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Young entrepreneurs Jenna Faulks and Rafe Barlow, with Adeline Faulks as the cheerleader, operate a lemonade stand during the Saturday, June 1 Wellington Citywide Yard Sale event, selling out and raising $1,772 for the restoration of Ellison Park. The youth and their families appreciate everyone who stopped by to chat and donate. Courtesy Photo

Young entrepreneurs Jenna Faulks and Rafe Barlow, with Adeline Faulks as the cheerleader, operate a lemonade stand during the Saturday, June 1 Wellington Citywide Yard Sale event, selling out and raising $1,772 for the restoration of Ellison Park. The youth and their families appreciate everyone who stopped by to chat and donate. Courtesy Photo

Ellison Park Renovation fund reaching critical stage

Bev Odom
Friday, June 14, 2024
WELLINGTON – Amid a goal of $200,000, almost $151,000 has been committed for the Ellison Park Renovation Project fund as of Tuesday, June 11. Funds collected by Sunday, June 30 will be matched by an anonymous donor up to $200,000.
Jojo’s Beauté Bar makes its debut Saturday, June 8 as owner Johanna Garcia, with Collingsworth County Chamber representatives Rachae Barlow and Billy Wilkerson, create the symbolic ceremony in the presence of Garcia’s family and friends. Courtesy Photo

Jojo’s Beauté Bar makes its debut Saturday, June 8 as owner Johanna Garcia, with Collingsworth County Chamber representatives Rachae Barlow and Billy Wilkerson, create the symbolic ceremony in the presence of Garcia’s family and friends. Courtesy Photo

Collingsworth Chamber welcomes Jojo’s Beauté Bar

Bev Odom
Friday, June 14, 2024
WELLINGTON – Nestled at 906 9th St. is Johanna Garcia’s new shop, Jojo’s Beauté Bar. Collingsworth County Chamber of Commerce representatives conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8 to officially welcome the new hair salon.
Jermaine Cantu Courtesy Photo

Jermaine Cantu Courtesy Photo

Butt Foundation selects Wellington’s Cantu for Harvard Institute

Special To The Sun
Friday, June 7, 2024
AUSTIN – The nonprofit Charles Butt Foundation has selected Wellington High School Principal Jermaine Cantu as one of 30 principals from traditional and charter school districts across Texas to attend a weeklong summer institute at the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Turkey’s Johnson recalls dive into depths of Estelline Salt Springs

Turkey’s Johnson recalls dive into depths of Estelline Salt Springs

Turkey’s Johnson recalls dive into depths of Estelline Salt Springs

Hanaba Munn Welch
Friday, June 7, 2024
Saltwater sinkhole now controlled by 60-year-old engineering projectWhat’s better than an ordinary West Texas sinkhole?A bottomless pit brimming with saltwater.And who better to describe the abyss than a diver who’s explored it down to the hole in the bottom — the hole that leads to who knows where?

At the Childress Municipal Airport

Tiffany Tully
Friday, June 7, 2024
CHILDRESS — Tuesday, May 28, a Bell 429 helicopter, from Oklahoma, dropped in for fuel, and a Cessna 182 stayed overnight due to weather.Wednesday, May 29, a Piper Cherokee, out of Oklahoma, practiced in the area, and two single engine air tankers (SEATs) stopped for fuel.
Is God Dead?

Is God Dead?

Is God Dead?

News Staff
Friday, June 7, 2024
On Good Friday 1966, “Time” issued their magazine with the cover emblazoned with just three words: Is God Dead?
The Childress Elementary School Class of 2036, joined by the Childress High School Class of 2024, team up for Kindergarten Signing Day Tuesday, May 14 at Childress Elementary School. Through the Lens of Liz/Elizabeth Oronia

The Childress Elementary School Class of 2036, joined by the Childress High School Class of 2024, team up for Kindergarten Signing Day Tuesday, May 14 at Childress Elementary School. Through the Lens of Liz/Elizabeth Oronia

Kindergarteners, seniors team up for Kindergarten Signing Day

Pre-kindergarten
Friday, June 7, 2024
Childress Elementary Sixth Six Weeks Perfect AttendanceKindergartenDominic Anders, Michael Anders, Jake Castor, Clayton Dietrich, Adriana Eaton, Clara Harris, Malachi Longoria, Paisley Olson, Noah Salazar, Cord Seal.
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