Lockney Hospital to install new security cameras

Body The Lockney General Hospital board of directors held their regular meeting on April 1, 2026. During the meeting the board members discussed the installation of new security cameras.The meeting was called to order by board president Brent Barker at 12:07 p.m.

Does your wagon need fixing?

Body COMMENTARYIf somebody tells you they’re going to fix your wagon, that’s not good. Not unless your wagon is broken and needs fixing. Mine is and does. What’s more it’s my little red wagon.

Soil for raised beds

Body CUISINE & CULTUREToday is the third of three columns discussing raised beds in the garden. In the previous two columns were advantages and how to build a raised bed.

Patrick warns GOP could lose state House majority

Body AUSTIN— Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week that the GOP risks losing its majority in the state House this November and urged party unity behind the winner of the May runoff between U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

‘Planet Earth. You. Are. A. Crew.’

Body C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMThe Orion service module was built by the European Space Agency.The Canadian Space Agency shared an astronaut.The launch control center was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

2026 Community Calendar

Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.comCOMMUNITY SERVICESFOOD BANKS— FLOYDADA— Spirit of Sharing (SOS), 925 Crockett St., Floydada, Mon. and Thurs.. 2–4:30 p.m. (806) 983-5874.LOCKNEY— Lockney Salvation Army, 108 S. Main, Lockney. (806) 652-2488.

Sister sister

Body Shed a Little LightMy older granddaughter achieved a personal goal this week that she had set way back at the first of the school year: to read a million words.

Border wall through Big Bend apparently on hold

Body AUSTIN— After public outcry, a physical border wall through Big Bend National Park appears to be on hold, The Texas Tribune reported.

Ham an Easter tradition

Body Sitting down at the table for a holiday meal is typically a large part of the Easter festivities. It is, by tradition, to help celebrate the end of the Lenten season, and that Christ has risen.Commonly, the star on the dinner table is a baked ham.

Mice, rats, foxes, screwworms, aliens

Body When it comes to mice, how about those sticky mousetraps? If nothing else, they’re sticky. Very sticky.If you’re into catch and release, they work, so I’ve heard. But the thought of detaching a live mouse from a sticky trap brings all sorts of questions to my mind.