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Cities pick mayors, Lynn County voters reject hospital bond proposal in weekend election
Numerous South Plains communities held municipal elections Saturday, with Levelland electing a new mayor, Plainview voters keeping their current mayor and Lynn County voters rejecting a bond proposal for their hospital district being among notable results. Here's a quick look at results from the weekend's elections. Buxkemper will be next Levelland mayor ...
SLE's Taytum Goodman, Liberty boys golf voted A-J athletes of the week
Taytum Goodman, Sr., Springlake-Earth After rewriting the record books for four years, Springlake-Earth's Taytum Goodman closed her historic career by winning the Class 1A athlete of the meet at the UIL state track and field meet last week. She took gold in the 1,600 and 3,200 runs and added a silver in the 800. She received 59.63% of the vote to be named female athlete of the week. ...
Robbery plot leads to murder of 79-year-old Slaton man, Garza pleads guilty
Brett Garza, 38, pleaded guilty on Monday in connection with a 2019 plot to rob 79-year-old Celestino Rodriguez of his car and government check, which led to the man's murder in Hale County.
WATCH: 98 Wayland graduates participate in May commencement ceremony
PLAINVIEW, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - Graduates participated Saturday, May 18, in commencement ceremonies held at Wayland Baptist University’s main campus in Plainview, Texas. Ninety-eight Wayland graduates received diplomas during the ceremony held at 2 p.m., in Hutcherson Center. Dr. Cindy McClenagan, Vice president for Academic Affairs, presented the candidates for degrees to Dr. Bobby Hall, President, who conferred degrees. He was assisted by Mark Jones, chair of Wayland’s Board of Trustees.
Taytum Goodman closes iconic career at Springlake-Earth, preps to reunite with brother
AUSTIN — Trace Goodman has watched his sister run around with nonstop energy for quite some time. He recalled family vacations when the inseparable pair would chase each other as he wondered why his younger sibling was never out of breath. "I just remember her going 100 miles an hour, no matter what," Goodman...
TXDOT: District-wide safety project begins this week
LUBBOCK, Texas (News Release) - The Texas Department of Transportation is ready to begin work this week on a $1.63 million safety project to install reflective pavement markers (RPMs) to various roads in all the Lubbock District’s 17-county service area: Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Parmer, Swisher, Terry, and Yoakum counties.
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