Wellington High School (WHS) Student Council, including WHS freshman Ava Peters, traveled to Dallas on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to attend a leadership event at the American Airlines Center, featuring several Dallas Maverick executive speakers. To top off the trip, the students and sponsors watched the Dallas Mavericks take on Miami Heat before the return trip, arriving home in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 4.

Alesia “Lisa” Freeland, a veteran of the U.S. Army, displays her four-foot-by-eight-foot mural designed to honor all the branches of the military, in all conflicts, from the Revolution to the Space Age. Freeland displayed her artwork at the recent Veterans Day lunch at the Glynn Moore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6439, the new home of “A Veteran’s Tribute.”

Recently touring a segment of House District 88, Rep. Ken King stops in Childress, where he met with constituents to discuss the 89th Regular Legislative Session, as well as the Special Sessions that followed, Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Host Brooke Carter, left, with Hearts United Give Support (HUGS) volunteers Whitney Wiebe, Marcy Sessions and Donnie Carter, welcome visitors for the Holiday Home Tour on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7.

Take a look at the $10 Red Ticket promotion giveaway items and shop local this holiday season.