A black band covering her badge as a symbol of mourning, an offi cer leads a riderless horse past the casket and the family of slain deputy Samuel Leonard during the memorial service here Monday. LPR photo
A cloud of smoke erupts as offi cers fi re a three-volley 21- gun salute here Monday at the memorial service for Samuel Leonard, a former Dawson County sheriff’s deputy who was one of two Concho County sheriff’s deputies killed by gunfi re in the line of duty on May 10 in Eden. LPR photo
Some 2,000 people are expected to be on hand here Monday afternoon at a memorial service for sheriff’s deputy Samuel Leonard.
Plans for a piece of property in downtown Lamesa that drew extensive discussion and a large crowd at a city council meeting earlier this month will be on the agenda in a different format when the council meets this coming Tuesday.
Local officials are in the midst of an effort to help business owners and operators reduce the likelihood that their operations could be impacted by fire.
The financial picture is looking brighter for both Lamesa and Dawson County after they experienced increases in their May sales tax allocation from the Texas Comptroller’s Office in Austin.
Two new personnel were hired when Klondike school board members held their regular monthly meeting this past Monday.
Mother Nature wasn’t very kind to the Texas High Plains during the 2020 crop year, as dry conditions throughout the season contributed to a higher level of abandonment, especially in non-irrigated cotton and ended with a large portion of the region in extreme drought.
Enrollment for the 40th session of the Texas International Cotton School, scheduled for August 2-12, 2021, in Lubbock, Texas is now open. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and the class size has been restricted to 10 students this year, first come, first serve basis of full tuition payment. The Texas International Cotton School is uniquely structured to provide an integrated understanding of the Texas cotton industry and how it interacts with the global cotton/textile complex. The intensive twoweek program covers all aspects of cotton, from field to the fabric. Since its inception, the school has been a collaboration between the Texas cotton merchants who make up the Lubbock Cotton Exchange and the faculty and staff of the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute of Texas Tech University.
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