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Car seats save lives

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
CHILDRESS – Texas parents will doanything to protect their child – like checking under the bed for monsters at night or researching all the ingredients in baby food.

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Disbanding Floydada Lions disburse more than $6K in burst of generosity

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The Floydada LionsClub, which has been servingthe Floydada communitycontinuously since1946, has written checksover recent months to individualsand organizationsin need—or who are set tocarry on good work locallyin the same spirit as theLions have done for someeight decades.More than a dozen...
Longhorns keep county championship trophy

Longhorns keep county championship trophy

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Longhorns keep county championship trophy

Story And Photographs By Fred Cervantes |
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Under the glow of the stadium lights and a steady drizzle through halftime at Mitchell Zimmerman Field, the Lockney Longhorns left no doubt in the 106th Floyd County Championship, storming past the Floydada Whirlwinds with a commanding 51-6 victory Friday night.From the opening kick, Head Coach...

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W.J. Mangold earns 5-star rating

Liz Adams |
Thursday, September 11, 2025
W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital has earned a 5-star rating by the National Rural Rating System for exceptional performance in patient care, satisfaction and service to the community.This rating is reserved for the top-performing rural hospitals in the nation.“We are very proud,” said CEO Vince...

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UPCOMING

News Staff
Thursday, September 11, 2025
MARK YOUR CALENDARS Floydada’s Punkin Days 2025 will be here before you know it—Saturday, Oct. 11, all day on the Floyd County courthouse square.
COTTON THRIVES Yields were above-average at this dryland trial site at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation, RACE, Trials in Wharton County. (Zack Eder/Texas A&M AgriLife)

COTTON THRIVES Yields were above-average at this dryland trial site at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation, RACE, Trials in Wharton County. (Zack Eder/Texas A&M AgriLife)

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Cotton crop thrives with timely rains across the state

Kay Ledbetter |
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Despite some challenges, cotton production is expected to be better than average due to timely rains this season, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service reports around the state.Ben McKnight, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide cotton specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M...

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Hesperian-Beacon begins publishing Fridays

Kay Ellington, Publisher |
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Perhaps you’ve noticed, in the color bar near the top of this page: As of this week’s issue, the Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon moves to a Friday publication day.These days, although social media and digital distribution via email or online subscription make any publication day theoretically...

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UPCOMING

News Staff
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
FLOYD COUNTY BURN IN EFFECT It has been extended effective April 17, 2025 by the Floyd County commissioners court.MARK YOUR CALENDARS Floydada’s Punkin Days 2025 will be here before you know it—Saturday, Oct. 11, all day on the Floyd County courthouse square.
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