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On Thursday, March 10th the Primary Elections results were canvassed by the Ballot Board and made official. From the final ballots by mail the board approved and rejected the final results show in the Republican County Judge race Tony Serbantez received 46.64 percent of the votes, Larry D. Gilbreath 28.60 percent and Geoff Cooper 24.75 percent of the votes. The Republican Justice of the Peace race had Angie P. Garza with 48.37 percent of the votes, David Cox with 25.99 percent, and Merlene Janet “M.J.” Harrell with 25.64 percent. In both race, neither candidate was able to receive the necessary 50 percent plus one votes to win the top two candidates will be in a run off election. The run off election early voting begins Monday, May 16 until Friday, May 20, and election day on Tuesday, May 24.
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Meadows One Act Play competed in the 1A- District 7 OAP( One Act Play) Contest on Tuesday, March 8. The Meadow team will be advancing to the next round.
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The old school located AT 1001 E Broadway was built eighty six years ago as a high school. Then as time went on it became a middle school. Now with the building of the new Brownfield High School it's time to decide what should be done with the abandoned and empty school on Broadway. A consideration that is currently being discussed is to tear down the main part of the building and save the gym and auditorium. However before further action can be taken experts such as architects and engineers need to evaluate the cost and benefit of a partial tear down. It could be decided that it is unreasonable to do a partial tear down because of the efforts and resources that would be needed to manage that task. If they do decide to save the gym and auditorium for future use those buildings will of course need to be brought up to standard modern building code, and when the school building adjacent is torn down a significant amount of rebuilding may be needed for the gym and auditorium. There is still plenty of time before any action will be taken regarding the building. A second goodbye tour will be offered in the summertime, before they go through any plans.
Read moreThe Brownfield Board of Trustees held a special meeting the morning of Friday, March 11th. The special meeting was attended by most of the trustees with Chairman Geoff Cooper and Yvonne Rocha the only absent members. Vice President Tim Swaringen presided over the meeting with a quorum present. He handed over the floor to Superintendent Chris Smith who presented the board the winning bid for new kitchen equipment for Oak Groves and Brownfield Middle School.
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A reckless, speeding driver led Brownfield police on a high-speed chase on Wednesday March 9th. When the police caught the black Dodge Charger three young men were arrested. Twenty one year old Ross Ernest was arrested for public intoxication. Eighteen year old Juan Najera was arrested for an illegally possessed firearm. Nineteen year old Warmly Latraveon D'shawn was arrested for aggravated assault on a police officer, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana, and terroristic threat. These arrests were made on 100 West Hill St in Brownfield, TX. Both Juan Najera and Ross Ernest are still in Terry County jail, but D’shawn was let out on bond on March 10th.
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Funeral Service for Claudie Ray “Red” Gruben, Sr. was held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2022 at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel. C.R. was born on March 11, 1926 in Rotan to Epkie and Minnie Gruben. He served in the Navy during WWII. He played Wahoo with his children every chance he got and had a tendency not to lose. He enjoyed gardening, tending to his cows and chickens and working on old tractors. C.R. was retired from Terry County Road Maintenance. Although he was retired, he still got up early every morning and cooked breakfast for him and his dogs. C.R. was preceded in death by wife, Billie Jo Gruben; two sons, Claudie, Jr. and Epkie Lee Gruben; daughter, Sherry Kay Gruben; four brothers; two sisters and five grandchildren.
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