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Floydada opens new skate park

Story By Liz Adams Photos By Barbara Anderson

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Body The Floydada Park near the Dairy Queen in the 700 block of Georgia Street has been part of the community for years, but the recent addition of a skate park area has attracted local residents and regional visitors alike.

FLOYDADA SOFTBALL The Floydada Lady Winds launched their district season with a 18-0 decisive win over the Lockney Lady Horns. Their second district game originally slated against Memphis on the road had to be rescheduled for April 8. READ THE STORY ON PAGE 4. | CERVANTES PHOTOGRAPHY

Floydada softball defeats Lockney in district opener

News Staff

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Body Floydada softball defeats Lockney in district opener

Whirlwinds clobber Cyclones

Sue Jane Sullivan |

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Body FLOYDADA BASEBALL GETS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WIN IN DISTRICT OPENERMarch blows in like a lion.How appropriate that the Floydada Whirlwinds and the Memphis Cyclones met up March 21, the first day of spring, for the first district game in District 2-2A.

Plains Cotton Growers Annual Meeting scheduled for April 1 in Lubbock

Staff Reports

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Body The 68th annual meeting of Plains Cotton Growers Inc. is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center in Lubbock, Texas.The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will include the following speakers and topics.

Duo from Lockney FFA bring home calves from Houston to raise

Fred Cervantes |

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Body Following their impressive performances in San Antonio, Lockney FFA students Nick Cervantes and Adrian Jimenez carried their momentum to the Houston Livestock Show Calf Scramble March 10.

March in like a lion throughout West Texas

Kodie Fairchild And Barbara Brannon |

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Body They say the month of March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.The lion was roaring Friday, March 14, as wind gusts reached damaging speeds of 80+ miles per hour across the Hesperian-Beacon coverage area and throughout West Texas.

Floyd County Judge extends emergency burn ban effective March 18

Special To The Hesperian-beacon

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Body Floyd County Judge Marty Lucke has extended the previous Emergency Order for the Prohibition of Outdoor Burning. The new burn ban, signed Monday, March 17, begins Tuesday, March 18, 2025 for the unincorporated areas of FloydCounty.

Local agencies respond to Sunday morning crash in Floydada

Staff Reports

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Body Disaster was averted following a head-on collision on U.S. 70 in Floydada Sunday morning, March 16. The accident occurred around 7:55 a.m. at the “Y” intersection across from the Dairy Queen when a pickup truck driving eastbound in the wrong lane collided with a westbound car.

LOCKNEY BAND THREE-PEAT

News Staff

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Body At UIL Band Competition March 12, Lockney High School earned the UIL Sweepstakes Award for the third year in a row. LHS took 1 in Marching, 1 in Concert, 1 in Sight Reading.

Planning the spring vegetable garden

Ellen Peffley

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Body From the garden Planning the spring vegetable gardenMarch gardening is beginning to kick into gear. Our weather is still yo-yoing from freezing to hot days and windy to still days, but West Texas gardeners are a hardy bunch. Spring gardens can be planted now.

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