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FLOYD FLIPPERS The Floyd County 4-H Grilling Games participants had a good time helping with the Punkin Days Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 11. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | COURTESY PHOTOS

FLOYD FLIPPERS The Floyd County 4-H Grilling Games participants had a good time helping with the Punkin Days Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 11. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | COURTESY PHOTOS

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Lockney Longhorn Parent Club sets auditions for “Lockney’s Got Talent”

Liz Adams |
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Registration has been extended to Oct. 20, and auditions are being scheduled for the Lockney Longhorn Parent Club to select Lockney ISD students and staff members for a role in “Lockney’s Got Talent,” to be presented Nov. 8.
Why feral pig management is essential for new landowners

Why feral pig management is essential for new landowners

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Why feral pig management is essential for new landowners

James Long |
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Texas faces a threat that is adaptable, pervasive, and alarmingly expensive: the feral pig (Sus scrofa), known variously as wild hogs, wild boars, or razorbacks. This invasive exotic species has populations estimated in the millions, and the damage they inflict can be severe.

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Floyd County area students eligible for AgTexas AgYouth Scholarships

Staff Reports
Thursday, October 16, 2025
4-H and FFA graduating high school seniors in the Floyd County area are eligible to apply for the AgYouth of the Month Scholarship Program that AgTexas Farm Credit created ten years ago.So far, the program has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships to students in the 43 counties that AgTexas...

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UPCOMING

News Staff
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
IT’S HERE! Floydada’s Punkin Days 2025 is this weekend, Saturday, Oct. 11, all day on the Floyd County courthouse square. Lots of food and craft vendors and fun family contests and activities will be held all day. Contest winners will be announced at 3 p.m. under the pavilion.
Rival takes the stage for 38th Annual Floydada Punkin Days Oct. 11

Rival takes the stage for 38th Annual Floydada Punkin Days Oct. 11

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Rival takes the stage for 38th Annual Floydada Punkin Days Oct. 11

Liz Adams |
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
West Texas Tejano and country band Rival is set to play for the 38th annual Floydada Punkin Days street dance downtown at 7 p.m. Oct. 11. Bass player Raymond Lee Everett said he is looking forward to performing in his hometown.“I grew up in Floydada,” said Everett.
CROWING ABOUT FLOYDADA IN DC, left, was Floydada EDC director Ryan Crowe, who took a local pumpkin with him as a presentation to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. | COURTESY

CROWING ABOUT FLOYDADA IN DC, left, was Floydada EDC director Ryan Crowe, who took a local pumpkin with him as a presentation to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. | COURTESY

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Floydada EDC presents pumpkin to Sen. Cruz

Staff Reports
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Every fall thousands of pumpkins are shipped from Floydada, Texas to cities far and wide.
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Creepy Halloween ideas

Bytes Angelina L
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Remember those Halloween parties where guests are blindfolded, or the lights are out, and you were asked to stick your hand in a bowl of something identified as eyeballs or brains? Yuck!

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51st Annual Running Water Draw Arts & Craft Festival set for Oct. 17-19

Staff Reports
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
The Plainview Rotary Club’s 51st Annual Running Water Draw Arts & Crafts Festival will be held at the Ollie Liner Center (2000 S. Columbia St. in Plainview) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 17, 18 and 19.The show will feature vendors throughout the region including home décor, food, clothes,...
Garlic planting time

Garlic planting time

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Garlic planting time

Ellen Peffley
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
From the gardenOctober is garlic planting time. As a cool season vegetable garlic cloves size up in the cool spring and mature the following summer. Planting cloves in the warm autumn soils gives a headstart in establishing a strong root system before freezing temperatures set in.
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