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Lamar County Commissioners received an update Nov. 4 concerning the tornado damage and declared Dec. 4-10 as Tree of Angels Week during a lengthy Monday meeting.
Police Chief Karl Louis and his band, Rue 82, performed classics by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn and The Beatles, among others, Saturday at South Main Iron’s annual Veterans Memorial Concert.
County officials are to give updates on the Nov. 4 tornado when The Republican Women of the Red River Valley meet Thursday at the Lamar County Fairgrounds,
The violent tornado that wreaked havoc on multiple areas of Lamar County before entering Oklahoma while still on the ground has been upgraded to an EF4, according to the National Weather Service.
Government bodies are holding meetings this week.
Members of Prairiland’s FFA competed in a Leadership Development Event on Nov. 4. Eight members will be advancing to the Area VI LDE Contest on Nov. 16.
How Lamar and Red River counties voted in state and district elections. All counties positions were unopposed in November so the GOP primary winners from the spring automatically won. The votes totals are unofficial until they are canvassed later this year.
Cadie Gray, a senior at Prairiland High School and an active member of the Lamar County 4-H program, currently serves as a 4-H Texas Youth Livestock Ambassador.
More than 200 people gathered at Love Civic Center on Sunday afternoon to pay respect to those who have served to protect freedom during an annual celebration on the weekend leading to Veterans Day on Nov. 11.
Officials from the Texas Department of Emergency Management are asking for donations to help victims of the Friday tornado.
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decisively won a third term Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Beto O’Rourke in a midterm race that tested the direction of America’s supersized red state following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban.
Dan Patrick claimed an easy victory over his Democratic opponent, Mike Collier, in his bid for lieutenant governor, enabling him to maintain the ultra-conservative direction of the Texas Senate during the upcoming legislative session, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Commissioners in both Red River and Lamar counties extended disaster declarations on Monday as a result of separate tornadoes that occurred Friday afternoon although federal or state monetary relief is not expected to be forthcoming. Both Lamar County Judge Brandon Bell and Red River County Judge L.D. Williamson issued disaster declarations after storms raged through first Lamar County shortly after 4 p.m. Friday followed by a separate storm beginning in Fulbright later that evening.
Officials from the Texas Department of Emergency Management are asking for donations to help victims of the Friday, Nov. 4, tornado.
With more than 8,000 ballots cast in early voting, Lamar County residents now head to 26 polling locations on Tuesday to cast votes in a General Election that is likely to determine the control of the U.S. Congress and whether Republicans maintain control of the state’s top leadership positions.
UPDATED: Sunday, Nov. 6, 11:45 a.m.
- Updated: Monday, Nov. 7, 8:56 a.m.
