West Texas fresh fall weather is knocking on the door, and on a cool Friday night under the lights of Mitchell Zimmerman ...

Every fall pumpkins steal the spotlight with multiple purposes: as decorations, for soups and in pies. But here’s a fun fact ...

STATE FAIR HONORS At the Junior Heifer Show at the annual Texas State Fair in Dallas last week, Nickolas Cervantes (top photo, shown with Adrian Jimenez and FFA advisor Froilan Be ...

Thanks to a decadeslong push to increase awareness of breast cancer and to help fund research, most Americans now associate ...

COMMENTARY In a perfect world, all hitchhikers would be harmless. You could give them rides and add one more acquaintance to ...

Registration has been extended to Oct. 20, and auditions are being scheduled for the Lockney Longhorn Parent Club to select ...

Texas faces a threat that is adaptable, pervasive, and alarmingly expensive: the feral pig (Sus scrofa), known variously as ...

During the regular meeting of the Floydada Collegiate ISD board Oct. 14, 2025, Students and Educators of the Month were recognized (see photo, above).

H and FFA graduating high school seniors in the Floyd County area are eligible to apply for the AgYouth of the Month Scholarship Program that AgTexas Farm Credit created ten years ago. So far, the ...

The 38th annual Punkin’ Days, held in Floydada Saturday, Oct. 11, was a big success. The weather was perfect for all the ...

Burglars broke into our rented storage unit. More bad news: They took nothing.

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