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Download the Sheriff Connect App to stay up to date with the Childress County Sheriff’s Office, including real-time updates on jail information, inmate searches, news and events and crime prevention. Childress County Sheriff’s Office

Download the Sheriff Connect App to stay up to date with the Childress County Sheriff’s Office, including real-time updates on jail information, inmate searches, news and events and crime prevention. Childress County Sheriff’s Office

Childress County Sheriff’s Office launches collaboration with Sheriff Connect App

CHILDRESS — The Childress County Sheriff’s Office recently launched their collaboration with the Sheriff Connect App—a mobile application designed for direct communication between local sheriff’s offices and citizens, featuring real-time updates on jail information,inmate searches,news and events...
Early Voting continues

Early Voting continues

Early Voting continues

CHILDRESS/MEMPHIS/ WELLINGTON — While Election Day is less than two weeks away, voters won’t have to wait until Tuesday, Mach 3 to cast a ballot in the 2026 General Primary Election.Those who want to beat the rush can vote early, with some counties continuing through Sunday, March 1.
With a John Deere 770 cotton stripper, Collingsworth County producer Rusty Strickland harvests his 2025 irrigated crop in the Marilla community, north of Quail. Cotton harvest for Strickland Farms be-See gan in early November and finished the middle of December. Strickland Farms

With a John Deere 770 cotton stripper, Collingsworth County producer Rusty Strickland harvests his 2025 irrigated crop in the Marilla community, north of Quail. Cotton harvest for Strickland Farms be-See gan in early November and finished the middle of December. Strickland Farms

Increased cotton demand can improve 2026 crop outlook

WELLINGTON – While cotton harvest began in early October, Farmers Co-op Society #1 ginned its last bale of the 2025 crop on Jan. 19 for a total of 61,147 bales.With the 10-year low of only 46,847 bales ginned for the 2024 crop, the 10-year average is 86,670.