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As Terry County continues to see an uptick in COVID-19 virus cases, which stands at 12 now, with nine recoveries and three active cases, there has not been information released as to whether or not cases 11 and 12 contracted COVID-19 through community spread or outside the county. The last two cases are a male and a female both between the ages of 30-39.
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The April 2020 Texas sales tax revenue report was not good amid the CO- VID-19 virus. Texas sales tax revenue as a whole was down 9.3% from this time last year. Although this was anticipated, it has become concerning for the state budget and local government budgets. According to State Comptroller Glen Hegar the 9.3% decline is the sharpest since 2010.
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Brownfield ISD will be hosting a "Senior Cruise" for the Class of 2020 on Friday May 8 at 7 p.m. The route will be as follows. The red line is the route beginning at Cub Stadium and ending at the pool. The blue stars represent BISD faculty and staff at that respective campus, and the yellow stars represent where the families of the seniors will be located.
Read moreHere is our month of May schedule for the Class of 2020!
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Jobless claims came in at 3.8 million on Thursday, April 30, bringing the total, for the past seven weeks, to 30 million. Experts estimated there would be 3.5 million new claims, however there were over 300K more new claims bringing it to 3.8 million. This week's claims were 603,000 less than last week’s, and is the lowest since the week ending March 21.
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The week of May 4-8 will again be recognized as “Rainwater Harvesting Awareness” week as proclaimed by Terry County Judge, Butch Wagner, in 2017.
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‘‘I am a second-generation ginner who grew up in a gin office and literally took my first steps there,” says Dan Jackson, manager for Meadow Farmers Co-op Gin in Meadow, Texas. “My dad, Max Jackson, ran a small gin east of Lubbock — McClung Co-op — and my mom, Mary Jane, was the bookkeeper. We eventually moved west of Slaton where I attended public school at Lubbock-Cooper.
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Is that a bird? Is that a wind turbine blade? Is that the space shuttle? No! It's a dismantled decommissioned B-1 Bomber. Traffic was backed up about half a mile following the B-1 coming through Brownfield Wednesday morning while heading to Lubbock.
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