Wellington News

Area Happenings

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Childress HappeningsSOUTHWEST COLLECTION LUNCHEONJoin Childress County Heritage Museum for a special luncheon with Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection and Special Collections Library Assistant Archivists Weston Marshall and Elissa Stroman at noon Friday, June 27 at the First Baptist Church...

Collingsworth Police Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Jail book in: 0Jail book out: 0Jail population: 9Deputy civil papers served: 0Constable civil papers served: 0 NOTICE: The Collingsworth County Commissioners Court lifted the burn ban at its Monday, April 14 meeting.
Fourth on East Ave. 2024 parade participants wave at Wellington Care Center residents as they head north on Childress St. Become part of Wellington’s 2025 Wild & Free on 83 Fourth of July parade, set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 5. With Natasha Mixon serving as parade chairman, businesses and individuals should contact her at 940-732-0756. Mixon and her mom, Tammy Sawyer, of Lubbock, hosted their first bi-annual Fourth on East Ave. parade in 2016.

Fourth on East Ave. 2024 parade participants wave at Wellington Care Center residents as they head north on Childress St. Become part of Wellington’s 2025 Wild & Free on 83 Fourth of July parade, set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 5. With Natasha Mixon serving as parade chairman, businesses and individuals should contact her at 940-732-0756. Mixon and her mom, Tammy Sawyer, of Lubbock, hosted their first bi-annual Fourth on East Ave. parade in 2016.

Wellington plans all-embracing weekend Independence Day celebration

Bev Odom
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
WELLINGTON – An array of Thursday night happenings opens Wellington’s Fourth of July weekend celebration.
In observance of Arnie Ingram’s 45.5 years of service to the City of Wellington, his family gathers with him at the reception in his honor from noon-2 p.m. Friday, June 20 in the Club Room of the Bura Handley Community Center. From left: Kyla, Kaesyn, Presley, Taytum, Lance and Deidre Kane, Perrie and Quaid Reyna, Arnie and Janee Ingram, Shari and Matthew Reyna.

In observance of Arnie Ingram’s 45.5 years of service to the City of Wellington, his family gathers with him at the reception in his honor from noon-2 p.m. Friday, June 20 in the Club Room of the Bura Handley Community Center. From left: Kyla, Kaesyn, Presley, Taytum, Lance and Deidre Kane, Perrie and Quaid Reyna, Arnie and Janee Ingram, Shari and Matthew Reyna.

Ingram makes City of Wellington his 45.5-year career

Bev Odom
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
WELLINGTON – How does one encapsulate almost half a century of service to the City of Wellington into one narrative?
Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors, including, from left, Yolanda Escovedo, Jacy Lampe, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Program Specialist II and Program Director David Smith, Anna Granadoz and Westin Wiebe, partake in the Friday, June 13 event as instructive program panelists.

Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors, including, from left, Yolanda Escovedo, Jacy Lampe, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Program Specialist II and Program Director David Smith, Anna Granadoz and Westin Wiebe, partake in the Friday, June 13 event as instructive program panelists.

Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District welcomes 4-H Water Ambassadors to Wellington

Special To The Sun
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
WELLINGTON – The Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District (GCD) recently welcomed the next generation of water stewards, proudly hosting the Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors-Tier I program on Friday, June 13 at the historic Wellington Ritz Theater.
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