LISD board promotes SRO officer
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Lamesa school board members were introduced Thursday to the newly promoted School Resource Officer (SRO) sergeant.
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County facilities to undergo roof repairs
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Several Dawson County facilities will soon be getting repairs to roofs damaged in the 2021 storm.
County clarifies abandonment of CR 30
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Dawson County commissioners made clarifications Tuesday to their decision two weeks prior to abandon County Road 30 (CR 30).
New high school gym’s roof is leaking, says superintendent
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Lamesa High School’s new gym opened last March and it’s already experiencing some roof leakage.
Dawson Sheriff office will soon be able to halt overloaded semi-truck traveling in county
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
The days when Dawson County Sheriff’s deputies have to wait until a Texas Department of Public Transportation (DPS) trooper arrives to legally remove a dangerously overloaded semi-truck off the roadways are about to end.
Recent rain, lower temperatures reduce county’s chance of fires
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Thanks to last week’s rainfall and a dip in temperatures, Dawson County made it through another summer without enacting a burn ban.
Important dates announced for constitutional amendment election
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminded Texans to prepare for the upcoming constitutional amendment election on November 7. “Texans will have the opportunity to vote on 14 proposed amendments to the state constitution, and some local governments will also hold elections this November,” said Nelson. “Now is a good time to take note of upcoming election deadlines and prepare.” Important dates include: October 10 - The last day to register to vote in time for the November 7 election October 27 - Last day to apply for ballot by mail October 23 - Early voting begins November 3 - Last day of early voting November 7 – Election Day, polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Don’t know don’t care
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Which is worse, apathy or indifference? As the old joke goes “Don’t know, don’t care.”
Down from the Cross
Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:00am
Randy Brooks, who portrayed Jesus in “The Promise” more than 6,000 times, is nearing the 60-year mark in Christian ministry. But, he still has “the look”--the kind that causes headscratching when vaguely familiar faces are seen.