two canisters of sand, reportedly was heading west on FM 828 and collided with a welding truck which was going south on Hwy. 137. The overturned welding truck can be seen in the background in a cotton field at the southeast corner of the intersection, while one of the sand canisters that toppled from the trailer onto the highway is shown on the left. LPR photo
From the damage at the scene it appeared someone easily could have been killed in a collision involving a sand-hauling truck and a welding truck south of Lamesa early Tuesday morning.
With the school year beginning in less than two weeks, the South Plains Public Health District (SPPHD) medical staff is hosting five COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the district.
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