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Sponsored by IREN, Childress County 4-H enrollment will be free through Tuesday, Sept. 9. Childress County 4-H is open to children ages 5-18 or grades kindergarten-12th. After Tuesday, Sept. 9, enrollment fees will be $25 for third through 12th-grade members and $10 for kindergarten through second-grade members. For more information or to register, contact Childress County 4-H at 940-537-2351 or visit 4honline.com. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Childress County

Sponsored by IREN, Childress County 4-H enrollment will be free through Tuesday, Sept. 9. Childress County 4-H is open to children ages 5-18 or grades kindergarten-12th. After Tuesday, Sept. 9, enrollment fees will be $25 for third through 12th-grade members and $10 for kindergarten through second-grade members. For more information or to register, contact Childress County 4-H at 940-537-2351 or visit 4honline.com. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Childress County

Last day for Childress County 4-H free enrollment Tuesday

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Last day for Childress County 4-H free enrollment Tuesday

Spiritual treasures

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Debra Pierce (Massachusetts, USA) “Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.” - Matthew 6:20 (NRSVUE) My husband and I are downsizing.

Collingsworth Police Blotter

News Staff
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Jail book in: 1 Jail book out: 0 Jail population: 9 Deputy civil papers served: 1 Constable civil papers served: 0NOTICE: The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban at its Monday, April 14 meeting.
Muralist Malcom Byers adds shading to the nostrils of the Duke of Wellington with his spray paint technique Tuesday morning, Aug. 26. As he nears completion of his Wellington mural masterpiece, he lacks about a week finishing and touching up his artwork on the south side of 915 West Ave., just next to Wellington City Hall. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Muralist Malcom Byers adds shading to the nostrils of the Duke of Wellington with his spray paint technique Tuesday morning, Aug. 26. As he nears completion of his Wellington mural masterpiece, he lacks about a week finishing and touching up his artwork on the south side of 915 West Ave., just next to Wellington City Hall. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Duke of Wellington portrait makes Byers’ mural masterpiece

Bev Odom
Thursday, August 28, 2025
WELLINGTON – A Duke of Wellington oil painting functioned as the influence for mural artist Malcom Byers’ replica on the West Ave. building, just south of downtown Wellington. Byers commented that the Duke of Wellington became sort of a last-minute addition to the mural.
The City of Childress City Council recently discussed estimates of probable cost for the replacement of the waterline on Ave. E NW, spanning from Commerce St. to 11th St., including seven blocks of bricked streets. The Red River Sun

The City of Childress City Council recently discussed estimates of probable cost for the replacement of the waterline on Ave. E NW, spanning from Commerce St. to 11th St., including seven blocks of bricked streets. The Red River Sun

Childress City Council discusses Ave. E waterline replacement estimates

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, August 28, 2025
CHILDRESS — Meeting Monday, Aug. 11, the City of Childress City Council discussed estimates of probably cost for the replacement of the waterline on Ave. E NW, spanning from Commerce St. to 11th St., including seven blocks of bricked streets.
Pertussis: An old pathogen

Pertussis: An old pathogen

Pertussis: An old pathogen

Fred Hardwicke
Thursday, August 28, 2025
A friend at church asked prayer for his two-monthold grandchild with whooping cough. It has been popularized on social media that, perhaps, we can just skip the Bord etella pertussis (whoopi n g cough) vaccine, and people are following that advice.

At the Childress Municipal Airport

Tiffany Tully
Thursday, August 28, 2025
CHILDRESS — Tuesday, Aug. 19, a Cessna 172 came in for fuel.Wednesday, Aug. 20, a Cessna Citation fueled up on its way from Houston to Colorado, a Cessna Cardinal stopped for fuel on its way from Kansas to Lockhart and a Mooney fueled up on its way from Colorado to Houston.Thursday, Aug.
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