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55+ group enjoys luncheon

55+ group enjoys luncheon

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55+ group enjoys luncheon

News Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Twenty-one people were present at the 55+ First Baptist Church Luncheon, Tuesday, Oct. 13. A variety of spaghetti dishes were served along with salads, breads and desserts in a festive fall setting. Pastor Tim Medley offered the blessing. A great meal was served along with good fellowship.
October birthday honoree

October birthday honoree

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October birthday honoree

News Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Pat Collins, left, introduces her friend, Durlene Worthington, as the “Birthday Girl” for October during the weekly Childress Senior Citizens Center luncheon Thursday.
The Hearts United Give Support (HUGS) Board of Directors, including Nancy Harris, Marcy Sessions, Carolyn Keller, Donnie Carter, Norma Spillman, Lennie Statham, Sharon Starkey, and Whitney Wiebe, appreciate the overwhelming support of the Chicken Salad Box Lunch fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 9. The event raised almost $2,500 to help cancer patients living in Collingsworth County with treatment travel expenses. INTREPID PHOTO / BEV ODOM

The Hearts United Give Support (HUGS) Board of Directors, including Nancy Harris, Marcy Sessions, Carolyn Keller, Donnie Carter, Norma Spillman, Lennie Statham, Sharon Starkey, and Whitney Wiebe, appreciate the overwhelming support of the Chicken Salad Box Lunch fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 9. The event raised almost $2,500 to help cancer patients living in Collingsworth County with treatment travel expenses. INTREPID PHOTO / BEV ODOM

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HUGS box lunches raise almost $2,500

Bev Odom
Thursday, October 15, 2026
WELLINGTON – While demand remains for cancer patients living in Collingsworth County to travel for treatment, the local support organization, Hearts United Give Support (HUGS), presold over 200 Chicken Salad Box Lunches, for the Friday, Oct. 9, fundraiser at the Bura Handley Community Center Club...
All we need to survive is blood

All we need to survive is blood

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All we need to survive is blood

Fred Hardwicke
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Blood. I donated blood last week, and got a T-shirt. As we approach Halloween, the T-shirts tend to focus on vampire themes, but this one was a bit cute, connecting to a Beatle’s theme: All We Need Is Blood!

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Collingsworth County Sheriff ’s Weekly Report

News Staff
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Jail book in: 0 Jail book out: 1 Jail population: 8 Deputy Civil papers served: 0 Constable Civil papers served: 0 NOTICE: A 90-day burn ban is in effect since Aug. 17. To report controlled burns, call the Collingsworth County Sheriff’s Office at 806-447-2588.

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Gulfstream lands with New York passengers

Tiffany Tully
Thursday, October 8, 2026
CHILDRESS – Tuesday, September 29, A Cessna Citation dropped off a group from Dallas, a Lear Jet flew in from Nevada to drop off passengers, and another Citation from Dallas stayed overnight.
Eugene Franklin Bunch COURTESY PHOTO

Eugene Franklin Bunch COURTESY PHOTO

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Eugene Bunch: A public servant and train robber

Dr. Mike Wolf
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Call it a mid-life crisis or a desire for more money, Eugene Franklin Bunch did not fit the stereotype of the 19th century outlaw. He was not a saddle tramp nor a gunslinger but a well-educated son of a Mississippi planter.
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