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‘‘I am a second-generation ginner who grew up in a gin office and literally took my first steps there,” says Dan Jackson, manager for Meadow Farmers Co-op Gin in Meadow, Texas. “My dad, Max Jackson, ran a small gin east of Lubbock — McClung Co-op — and my mom, Mary Jane, was the bookkeeper. We eventually moved west of Slaton where I attended public school at Lubbock-Cooper.
Read moreIs that a bird? Is that a wind turbine blade? Is that the space shuttle? No! It's a dismantled decommissioned B-1 Bomber. Traffic was backed up about half a mile following the B-1 coming through Brownfield Wednesday morning while heading to Lubbock.
Read moreTexas Tech University has announced that it will cut almost $7 million from the athletic budget due to the COVID-19 virus. Texas Tech like the rest of the nation has had to halt all sports competitions because federal, state and local governments have put in place strict guidelines about people being in places together, especially large groups to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Read moreIn response to COVID-19, companies are adapting their resources to provide essentials like personal protective equipment or offering new or free services to ease the strain on the transition to a new normal.
Read moreMonday: Chicken & dumplings, peas & pearl onions, red bliss potatoes, dessert
Read moreType 2 Diabetes is a disease that happens when someone’s blood glucose is too high because their body doesn’t make enough insulin or it doesn’t work well to get the blood glucose into the cells where it can be used for energy. Managing blood glucose can be achieved through healthy eating and physical exercise and taking prescribed medications as directed by one’s physician. 30 million Americans have diabetes and over 90% have Type 2 Diabetes.
Read moreJerry and Debby Metcalf celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 1, 2020. The couple married May 1, 1970 in Brownfield, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have two children: Toby and Dawn Metcalf of Sandia Park, New Mexico and Cody Metcalf of Austin, Texas. They have one grandchild, Colby Metcalf of San Marcus, Texas. The couple continues to reside in Brownfield.
Read moreOn Thursday April 30 at 12:27 p.m. Brownfield Fire and Rescue was called out to Sixth St and Bridges St. for a vehicle that rolled over into a bar-ditch. According to Brownfield Police Dept. Lt. Rene Siller, the driver of the gray Toyota Corolla, was traveling south on Railroad Ave. which has a caliche surface. When approaching the curve at the end of Railroad Ave, which turns into Bridges St, the Corolla began to slide and entered into the ditch where the Corolla then flipped over once. The two occupants denied medical treatment from BRMC paramedics. The Brownfield PD, Fire & Rescue, and the BRMC Paramedics responded to the scene.
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