Area News
COVID-19: CRMC update on transfers
By Whitney Wyatt/The Red River Sun— CHILDRESS – Childress Regional Medical Center (CRMC) Chief Operating Officer and RN Holly Holcomb wants the public to understand the near worst-case scenarios happening at the hospital. “We are overwhelmed,” said Holcomb. “It’s not like anything we’ve experienced before. I wish I knew a magical answer.” That’s why Holcomb…
Read MoreNation thankful for staff
EMS operates under variance By Bev Odom/The Red River Sun— WELLINGTON – At the recent public meeting, Wellington Emergency Medical Service (WEMS) Administrator Farris Nation explained the variance necessary to operate. Due to COVID-19, Nation also used social media to educate the community on the staff modification. “The variance we have applied for with State…
Read MoreCOVID-19 outbreak at Roach Unit at Childress County is over
By Whitney Wyatt/The Red River Sun— CHILDRESS – The T.L. Roach Unit in Childress was the last Texas prison to get a COVID-19 case, but it had 28 percent of the cases in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) last week. The COVID-19 cases lowered to 21 cases on Friday, Nov. 20, according to…
Read MoreChildress High School coach arrested
Childress ISD Coach Dante Hibbert was arrested and booked into the Childress County Jail on Tuesday, Nov. 17. According to Sgt. Dan Buesing, DPS public information officer, Hibbert is being investigated for improper student-teacher relationship and online solicitation of a minor. The investigation is on-going and is being led by the Texas Rangers. This is…
Read MoreCollingsworth COVID update
Courtesy Image Wellington Mayor J.D. Hamby reminds everyone to please wear masks, social distance, sanitize, wash hands, stay home if feeling ill, stay isolated if positive and to stay quarantined if exposed AND if somebody in one’s home.
Read MoreCHS shop students save Christmas in the Park
By Whitney Wyatt/The Red River Sun— CHILDRESS – Childress High School shop students came to the rescue for Christmas in the Park (CITP). Because of COVID-19, Roach Unit prisoners could not help this year. When Jonathan Wise, who is a neighbor of Charlie Johnston, heard Johnston talk about the dilemma CITP was in, he stepped…
Read MoreShoebox ministry endures pandemic
By Bev Odom/The Red River Sun— WELLINGTON – “All things considered, we are pretty pleased with the 121 shoeboxes assembled this year,” said Genevieve Patterson, committee member of Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child ministry at First Baptist Church. “We usually do more but it just didn’t happen this crazy year because of the pandemic. Our…
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Childress City Council holds public hearing on revolving loan closeout application
By Whitney Wyatt/The Red River Sun— CHILDRESS – The Childress City Council held a public hearing to discuss the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program Revolving Loan Fund Closeout Application on Monday, Nov. 16. In 1986, the city entered into a contractual agreement with the Texas Department of Community Affairs, which is now administered by…
Read MoreTxDOT completes northbound lane of US 83 in Childress County
By Whitney Wyatt/The Red River Sun— CHILDRESS – Base rehabilitation on the northbound lane of US 83 in Childress County was completed Thursday, Nov. 19. Traffic has been shifted to the east side of U.S. 83, according to a release from the Texas Department of Transportation Childress District. Traffic will be in one lane in…
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