The Panhandle South Plains Fair kicks off with preview night on Thursday in Lubbock. Thursday is Buck-A-Ride Night and official opening night is Friday. The fair will be in town until Sept. 30.  A clear bag policy will be enforced once again. General Manager Jennifer Wallace said visitors have a few things to look forward […]

Muleshoe citizens showed up at the Senior Citizen Center on Saturday to feast on pancakes and the fixings. The meal is one of the center’s annual fundraisers. This year’s event raised about $1,100. The center is a nonprofit organization and donations and fundraisers keep it running. Funds go to various projects that need to get […]

“An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered,” writes G. K. Chesterton. I suppose, then, that I must be in the midst of an adventure. I’m writing on a Sunday evening. On Friday afternoon, my wife discovered that the air conditioner was not conditioning. Please note that I am not in the least blaming the messenger for […]

September 22 Plainview @ Hereford 7 p.m. Hale Center @ Floydada (Homecoming) 7 p.m. Muleshoe @ Abernathy (Homecoming) 7 p.m. Sudan @ Plains 7 p.m. Valley @ Petersburg 7:30 p.m. Motley County @ Kress 7:30 p.m. Clarendon @ Tulia 7 p.m. Lockney @ West Texas 7 p.m. Olton OPEN September 23 Wayland Baptist @ Louisiana […]

There’s nothing like a séance to put you in the mood for Halloween, but it’s just like sceptic Hercule Poirot to put a damper on your thrills, as he tries to do in “A Haunting in Venice.” Since we last saw Poirot, played by Kenneth Branagh, he has retired to Venice with a single substantial bodyguard […]