Lockney’s Tyann Phillips along WT student employees honored

Body CANYON, Texas — An undergraduate who was called “the ideal student employee” and a graduate student who helped assist fellow students by streamlining several critical operations were honored April 7 as WT’s top student workers.

SPOTLIGHT ON LOCKNEY BASEBALL & SOFTBALL

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“Ransom Canyon” to debut on Netflix April 17

Body If you’ve been around Lubbock for any time, you know that Ransom Canyon is a lakeside bedroom community in a canyon near Buffalo Springs Lake about 20 minutes east of the Hub City.

SPOTLIGHT ON LOCKNEY SOFTBALL & BASEBALL

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2025 Community Calendar

Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.comCOMMUNITY SERVICESFOOD 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.

Floyd commissioners implement burn ban

Body In the regular session of the Floyd County Commissioners Court April 14, 2025, the implementation of a burn ban was approved.

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Body FLOYD COUNTY BURN BURN IN EFFECT. It has been extended effective Tuesday, April 1 by the Floyd County Commissioners Court.

State sales tax revenue totaled $3.7 billion in March

Body STAFF REPORTSAUSTIN— Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.68 billion in March, 2.7 percent less than in March 2024. The majority of March sales tax revenue is based on sales made in February and remitted to the agency in March.

USDA offers disaster assistance to agricultural producers in Texas impacted by wildfire

Body STAFF REPORTS Agricultural operations in Texas have been significantly impacted by recent wildfires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from these adverse weather events.