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LOCKNEY — Candidate filing is now open in Lockney’s mayoral race and for city council seats four and five. The filing window, which opened on Wednesday, runs through Feb. 18. Candidates must file all of the required

FLOYDADA — Though attendance was low, spirits were high at the 2022 Floydada Chamber of Commerce Banquet Thursday night. Cassandra Garza, director of the Floydada Animal Shelter was named Citizen of the Year, and Floydada Ace Hardware

PLAINVIEW — Dr. Jerry Root, emeritus professor of evangelism at Wheaton College, will be on campus as the guest lecturer for the Willson Lectures Series at Wayland Baptist University on Feb. 2. Root, who earned his Ph.D.

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune A few weeks ago, a woman gave birth at Hereford Regional Medical Center, a critical access hospital in the Texas Panhandle. Or, rather, the woman gave birth in the parking lot

FLOYDADA — Floydada Collegiate Independent School District is joining the ranks of 110 “demonstration systems” across the U.S. that represent “student-centered, equity-focused, future-driven education,” according to a press release from the district. FCISD was chosen to join

By Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune; Additional Reporting by The Floyd County Record Texans will head back to the polls — from Feb. 14-25 for early voting and on election day, March 1 —

FLOYDADA — During their regular meeting on Tuesday night, The Floydada City Council heard an update from city manager Darrell Gooch on a project to replace the city water system’s storage tanks. Gooch said that the project

LUBBOCK — A Lubbock County grand jury on Tuesday returned a “no-bill” for a Floydada couple who were accused of assaulting an Allsup’s cashier in Idalou over the New Year’s weekend, finding no probable cause for their

LOCKNEY — During their regular meeting on Tuesday morning, the Lockney City Council voted to forgo redistricting its single-member wards and opted to instead move to completely at-large voting in its future city council elections. During its

LOCKNEY — La Cocina Martinez was honored as Business of the Year and Sammy Silva was named Citizen of the Year at the Lockney Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet Saturday night. Back in person this year after

MUNCY — Area youth continued to show off their hard work Saturday as the 2022 Floyd County Junior Livestock Show came to a close with gilts, barrows, goats and lambs. The morning led off with gilts. Brighton

FLOYD COUNTY — The National Weather Service is forecasting high winds Friday afternoon, overnight and throughout the day Saturday, which could lead to elevated fire danger during that period. The NWS office in Lubbock issued a Wind

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON — Texas’ U.S. senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, are on track next week to help deliver what could be the final blow to Democratic hopes of passing a federal

MUNCY — Thursday night kicked off the 2022 Floyd County Junior Livestock Show, and dozens of exhibitors showed off their prized heifers, steers and rabbits. The evening got rolling with the diary show first. Brinley Lefevre and

FLOYDADA — Floydada Collegiate ISD has canceled classes on Friday due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the community, the district said in a statement Thursday. Schools will be empty for four days with the

FLOYDADA — The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office is holding a gun raffle to benefit its community outreach programs and tickets are available now. The department is raffling a Henry Big Boy .44 Magnum rifle and a Henry

By Emily Hernandez, The Texas Tribune; Additional Reporting by The Floyd County Record Texas saw its hottest December since 1889, with an average daily temperature of 59 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the state’s climatologist. That’s roughly 12

FLOYDADA — Floyd County Commissioners on Monday authorized an upgrade to the county’s voting machines to comply with a new state law. The county’s nine existing Hart InterCivic Verity Touch voting machines will be retrofitted with new