Lamesa
O’Donnell ISD students achieve honor roll status
Secondary students in the O’Donnell school system who have achieved honor roll status for the sixth sixweeks grading period have been announced:
Library’s Summer Reading Club puts info on Facebook
The Dawson County Public Library Summer Reading Club continues this week with several special programs presented through the library’s Facebook page.
Senior Citizens
The lobby and dine-in remain closed until further notice. We continue offering curb side meal service on the south side of the building starting at 11 am and until 12:15 for seniors 60 and over. We will continue delivering home delivered meals to our existing clients.
Lamesa 4-H members place in photography
Five Dawson County 4-H members captured awards in the recent district 4-H photography competition.
Kenneth Buchanan
Kenneth Leon Buchanan, 77, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
FIRE SCENE
Lamesa firefighter Emilio Barrientes is framed by burned boards as he uses a pole to pull up parts of a storage building which was destroyed by a fire in the 600 block of S. 5th St. on Saturday morning. Located at the same site as a fire which destroyed a house last year, Saturday’s blaze also engulfed a vehicle and killed some chickens which were caged just a few feet away in the neighbor’s back yard. LPR photo by Russel Skiles
Peterson gets chief’s job on full-time basis
What originally was planned as an an interim position is turning into a full-time job for Josh Peterson.
County gets one new COVID case
One new case of COVID-19 in Dawson County has been reported by the South Plains Public Health District.