Library Lines ...

"The Titanic" will be the featured program at Dimmitt Book Club's next meeting, set to begin at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, in the meeting here at Rhoads Memorial Library.

The downside of smiling

In elementary school, a teacher advised us to “Face the world with a smile.” I discovered that might not be the best plan. For instance, if I saw another kid get in trouble for talking, I loved it. I would laugh, the teacher would notice, and suddenly I was the culprit.

Confession Brings Victory!

Remember sitcom ‘Family Matters’ character Steve Urkle? How could we forget? Trouble was his middle name. ‘Did I do that?’ Most of us have asked ourselves that same question. We don’t want to sin; yet, we are prone to repeat the same sins over and over. Grumbling is my besetting sin.

A Place of Peace and Security

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 This Christian motivational thought is concerned with helping the reader seek and track the will of God.

Castro County Sheriff’s Office Report

CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Persons Arrested & Booked into Jail March 15 to April 3 All information of persons arrested and booked into the Castro County Jail are open records: March 15 Victor Manuel Nunez, 17 of Hart, was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office for Evading Arrest or Detention...

Castro County Community Calendar

Community April 7 Diabetes Support Group. Rhoads Memorial Library. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Courtney Lowe, Health Extension Agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will lead the event. April 8 Blue Ribbon Ceremony. Castro County Courthouse Gazebo. 1:30 p.m.

State sales tax revenue $3.4B in March

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced state sales tax revenue totaled $3.37 billion in March, 28.

Ogallala Quilt Festival another big success

The 24th Ogallala Quilt Festival held April 1-2 has come and gone, with new winners of the show and many memories to stored away with quilters and admirers of the art attending classes, gathering with friends from surrounding states and having a generally good time.

SAT begins associate membership drive

The Sheriffs Association of Texas (SAT) is announcing their Spring 2022 Associate and/or Business Associate membership drive. Citizens of Castro County should be receiving a letter from the Sheriffs Association around April 1, according to Sheriff Sal Rivera.

Wildfire danger persists in Texas Panhandle

Areas of the Texas Panhandle are being elevated to critical or extreme for potential wildfire dangers. Multiple agencies answered a call to a grassfire in Gray County about 5 miles east of Lefors on Tuesday. Just after 9:30 p.m.