COMMUNITY CALENDAR

July 20- Aug. 17 DISD School Supply Drive. Backpacks or school supplies can be donated at drop-off boxes at First United Bank, Dollar General, First Baptist Church, West Texas Coffee or Dimmitt Pharmacy. Monetary donations are accepted. Call Kendra at 806-240-0500. Aug.

Pet Talk

Summer’s infamous heat has sent temperatures soaring to record highs this year, so it’s important to protect our furry friends from heat-related issues as the weather grows more uncomfortably hot. Dr.

Library Lines ...

“How tall does a child have to be to ride the rides at Wonderland Park?” We field a variety of questions here at Rhoads Memorial Library, but this definitely was a new one. The query was posed by an anxious father whose young daughter had won a grand prize at the end of our summer reading program.

Saved from Sin

Praise the LORD! “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die.

2023 DHS BOBCATS FOOTBALL TRAINING BEGINS

Arrington defends border policy

U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington of Lubbock led his fellow Texas Republican colleagues in a press conference emphasizing Texas’ right to protect its border from invasion and vowed to halt federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Arrington was joined by U.

Sales tax holiday set for Aug. 11 – 13

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11-13.

EV owners to pay new registration fee

Owners of electric vehicles (EV) in Texas will soon pay an additional fee when registering their vehicles.

Arrington protests listing Lesser Prairie-Chicken as endangered

Last Thursday, Texas U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, took to the floor to voice his strong opposition to Democrats’ efforts to list Lesser Prairie-Chicken on the Endangered Species List.