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Five Floydada students earn Texas Lone Star Degrees

Five Floydada students earn Texas Lone Star Degrees

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Five Floydada students earn Texas Lone Star Degrees

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Hard work and dedication has paid off for five Floydada Collegiate High School students, Alli Hernandez, Katie Landin, Brittany Machado, Payten Shuping and Justin Torres, who received the highest degree of membership the State FFA Association can award, last week at the 97th Annual Texas FFA...
LOCKNEY LONE STARS 2025 FFA Lone Star degree recipients (from left) were Adrian Jimenez, Nickolas Cervantes, Rylee Austin and Emma Nelson. | COURTESY PHOTO

LOCKNEY LONE STARS 2025 FFA Lone Star degree recipients (from left) were Adrian Jimenez, Nickolas Cervantes, Rylee Austin and Emma Nelson. | COURTESY PHOTO

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Lockney FFA standouts earn Lone Star Degrees at State convention

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
The 97th Texas FFA State Convention was held June 30–July 4, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Fort Worth Convention Center.At the convention, four Lockney FFA members were recognized as Lone Star recipients: Rylee Austin, Nickolas Cervantes, Adrian Jimenez and Emma Nelson.These four members have...
WHEATTRIALS Reagan Noland, Ph.D.,Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist and assistant professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, harvests wheat in yield trial plots at San Angelo. | MICHAEL MILLER/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

WHEATTRIALS Reagan Noland, Ph.D.,Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist and assistant professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, harvests wheat in yield trial plots at San Angelo. | MICHAEL MILLER/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

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Wheat harvest wraps up with mixed yields

Kay Ledbetter |
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Across Texas, wheat harvest results depended very much on the weather. Drought led to early termination of dryland fields, and muddy conditions are delaying ongoing harvests to the detriment of grain quality.
UPCOMING

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UPCOMING

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
FLOYD COUNTY BURN BURN IN EFFECT It has been extended effective Thursday, April 17 by the Floyd County commissioners court.SUMMER FUN IN THE SUN The Floydada Swimming Pool is open for the summer. Regular days are Tuesday–Sunday, 12 noon–5 p.m. Entry fee is $3.75 per person.

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Lockney set for annual 4th of July Bike Parade

Barbara Anderson |
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
HESPERIAN-BEACONLockney will once again be holding its annual 4th of July Bike Parade on Friday, July 4, downtown on the city’s Main Street.The Bike Parade is a tradition much older than many of the participants.
FLOYD COUNTY JUDGE MARTY LUCKE

FLOYD COUNTY JUDGE MARTY LUCKE

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Floyd County official attends statewide county investment conference

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Floyd County Judge Marty Lucke joined county officials from across Texas at the 2025 Conference of the County Investment Academy, held June 16-18 in Corpus Christi.Hosted by the Texas Association of Counties (TAC), the annual conference brought together county treasurers, auditors, commissioners,...
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