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Collingsworth County Home Delivered meals plans family fundraiser

News Staff
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals The Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals (HDM) Board of Directors and staff invites supporters to a chicken fried steak luncheon fundraiser from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24 at the remodeled Bura Handley Community Center, 906 Amarillo St.

Collingsworth Police Blotter

News Staff
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Jail book in: 0Jail book out: 0Jail population: 7Deputy civil papers served: 0Constable civil papers served: 0 NOTICE: The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban at its Monday, April 14 meeting.
The 2025 inductees to the Rocket House Hall of Fame, inducted by Wellington Ex-Students, include Kyle Kane, left, and Jason Mathis, with his mother Renee Mathis accepting his award on his behalf. Announced at the Wellington Ex-Student Reunion on Saturday, Aug. 2, the crowd celebrated two of the most decorated runners to ever wear the red and white.

The 2025 inductees to the Rocket House Hall of Fame, inducted by Wellington Ex-Students, include Kyle Kane, left, and Jason Mathis, with his mother Renee Mathis accepting his award on his behalf. Announced at the Wellington Ex-Student Reunion on Saturday, Aug. 2, the crowd celebrated two of the most decorated runners to ever wear the red and white.

Kane, Mathis inducted into Rocket House Hall of Fame at Wellington Ex-Students 74th annual reunion

Bev Odom
Thursday, August 7, 2025
WELLINGTON – To open the 11:30 a.m. business meeting of the Wellington Ex-Student Association on Saturday, Aug. 2, President Renee Mitchell Hanna, Wellington High School (WHS) Class of 1975, welcomed visitors in the Club Room of the Bura Handley Community Center.
Memphis Middle School English Language Arts (ELA) teacher Haley Ollinger is selected as the 2026 Region 16 Secondary Teacher of the Year, awarded by Region 16 Education Service Center Executive Director Tanya Larkin.

Memphis Middle School English Language Arts (ELA) teacher Haley Ollinger is selected as the 2026 Region 16 Secondary Teacher of the Year, awarded by Region 16 Education Service Center Executive Director Tanya Larkin.

Memphis ISD’s Haley Ollinger selected as Region 16 Secondary Teacher of the Year

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, August 7, 2025
AMARILLO — Region 16 Education Service Center (ESC) recently selected its 2026 Teachers of the Year, including Elementary Teacher of the Year Tiffany Brown, of Booker Independent School District (ISD), and Secondary Teacher of the Year Haley Ollinger, of Memphis ISD.
Comedian Jon Reep brings the Popsicle Tour, a homage to the father-son dynamic, to the Palace Theater Friday, Aug. 1.

Comedian Jon Reep brings the Popsicle Tour, a homage to the father-son dynamic, to the Palace Theater Friday, Aug. 1.

Comedian Jon Reep brings Popsicle Tour to Palace Theater

Elizabeth Tanner
Thursday, August 7, 2025
CHILDRESS — Comedian Jon Reep brought the Popsicle Tour, a homage to the father-son dynamic, to the Palace Theater Friday, Aug. 1. A national touring comedian known for his cotemporary, country, clean point-of-view, Reep, originally from Hickory, N.C.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Ellison Park Renovation Project grant application proposal includes constructing additional parking spaces and functional sidewalks to access Parkview Manor Assisted Living and Wellington High School. The Wellington City Council and Ellison Park Working Group anticipate hearing from TxDOT in October and the Texas Park and Wildlife Department in January 2026 whether the grant applications are approved.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Ellison Park Renovation Project grant application proposal includes constructing additional parking spaces and functional sidewalks to access Parkview Manor Assisted Living and Wellington High School. The Wellington City Council and Ellison Park Working Group anticipate hearing from TxDOT in October and the Texas Park and Wildlife Department in January 2026 whether the grant applications are approved.

Wellington City Council authorizes Ellison Park Renovation Project TPWD, TxDOT grant applications

Bev Odom
Thursday, August 7, 2025
WELLINGTON – Meeting at 6 p.m.

Collingsworth Police Blotter

News Staff
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Jail book in: 0 Jail book out: 0 Jail population: 7 Deputy civil papers served: 0 Constable civil papers served: 0NOTICE: The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban at its Monday, April 14 meeting.
Marking its 50th anniversary will be the Wellington High School Class of 1975. Classmates are encouraged to attend the Wellington Ex-Student Association events Saturday, Aug. 2. Registration is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Bura Handley Community Center. From 5-8 p.m., peers will meet at BRIX Bar and Eatery, then head to the dance at the Bura Handley Community Center. For additional information, contact Renee Hanna, 806-9308975. Courtesy Photo

Marking its 50th anniversary will be the Wellington High School Class of 1975. Classmates are encouraged to attend the Wellington Ex-Student Association events Saturday, Aug. 2. Registration is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Bura Handley Community Center. From 5-8 p.m., peers will meet at BRIX Bar and Eatery, then head to the dance at the Bura Handley Community Center. For additional information, contact Renee Hanna, 806-9308975. Courtesy Photo

Wellington Ex-Students emphasize reunion events

Bev Odom
Thursday, July 31, 2025
WELLINGTON – “It’s here,” exclaimed Wellington Ex-Students Association President Renee Hanna. “Our 74th annual Ex Student Reunion time has finally arrived. Welcome back to the classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 2010 and 2015, who have special events planned.
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