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State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

5th Circuit Court removes judge from foster care suit The federal judge who has repeatedly found Texas in contempt for not fixing its foster care system has been removed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel faulting U.S.
Alma Castillo wins Week 8 Football Contest

Alma Castillo wins Week 8 Football Contest

Alma Castillo wins Week 8 Football Contest

Week eight of the Lamb County Leader-News Football Contest has come and gone leaving just four weeks left in our contest.This week, Alma Castillo won the contest, finishing with a mark of 16-4, while Lonnie Neinast finished second with a record of 155.
FIRST BALES FOR TEXAS PRODUCERS COOP—Eric and Donna Vaughan, right of cotton bale, brought in the first bale of 2024 cotton to the Texas Producers Cooperative’s Gin. The first bale was ginned on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. It weighed 503 pounds with a 29% turnout and a loan value of $0.5510. Texas Producers Coop CEO, Justin Bellar, and Gin Manager, Duncan Welch, on the left. (Submitted Photo)

FIRST BALES FOR TEXAS PRODUCERS COOP—Eric and Donna Vaughan, right of cotton bale, brought in the first bale of 2024 cotton to the Texas Producers Cooperative’s Gin. The first bale was ginned on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. It weighed 503 pounds with a 29% turnout and a loan value of $0.5510. Texas Producers Coop CEO, Justin Bellar, and Gin Manager, Duncan Welch, on the left. (Submitted Photo)

First Bale

FIRST BALES FOR TEXAS PRODUCERS COOP—Eric and Donna Vaughan, right of cotton bale, brought in the first bale of 2024 cotton to the Texas Producers Cooperative’s Gin. The first bale was ginned on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. It weighed 503 pounds with a 29% turnout and a loan value of $0.5510.
Littlefield senior quarterback, Chip Green, sprints down the Wildcat sideline for a 66-yard touchdown run to open the second half of Littlefield’s, 55-51, loss to the Mules on Friday in Muleshoe. (Staff Photo by Derek Lopez)

Littlefield senior quarterback, Chip Green, sprints down the Wildcat sideline for a 66-yard touchdown run to open the second half of Littlefield’s, 55-51, loss to the Mules on Friday in Muleshoe. (Staff Photo by Derek Lopez)

Wildcats come up short on the road against Mules, 55-51

The Littlefield Wildcats’ varsity football team dropped a heartbreaker on Friday to the Muleshoe Mules, 55-51.With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 5-3 overall, 1-1 in district play.
Students Parents and Sponsors of the 2024 Junior Class at Littlefield High School served up hot, delicious baked potatoes with all the trimmings during their Potato Supper fundraiser held at the Littlefield High School Cafeteria on Friday, October 11, 2024. (Photo by Ann Reagan)

Students Parents and Sponsors of the 2024 Junior Class at Littlefield High School served up hot, delicious baked potatoes with all the trimmings during their Potato Supper fundraiser held at the Littlefield High School Cafeteria on Friday, October 11, 2024. (Photo by Ann Reagan)

SPCAA announces Child and Adult Care Food Program

South Plains Community Action Association (SPCAA) would like to announce their policy for free, and reduced priced meals served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Each facility and SPCAA have a copy of the policy, which anyone may review.

LHS Veteran’s Day Program set for Nov. 7

Littlefield High School will be honoring Veterans of Lamb County in a Veteran’s Day Program on Thursday, Nov. 7th.If you have served our country, LHS would love to have you attend their program.
She is a Survivor!

She is a Survivor!

She is a Survivor!

Julia Rodriguez, 91, and a lifetime resident of Littlefield, TX, is a Breast Cancer Survivor of 11 years and a Kidney Cancer Survivor of 5 years. She is the mother of nine children, grandmother of 23 grandkids, 35 great grandkids and 15 great, great grandkids.We Love you!