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CITIZEN OFTHEYEAR Floydada nativeandcommunityvolunteer Ludustia Prisk (left) was named Floydada Citizen of the Year at the recent Floydada Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s annual banquet. The award was presented by Chamber member Ryan Crowe (right), and Prisk’s daughter, Emily Prisk, offered the comments below as a tribute to the honoree. | COURTESY PHOTO

CITIZEN OFTHEYEAR Floydada nativeandcommunityvolunteer Ludustia Prisk (left) was named Floydada Citizen of the Year at the recent Floydada Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s annual banquet. The award was presented by Chamber member Ryan Crowe (right), and Prisk’s daughter, Emily Prisk, offered the comments below as a tribute to the honoree. | COURTESY PHOTO

Floydada Chamber recognizes Ludustia Prisk as Citizen of the Year

Body EMILY PRISK | SPECIAL TO THE HESPERIAN-BEACONLudustia Prisk, lovingly known to many as “Lulu,” was born on July 22, 1970 in Floydada, Texas to Jerry and Martha Leather-man.
Youth from all corners of Floyd County exhibit in 2025 County Stock Show

Youth from all corners of Floyd County exhibit in 2025 County Stock Show

Youth from all corners of Floyd County exhibit in 2025 County Stock Show

Body Local youth showed off their finest animals in the annual Floyd County Stock Show, held in the Floyd County Friends Unity Center in Muncy starting JanuaryYOUNG EXHIBITORS showed their animal projects in the 2025 Floyd County Livestock show the week of January 8 at the Unity...
UPCOMING

UPCOMING

UPCOMING

Body FLOYD COUNTY FRIENDS GALA Save the date for this 29th return of a community-wide favorite event at the Unity Center in Muncy, April 12, 2025 featuring music by Josh Weathers with opening act Danny Cadra.MARK YOUR CALENDARS O ld Fashioned Saturday in Lockney will be held Aug.
Registration is open for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch 12-week online course held Jan. 27-April 20.| MICHAEL MILLER/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE PHOTO

Registration is open for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch 12-week online course held Jan. 27-April 20.| MICHAEL MILLER/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE PHOTO

Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch online course now registering

Body Registration is open for the Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch 12-week online course offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Jan. 27-April 20.Cost is $300, and online registration is required at https://tx.ag/GenNext.
The appeal of

The appeal of

The appeal of soaps and such

Body The 501Ever been hooked on a soap opera? They give meaning to life — or at least a reason to live, which is almost the same thing. You don’t want to die without knowing what’s going to happen the next day or, more important, on Monday after the weekend. Weekends are hard.

Lockney Friends & Neighbors Center News

Body IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The center is now called the Lockney Friends & Neighbors Center. Our motto is…” Bringing the Community Together!”The Center is open FIVE days a week. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.