The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding the public the waiver on expiration dates for driver licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) ends on April 14, 2021. Customers who need to renew are urged to make an appointment or renew online today.

Members of the Lamb County Teachers’ Association will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb.

Pastors Eddie and Pat Trice and the South Plains Church family are proud to announce that South Plains Church will be hosting the XO Marriage Conference by live simulcast from Gateway Church in Southlake, TX on February 12t and 13t. The XO Marriage Conference is an annual event of Jimmy & Karen Evans and Marriage Today Christian Ministry.

Almost 50 rural Texas telephone cooperatives and companies have filed a lawsuit against the Public Utility Commission of Texas, accusing the state regulatory agency of illegally withholding universal service fund (”USF") revenues crucial to maintaining the statewide telecommunications network in rural areas.

In the middle of the first week of public regional hearings on new political maps, lawmakers found out they are going to have to wait even longer to get official numbers showing how Texas’ population has changed over the last ten years. According to the US Census Bureau, the apportionment data, which determines how many representatives each state has in the US House, won’t be available until the end of April. The redistricting data, those figures that drive the process of drawing new boundary lines for statehouse and congressional districts, won’t be available before the end of July. This all but guarantees a special session on redistricting for the Legislature.

Norman V. Horner is a retired educator who doesn’t really care whether folks call him “Dr.” or not His distinguished career—plus his 40 articles in professional journals and his leadership in scholarly organizations—suggest that he’s been worthy of his degree for a long time.

Makenzie DeBerry showed the Supreme Champion Heifer at the 76th annual Olton FFA & 4-H Livestock Show, which was held Jan. 22-23 at Olton Ag Pavilion. On Saturday, Judge Rebel Royal selected the winning heifer, which is a Simmental.

Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can sign up for the popular program that began Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, and will continue until Feb. 12, 2021. The competitive program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation purposes.