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Wellington Farmers Market encourages local products

Wellington Farmers Market encourages local products

Wellington Farmers Market encourages local products

News Staff
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Wellington Farmer’s MarketOrganizers of Wellington Farmers Market promote locally produced homegrown, handmade and homemade items to be sold the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Established in 2024, upcoming dates are June 14 and 28, July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 23. Set for 8 a.m.
Tire marks are left in the Memphis City Park grass. Courtesy Photo

Tire marks are left in the Memphis City Park grass. Courtesy Photo

Memphis Police Chief asks public to ‘not destroy’ park

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 29, 2025
MEMPHIS — Following an incident at Memphis City Park, Memphis Police Chief Rex Plant is asking the public to refrain from further destruction.According to Plant, following the recent opening of the park, an individual drove through the grass, leaving tire marks.

Collingsworth Police Blotter

News Staff
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Jail book in: 0 Jail book out: 0 Jail population: 9 Deputy Civil papers served: 1 Constable Civil papers served: 0 NOTICE: The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban at its Monday, April 14 meeting.
Veteran James Gray, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class, receives the second-ever Childress County 4-H Quilt of Valor at the Childress Elks Lodge #1113 Memorial Day Service Monday, May 26 at Jones Chapel in Childress Cemetery. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner

Veteran James Gray, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class, receives the second-ever Childress County 4-H Quilt of Valor at the Childress Elks Lodge #1113 Memorial Day Service Monday, May 26 at Jones Chapel in Childress Cemetery. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner

James Gray receives Quilt of Valor at Childress Elks Memorial Day Service

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 29, 2025
CHILDRESS — Veteran James Gray, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class, received the second-ever Childress County 4-H Quilt of Valor at the recent Childress Elks Lodge #1113 Memorial Day Service Monday, May 26 at Jones Chapel in Childress Cemetery.
Surrounded by Library Aids Susie Klassen, left, and Layla Williams, right, Librarian Vicki Decker serves as guest of honor at a reception to mark her 37 years of service to Collingsworth Public Library the afternoon of Wednesday, May 14. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Surrounded by Library Aids Susie Klassen, left, and Layla Williams, right, Librarian Vicki Decker serves as guest of honor at a reception to mark her 37 years of service to Collingsworth Public Library the afternoon of Wednesday, May 14. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Decker serves 37 years as Wellington’s librarian

Bev Odom
Thursday, May 29, 2025
WELLINGTON – Library patrons and Wellington Independent School District (ISD) staff, many with cards and gifts in hand, filed into Collingsworth Public Library from 1-2:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 14. The reception honored Librarian Vicki Decker for her 37 years of service at Wellington ISD.
Glynn Moore Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6439 hosts the 2025 Collingsworth County Memorial Day Service at 11 a.m. Monday, May 26 at the Post Hall. Program participants gather amongst the Remembrance Ceremony wreath and flowers following the service. From left: Trumpeter Allie Duncan, Vocalist Heather Peters, Quartermaster Epifanio “Jr.” Castillo, Commander Rodney Bishop, Chaplain Jeff Pastor, Auxiliary President John O’Rear, Auxiliary Trustee Jane Campbell. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Glynn Moore Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6439 hosts the 2025 Collingsworth County Memorial Day Service at 11 a.m. Monday, May 26 at the Post Hall. Program participants gather amongst the Remembrance Ceremony wreath and flowers following the service. From left: Trumpeter Allie Duncan, Vocalist Heather Peters, Quartermaster Epifanio “Jr.” Castillo, Commander Rodney Bishop, Chaplain Jeff Pastor, Auxiliary President John O’Rear, Auxiliary Trustee Jane Campbell. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom

Collingsworth County marks Memorial Day with solemn ceremony

Bev Odom
Thursday, May 29, 2025
WELLINGTON – While rain showers skirted around Wellington, organizers of the 2025 Memorial Day service planned for the Collingsworth County Courthouse Square moved the location of the 11 a.m.
Demetrice Lachille Henderson Stephens, Memphis High School Class of 1975, is inducted into the Memphis Independent School District Hall of Honor Friday, May 23 at Memphis High School. Additional inductees included the late Alicia Faye Berry, Memphis High School Class of 1977, and the late Herbert Hartman, Memphis High School Class of 1950. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner

Demetrice Lachille Henderson Stephens, Memphis High School Class of 1975, is inducted into the Memphis Independent School District Hall of Honor Friday, May 23 at Memphis High School. Additional inductees included the late Alicia Faye Berry, Memphis High School Class of 1977, and the late Herbert Hartman, Memphis High School Class of 1950. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner

Memphis ISD Hall of Honor welcomes three new inductees

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, May 29, 2025
MEMPHIS — The Memphis High School National Honor Society welcomed three new Hall of Honor inductees, including the late Alicia Faye Berry, the late Herbert Hartman and Demetrice Lachille Henderson Stephens, Friday, May 23 at the Memphis High School auditorium.
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