Mills County, TX

The June 17 market report from Mills County Commission Co. follows. Total receipts: 2,717. Previous week: 3,237. Trends: Light kids $5-$10 lower. Slaughter kids $5 lower; slaughter nannies $10-$15 higher; replacement nannies steady to $5 higher. Wool lambs $10 higher; Dorper lambs and Barbado lambs $10-$20 higher. Prices follow. WOOL Lambs: 50-70 lb., $255-$280 cwt.; 70-90 lb., $215-$275…

Workers contracting with the Texas Department of Transportation put reflective pavement markers on U.S. Highway 183 last week. The markings were placed on the roadway from the Mills County line to Lometa. JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD.

District Attorney, Micheal Murray says that a felony case was recently heard in Brown/Mills County District Court, Judge Mike Smith, presiding. Reid Darwin Phelps, Jr., pled no contest to the felony offense of Obstruction or Retaliation and was sentenced to Forty (40) years, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

The June 3 market report from Mills County Commission Co. follows. Total receipts: 2,391. Previous week: 3,284. Trends: Light kids $5-$10 lower. Slaughter kids steady to $5 lower; slaughter nannies $10 higher; replacement nannies steady. Wool lambs, Dorper lambs and Barbado lambs all sharply higher. Prices follow. WOOL Lambs: 50-70 lb., $260-$310 cwt.; 70-90 lb., $220-$285 cwt.; 90-110 lb.,…

District Attorney, Micheal Murray says that felony cases were recently heard in Brown/Mills County District Court, Judge Mike Smith, presiding. Kyle James, pled guilty to the offense of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver and was sentenced to Twelve (12) years, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Further, James, on probation for the state jail felony offense of Possession of a Controlled Substance was revoked and sentenced to Twelve (12) months, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State Jail Division.

The May 27 market report from Mills County Commission Co. follows. Total receipts: 3,284. Previous week: 2,217. Trends: Light kids $10-$20 lower. Slaughter kids $10-$15 lower; slaughter nannies steady to $5 higher; replacement nannies $10 higher. Wool lambs $10 lower; Dorper and Barbado lambs mostly $10 lower. WOOL Lambs: 50-70 lb., $220-$260 cwt.; 70-90 lb., $200-$250 cwt.; 90-110 lb., $150…

According to District Attorney Micheal Murray, a felony case was recently heard in Brown/Mills County District Court, Judge Mike Smith, presiding. McAndrew Norman, on probation for the felony offense of Delivery of Marijuana-Drug Free Zone was revoked and sentenced to Two and a half (2.5) years, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

Few have accomplished what J.W. Harris accomplished in the sport of rodeo and professional bull riding, but he has pulled his bull rope for the last time. Harris, who resides in Mills County, on Thursday announced his retirement from bull riding in a Facebook post. Since then accolades and well wishes have numbered in the hundreds from fans, fellow competitors, stock contractors and bullfighters. Harris, 34, won the PRCA Bull Riding World Championship four times at the National Finals Rodeo where he qualified to compete nine times. The announcement is shown below.

According to District Attorney Micheal Murray, a felony case was recently heard in Mills County District Court, Judge Mike Smith, presiding. Joshua Auvenshine, on probation for the felony offense of Possession of a Controlled Substance-Drug Free Zone was adjudicated and sentenced to Three (3) years, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

The May 20 market report from Mills County Commission Co. follows. Total receipts: 2,217. Previous week: 2,692. Trends: Light kids $10 lower. Slaughter kids $5-$10 lower; slaughter nannies $5 lower; replacement nannies $5-$10 lower. Wool lambs $10-$15 lower; Dorper and Barbado lambs $15-$20 lower. Prices follow. WOOL Lambs: 50-70 lb., $220-$265 cwt.; 70-90 lb., $210-$250 cwt.; 90-110 lb., …