While Sands stands at the top of the rankings in Class 1A girls basketball, Klondike’s girls team has to be one of the most improved teams in West Texas this season.
Although there is still another week of Christmas vacation for most students, it’ll be pretty much business as usual for the Golden Tornado hoopsters.
• On Dec. 30, 1803, Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies in New York City at age 90. Lewis’ patriotism came at a high cost: The British army destroyed his Long Island estate and took his wife prisoner in 1776.
Things were a little simpler when Mary Lentz, 90, and her sister, Rosalie Kunkel, 88, were growing up during the Depression Era in Sparenberg.
While most local churches are conducting traditional holiday services either on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day in celebration of Christ’s birth, one church is having their service a little early.
More than 40 jobs are expected to be created in Lamesa with two new businesses which were granted financial assistance Monday by local economic development officials.
As Lamesa City Mayor Josh Stevens congratulated Danny Jacobs Tuesday on winning the council’s District 4 seat, the mayor didn’t fail to notice the low voter turnout in Saturday’s special election.
“I want a good Christmas. I don’t want anything specific. Just a good Christmas.”
Brian Rodriguez and Claire Morris were sworn in Monday as new members of the Lamesa Economic Alliance Project board of directors. Both were appointed by the city council last month to fill vacant positions on the seven-member board. LPR photo
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