Thursday, August 6, 2020
Despite less vehicles being on Texas highways, emergency crews are still working several wrecks like this one on Highway 349 in Martin County last week.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
WEST TEXAS - Oil prices rose on Friday and finished the month higher, benefiting from news that U.S. oil output cuts in May were the largest on record.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 35 cents, or 0.88%, to settle at $40.27 per barrel, after dropping 3.3% in the previous session.
U.S…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
STANTON — This year, TxDOT expects to provide approximately $60 million in funding for planning, constructing and maintaining community airports.
Approximately 275 community airports in Texas are eligible for funding.
Arrivals and departures from community airports account for more than three…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
MARTIN COUNTY - Stanton ISD and Grady ISD have finished their 2020-2021 academic calendars and are ready to begin in person instruction on online distance learning.
Stanton will open its doors on Aug. 17 to any students wanting to learn in a classroom environment.
Grady has pushed its first of…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
MARTIN COUNTY – After month and months of speculation, football is back at Stanton and Grady high schools.
The first week of practices are an acclimatization period where players can only wear helmets. The second week of practices players can dawn pads for the first week of full contact activity…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
MARTIN COUNTY – Cross country season is just around the corner with interschool competitions allowed to start on Aug. 17.
But this season will have several new restrictions that can make it difficult for coaches to find enough meets for all their teams to compete each week.
Individual meets are…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
• U.S. Dollar Index Falls to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years
• Export Sales Report Showed Improved New Sales, Healthy Shipments
• Hurricane Hanna Crop Damage in Southern Tip of Texas
Cotton prices dove Friday, falling sharply to 59.51 cents per pound as U.S.-China tensions escalated and a…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Dear Savvy Senior,
Are there any financial assistance programs you can refer me to? The coronavirus pandemic has cost me my parttime retirement job and has shrunk my measly IRA account.
Needy Retiree
Dear Needy,
Absolutely! In addition to the $1,200 federal coronavirus stimulus check that was…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Three white peacemakers nervously waited for the Comanche council to decide whether they lived or died on Aug. 10, 1843.
Making amends with the western tribes was one of Sam Houston’s highest priorities at the start of his second presidency. But in the bitter aftermath of his predecessor’s ethnic-…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
And Jesus started to talk to them in parables ----[ that is,] With compassion and illustrations. A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge about it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built a tower, and let it out [ for rent ] to vinedressers, and went into another country. [Mark 12:1 Amp.]…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Tina Siemens works with the Heritage Project in Seminole. It’s a group that does research on the history of the Mennonites. Tina wrote a book titled SEMINOLE about the immigration of Mennonites to Seminole. Tina says the group was looking for ways to help out during the Corona crisis. They looked…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
WEST TEXAS - Oil prices rose on Friday and finished the month higher, benefiting from news that U.S…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
STANTON — This year, TxDOT expects to provide approximately $60 million in funding for planning,…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
MARTIN COUNTY - Stanton ISD and Grady ISD have finished their 2020-2021 academic calendars and are…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Despite less vehicles being on Texas highways, emergency crews are still working several wrecks like this one on Highway 349 in Martin County last week..
News
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Dear Savvy Senior,
Are there any financial assistance programs you can refer me to? The coronavirus pandemic has cost me my parttime retirement job and has…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
• U.S. Dollar Index Falls to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years
• Export Sales Report Showed Improved New Sales, Healthy Shipments
• Hurricane Hanna Crop…
Thursday, July 30, 2020
• Between U.S. and China Continue
• Low Foreign Cotton Prices Take Toll on U.S. Export Sales
• All Eyes on Approaching South Texas Storms
Average daily…
Sports
Thursday, August 6, 2020
MARTIN COUNTY – Cross country season is just around the corner with interschool competitions allowed to start on Aug. 17.
But this season will have several…
Thursday, August 6, 2020
MARTIN COUNTY – After month and months of speculation, football is back at Stanton and Grady high schools.
The first week of practices are an acclimatization…
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Alan Henry
GOOD. Water clear 84 degrees; 0.54’ low. Black bass remain good and best at daybreak with topwater, worms, and jigs. Till sundown fish brush, and…
Lifestyle
Monday, August 3, 2020
The Martin County Historical Museum is one step closer to finishing its preservation of the Connell House with the erection of the windmill tower.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Call a day in advance by 4 p.m. for reservations 756-2791. Guests under 60 will be charged $7 per plate. Guests over 60 and their spouse eat free with a…
Monday, July 27, 2020
Call a day in advance by 4 p.m. for reservations 756-2791. Guests under 60 will be charged $7 per plate. Guests over 60 and their spouse eat free with a…