Texas

Lamesa Police Detectives and Fire Department Investigarors are working together on the fires that have occurred the last few weeks, according ot a release from Lamesa Chief of Police Josh Peterson and Lamesa Fire Chief Larry Duyck. “All involved are diligently working all leads that have been received,” the release stated. “We appreciate the public’s assistance thus far in the investigation and we continue to urge anyone with information to come forward.” The release goes onto say, anyone with any information may contact the Lamesa Police Department CID Division or the Lamesa Fire Department Fire Marshal’s office. “As always, the safety of our citizens is our highest priority and we will continue to work toward an end in this investigation,” the release states.

When one enjoys a musical comedy as much as we did recently on a trip to our hometown of Brownwood, mass laughter was a tonic. There’d been an almost sold-out crowd of some 300 at the Lyric Theatre, and the experience made the 140-mile drive commencing at 11 p.m. seems less daunting.

June in West Texas was hot and windy. Was it worse than normal, or am I just getting cranky? This June hurt. Then there were the flies. Oh, the flies! The biting flies! Hundreds, no, thousands.... No, I’m positive there were millions of flies.

Early summer and subsequent rains helped Texas’ native rangelands bounce back from drought.