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Collingsworth Public Library’s display case highlights Wellington High School junior Elli Ouellette’s award winning 2025 Gold Seal Visual Arts Scholastic Event (V.A.S.E.) piece. Entitled Stinging Torments, her artwork is etched with words—clumsy, hopeless, awkward—and riddled with wasps—on her own face.

Collingsworth Public Library’s display case highlights Wellington High School junior Elli Ouellette’s award winning 2025 Gold Seal Visual Arts Scholastic Event (V.A.S.E.) piece. Entitled Stinging Torments, her artwork is etched with words—clumsy, hopeless, awkward—and riddled with wasps—on her own face.

Collingsworth Public Library features Ouellette’s V.A.S.E. Gold Seal winner

Bev Odom
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
WELLINGTON – Reflecting words that people have spoken to her and how these words sting and leave a lasting impression on a person's life, Elli Ouellette also has a great fear of wasps.
Image Courtesy of Ellison Park Working Group

Image Courtesy of Ellison Park Working Group

Tentative plans disclosed for Wellington’s Ellison Park Renovation Project

News Staff
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
While the Ellison Park renovation plans are tentative as news of the approval of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TDWD) matching grant in the amount of $608,966 travels through the trails, Wellington City Manager Justin Mixon asks constituents to stay excited but have patience.
Still attired in Christmas décor, the Collingsworth County Board of Directors and volunteers met for a bi-monthly meeting Monday evening, Jan. 12 in the Ellis Art Center. Items for discussion included the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 150th anniversary of Collingsworth County.

Still attired in Christmas décor, the Collingsworth County Board of Directors and volunteers met for a bi-monthly meeting Monday evening, Jan. 12 in the Ellis Art Center. Items for discussion included the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 150th anniversary of Collingsworth County.

Collingsworth County Museum looks to anniversaries—USA’s 250th and Collingsworth County’s 150th

Bev Odom
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
WELLINGTON – With 100% attendance to kick off the new year, the Collingsworth County Board of Directors and volunteers convened at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 in the Ellis Art Center of the Collingsworth County Museum for a bi-monthly meeting.
Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Greenbelt linemen dispatched to East Texas

News Staff
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The Wellington community sends prayers along with the Greenbelt Electric Cooperative (GEC), Inc. linemen heading to Rask County in East Texas on Monday, Jan. 26. “All electric cooperatives are governed by seven cooperative principles,” said GEC General Manager Randy White.
Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals and Senior Community Café Program Director Linda Duke addresses the Wellington Lions Club with her impactful program on hunger awareness. She mentioned that 19.3% of Collingsworth County’s population is food insecure.

Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals and Senior Community Café Program Director Linda Duke addresses the Wellington Lions Club with her impactful program on hunger awareness. She mentioned that 19.3% of Collingsworth County’s population is food insecure.

Wellington Lions learn about local hunger awareness

Bev Odom
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
WELLINGTON – Boss Lion Lori O’Rear welcomed members and guests Linda Duke, Camden McDaniel and Zella McDaniel to the meeting of the Wellington Lions Club at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5 at the Club Room of the Bura Handley Community Center.
PeeWee Showman Stetson Kemp, a Wellington Elementary School kindergarten student, competes at the Saturday, Jan. 17 Collingsworth County Livestock Show. Older sisters, Wellington Junior High School eighth-grader Brylnn Kemp and sixth-grader Presley Kemp, taught their younger brother lots of showing skills. See page 4B for additional livestock show photos.

PeeWee Showman Stetson Kemp, a Wellington Elementary School kindergarten student, competes at the Saturday, Jan. 17 Collingsworth County Livestock Show. Older sisters, Wellington Junior High School eighth-grader Brylnn Kemp and sixth-grader Presley Kemp, taught their younger brother lots of showing skills. See page 4B for additional livestock show photos.

PeeWee Showman makes livestock show appearance

News Staff
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The crowd waits in anticipation for the winners of Wellington Volunteer Fire Department’s Third Annual Varmint Hunt fundraiser to be announced.

The crowd waits in anticipation for the winners of Wellington Volunteer Fire Department’s Third Annual Varmint Hunt fundraiser to be announced.

Wellington Volunteer Fire Department Third Annual Varmint Hunt deemed a success with 32 team entries

Shauna Salinas
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
WELLINGTON – The Wellington Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD) kicked off its 2026 Varmint Hunt with check-in at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, followed by weigh-in at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11. Each two-four-man team paid an entry fee of $400.
Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Walking in a winter wonderland

News Staff
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The South Plains, Rolling Plains and far Southern Texas Panhandle, including Childress, Collingsworth and Hall counties, received inches of snow Friday night, Jan. 23 through Saturday evening, Jan. 24, thanks to Winter Storm Fern. According to Storm Search 7, Wellington totaled 6.
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