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J.R. Howard presents Martin County Sheriff Brad Ingram a $ 1500 check from Enlink Midstream Operating, LP. which will go toward purchasing ballistic vests for officers.

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MARTIN COUNTY - Law enforcement and volunteer firefighters and emergency services personnel worked 23 wrecks including one with a fatality here Wednesday as Martin County and some surrounding areas were hit with an ice storm.

That storm left a sheet of ice on area highways, and drivers were acting as if it was a balmy spring day rather than the dangerous conditions that kept ambulances and fire trucks hopping.

The biggest issues were on the interstate in both directions, with Midland County recording some 60 wrecks and Howard County another 40 or so as the area was all but shut down due to the slippery conditions.

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STANTON - Folks, it’s time to eat blackeyed peas on New Year’s Day.

It falls on Monday this year.

Stanton’s senior citizens will have their annual blackeyed peas lunch next Monday, Jan. 1 from 11 am to 1 pm at the senior’s building in downtown Stanton.

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MARTIN COUNTY - It’s the meth . . . ask lawmen anywhere in the area and they’ll tell you the meth situation only gets worse.

It’s all ages, it’s all classes of people and it’s creating issues with theft at every turn as meth dopers look for the bucks they need to keep their addictions from driving them over a cliff.

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MARTIN COUNTY - The telephone number 432-756-3336 has been compromised by scammers who have called people in Lubbock, Wink and Midland - and those are justy the ones Martin County Sheriff Brad Ingram knows about.

“The calls show up on caller ID with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office name and the above number listed, “ said Ingram.

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STANTON - For Patricia Acosta, the Foster Care and Adoption supervisor at Buckner of Midland, getting the call is never easy and hearing each child’s story gets even harder.

“Dylan was born in April and I got the call that there was a child at the hospital,” Acosta said. “The CPS worker gave me all the details, but said she’s not ready to be discharged... do you have a family?”

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STANTON - A Stanton photographer has been recognized internationally as one of the Top 100 Senior Photographers Across the Globe.

The word senior refers to the pros who photograph high school seniors - and Stanton’s Kristi Franklin was selected as one of the honorees.

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STANTON - The school board meeting Monday night could be an eventful one for Stanton Buffalo athletic fans.

A number of issues could be decided, including decisions on how the school district will approach the hiring of an athletic director and football coach for the first time in a decade.

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MARTIN COUNTY - Three more names were added to the list of candidates this week, including third names in both of the contested races on the Martin County ballot.

As expected, incumbent Precinct 4 Martin County Commissioner Koy Blocker filed. He’s unopposed.

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Four tractor trailers slammed into each other in a major wreck on Hwy. 176 Monday morning in the fog. Two crashed into each other in the barrow ditch trying to avoid a third truck and then a fourth got into the mix at the end of it all. No deaths, but four injured..

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