Feds investigating meltdown at Southwest Airlines

Body The 2023 Texas legislative session opened Jan. 10, with property taxes, gun control and the power grid expected to be among the top issues on the agenda.

Stocks that won’t tank

Body If you buy livestock supplement in a round steel tank six feet across, you end up with an empty tank not designed for eventual long-term use as a water tank. Ask me. Not to worry. Supplement in big steel containers seems not be a current buying choice. I looked.

Feds investigating meltdown at Southwest Airlines

Body GARY BORDERS AUSTIN—Massive flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines during the Christmas holiday week are prompting the federal government to look into why thousands of travelers were left stranded across the country, along with huge piles of luggage in airports served by...

What’d I Miss?

Body As the returning Thomas Jefferson poses in song upon returning from a lengthy sojourn in France, in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” the question suggests that the answer is, a lot.

A fantasy of fruitcakes for fans

Body My husband told me all he wants for Christmas is a fruitcake. Wow, what do I do with that bit of information?

Did you miss Green Monday?

Body An email just arrived saying “Green Monday is still on.” Today happens to be Tuesday at our house. Apparently Green Monday was yesterday, but, like Black Friday, it’s getting extended. Cyber Monday follows Black Friday.

Most Texas pregnancy deaths preventable

Body GARY BORDERS A long-awaited state report concludes most pregnancy- related deaths in Texas in 2019 were preventable and disproportionately affected Black women.

Kudos to hospitals and doctors at year-end

Body A recent article from one of the big daily newspapers cautions us that the one present you don’t want to pass along to your kinfolks this Christmas is any of the various strains of respiratory illness going around—Covid-19, RSV, and the flu.

2022 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) 652-2488. LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S. Main, Lockney, Mon.–Thurs., 1–5 p.

If you can’t be blond, be cheap

Body Cheapskates have more fun. So do blondes. One of my blonde college schoolmates rode shotgun with me, Texas to Arkansas and back. Guys kept honking and waving. Her name was Judy. “What’s the deal?” I asked her, regarding all the unexpected attention.