Police Blotter
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
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ESCORT
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
A sizeable crowd was on hand Wednesday as a convoy of law enforcement vehicles, led by the Ector County Hospital District (ECHD) Police Department, arrived at Gonzales Funeral Home escorting a van carrying the bodies of three family members killed in a collision last weekend in San Antonio. One of those killed, 37-year-old Sgt. Daniel Valenzuela Jr., was a sergeant with the ECHD Police Department. The other two were Lamesa residents Daniel Valenzuela Sr., age 69, and Andrea Uvalle, 84. Separate funeral services began Friday and were scheduled to continue on Saturday. LPR photo
Commissioners have few items on Tues. agenda
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
Members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court have a fairly light agenda for their regular meeting this week.
KISD to discuss COVID funds
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
A public hearing regarding the use of federal COVID relief funds is scheduled during Monday evening’s regular meeting of the Klondike School Board.
A quiet hero
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
Ron Hardin, from most angles, might appear to J. be the kind of guy others would enjoy competing against. They might figure him to be a “push-over” in recreational or business endeavors, and they’d be wrong.
Special ginger cookies
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
We were supposed to get the tile backsplash installed in our kitchen yesterday, but my husband, Peter, said he needed to use the kitchen so he could bake ginger cookies.
Definition of Beamer Ball
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
University of South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer would not remember me. I first met him in the nineties through my attorney, the late Craig Kelly, who also represented his father, Frank Beamer, the now retired head coach at Virginia Tech.
O’Donnell releases honor roll
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
Honor roll students in the O’Donnell school system have been announced for the first six-week grading period.
Petition launched to legalize liquor sales in Terry County
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
BROWNFIELD – Terry County became a wet county with restrictions as of November 2008. Residents voted 2,418 for and 1,725 against the legal sale of beer and wine, which allows for the sale of beer packages and wine in stores or wineries.
Infusion center reduces hospital admissions at PRMC
Sun, 10/03/2021 - 12:00am
ANDREWS – A state operated Regeneron infusion center in Andrews has likely reduced the number of COVID-19 admissions at Permian Regional Medical (PRMC), the hospital’s chief nursing officer told board members during their Sept. 23 meeting.