The lineup of teams for the 20th Annual Gridiron Classic reads like a who’s who of playoff legacy Division I and Division II 1A teams, and Texas Spur Country football fans have a unique opportunity to see some of the state’s best football teams battle it out August 24-26 at Jaybird Stadium.
MIDLAND—The Honorable David Counts, a former state representative, Grand Master of the Masons of Texas, and a Brigadier General (Brevet) in the Texas Army National Guard, died at his home in Midland, Texas, on Friday, August 18, 2023.
The consequences of having vaping products in public schools statewide will be more severe than in the past due to new state legislation, and Dickens and Kent county schools are no exception.
In a presentation by Dickens County Judge Kevin Brendle Aug. 14, 2023, The Texas Historical Commission (THC) awarded a 2022 Distinguished Service Award (DSA) to the Dickens County Historical Commission (CHC).
Blueberries are high on the nutrition charts for their health benefits. They are full of vitamins, good for our hearts and blood vessels, and they help lower cholesterol and blood pressure, just to name a few.
The faithful, flowering annual marigold has withstood this rough summer. It has proved that it can take hot sun and keep on flowering. This is one that has a place in almost any landscape.
For dozens of Spur fans of Lubbock-based Americana group Flatland Cavalry, the band’s newest song has bridged their own summer—with filming in familiar Dickens County locations for a music video in late June and the eagerly anticipated release dropping at midnight August 9 via YouTube.
Roughly 50 people call the unincorporated community of McAdoo, Texas, home—and every one of them felt the wrath of 90-mile-and-hour winds and softball-sized hail the night of April 25, 2023. Even those whose cars, homes and livestock dodged direct damage were affected by the loss of two key institutions in this agricultural hamlet: their temporary post office, and the Crosby County Fuels Co-op, the heart of the community.