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Abbott sued over mask-mandate ban

Abbott sued over mask-mandate ban

Abbott sued over mask-mandate ban

Body AUSTIN—A growing number of school districts, counties and cities have defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates, as Covid-19 cases continue to spike due to the delta variant and a low rate of vaccination among Texans. As KUT.

2021 Community Calendar

Body COMMUNITY SERVICES FOOD BANKS—FLOYDADA—Spirt 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) 652-2448. PLEASE CALL FOR HOURS DUE TO COVID-19. LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S.
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Mesquite: It's what's for dinner

Body Mesquite dust. You never know what somebody might be selling at the farmers market. No, I didn’t buy any. But I’m thinking two little bottles would help us with our hardest-to-fill Christmas stockings.
CRUNCH! This savory, crisp salad will carry us right into fall with its combination of fresh ingredients. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

CRUNCH! This savory, crisp salad will carry us right into fall with its combination of fresh ingredients. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

Beat the heat with Savory Apple-Walnut Salad

Body Cool summer salads are exactly what we need to beat the heat right now. However, this savory, crisp salad will carry us right into fall with its combination of fresh ingredients.
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Starting over again

Body On August 11, 2020, Texas broke a new record. That was the day the number of Covid-19 cases in Texas exceeded 500,000. By August 17, 2020, Texas deaths due to the coronavirus had surpassed 10,000. To date, there have been over 53,000.
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Eight proposed amendments on November ballot

Body AUSTIN—The order has been drawn for eight proposed amendments to the muchamended Texas Constitution that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot. The proposed amendments were approved by at least two thirds of both houses of the state Legislature.
West Texas Family Medicine, which has run the Cogdell Clinic in Floydada, will operate under Covenant Health Plainview starting April 19. | COURTESY PHOTO

West Texas Family Medicine, which has run the Cogdell Clinic in Floydada, will operate under Covenant Health Plainview starting April 19. | COURTESY PHOTO

Covenant Health to acquire West Texas Family Medicine, including Floydada clinic

Body Covenant Health Plainview has announced the acquisition of the Plainview-based West Texas Family Medicine, which operates clinics in Floydada and Hale Center, effective Monday, April 19, 2021.

Church page devotional

Body The Way Out I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. – Isaiah 42:16 (NIV)    When I…