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END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR typically brings changes in school leadership positions, including coaches—including, this round, at Spur ISD as head football coach Tate Clark (center) moves to Southland ISD. | COURTESY PHOTO

END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR typically brings changes in school leadership positions, including coaches—including, this round, at Spur ISD as head football coach Tate Clark (center) moves to Southland ISD. | COURTESY PHOTO

END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
Help Wanted: Spur ISD in search of new head football coach

Help Wanted: Spur ISD in search of new head football coach

Help Wanted: Spur ISD in search of new head football coach

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
RUSS MORRIS | TEXAS SPUR  Spur ISD is in search of a new head football coach and athletic director for the 2026 season. The announcement comes after formerBulldogsheadcoach Tate Clark announced his departure to Southland ISD last week.
Spur pool opens for season

Spur pool opens for season

Spur pool opens for season

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
BARBARA BRANNON | TEXAS SPUR With warm-but-notblazing temps and a slight breeze under blue skies, Spur’s Swenson Park swimming pool opened on Memorial Day, May 25, to an enthusiastic crowd of all ages. Heather Wheeler, a member of the city’s pool committee, said that the day’s attendance was 150.
What's happening

What's happening

What's happening

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues CITY OF SPUR is hosting the Spur May Days Celebration Saturday, May 30, with set-up at 7 a.m., Swenson Park. Join us for a full day of fun.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME KUKU FRIES with that? Gene Waylan, above right, has owned and operated the last remaining restaurant in the former Ku-Ku chain for more than half a century.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME KUKU FRIES with that? Gene Waylan, above right, has owned and operated the last remaining restaurant in the former Ku-Ku chain for more than half a century.

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY BARBARA BRANNON AND KAY ELLINGTON

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
The Route 66 experience is as much about the meals as it is the miles, we’d learned decades ago, when an impromptu jaunt to the Cadillac Ranch west of Amarillo wound up with a birthday dinner at The Big Texan on the city’s eastern fringes.
QUEEN’S GATE in Springfield, the newly dedicated monument to the Birthplace of Route 66, provides a new photo op in the“Queen City of the Ozarks,” third-largest city in Missouri and home to a wide array of dining experiences.

QUEEN’S GATE in Springfield, the newly dedicated monument to the Birthplace of Route 66, provides a new photo op in the“Queen City of the Ozarks,” third-largest city in Missouri and home to a wide array of dining experiences.

Mother Road meals, in Missouri and beyond

The Time Our Wheels
Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
David L. Harrison reads his inspiring composition, “Where a Highway Was Born.” By the time the photos have been staged and the pyrotechnics loosed, the two of us from Texas have worked up a bona fide hunger. Let’s head on west, I suggest.
Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive

Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive

Mother Road ‘Test’ Drive

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR ROUTE 66 HISTORY?  The famous Chicago-to-L.A.
CHEER CAMP Jayton cheerleaders are getting ready for the new school coming their way by attending cheer camp this week. |

CHEER CAMP Jayton cheerleaders are getting ready for the new school coming their way by attending cheer camp this week. |

CHEER CAMP

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Thu, 05/28/2026 - 05:12
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