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The honors keep rolling in for the runnin’ Cubs despite being done with their basketball season for a while now. Sophomore Jeron Lawrence was selected to the 3A Region 1 All-Region Team.
Read moreLast Tuesday, the Wellman-Union One Act Play team competed at district and found out they would be moving on to bi-district after a solid outing from their team. The team also had several individual honors.
Read moreThe Meadow One Act Play will travel to Seminole on Tuesday to present their play “We Are the Sea.” The Meadow One Act Play team held several festivals presenting their play in preparation for their district competition.
Read moreEach year on St. Patrick’s Day, tens of thousands of Americans add green to their outfits, even if they can’t trace their ancestry back to the Emerald Isle. But most of those who wear green probably don’t realize that the color has only a tenuous connection to St. Patrick, and actually originated as a symbol of rebellious Irish nationalism.
Read moreMost of the milling, spinning, and textile manufacturing supply chain has moved from the Western world to developing countries, primarily Southeast Asia. U.S. textile manufacturing peaked in the 1994/95 marketing year with domestic use of cotton estimated at 11.198 million 480-pound bales. Since the 1994/95 marketing year, U.S. domestic cotton use has steadily declined to a projected record low of 1.75 million bales in the 2023/24 marketing year. As a result, exports are a significant source of demand for U.S. cotton. Since the early 2000s, exports, as a proportion of U.S. cotton production, have been on an upward trend, increasing from 39% in 2000 to a high of 112% in 2020. For the past decade, the U.S. exported, on average, 85% of the cotton produced domestically. The export market has been the driving force for U.S. cotton demand.
Read moreAfter seven seasons at the helm of the Lady Cubs team, Brownfield Girl’s Head Basketball Coach Michelle Wyatt retired last week. Wyatt spent nine years at Brownfield in total with seven of them as Head Coach of the Lady Cubs. Wyatt saw much success with the Lady Cubs and even brought a State Championship back to Brownfield in 2021. Wyatt had a long and storied career before transitioning to Head Coach of the Lady Cubs as part of the South Plains Lady Texans’ coaching staff for 16 seasons, with 10 of those as Head Coach. Wyatt began her coaching career as an assistant at Wayland Baptist University three years earlier under Coach Johnna Pointer.
Read moreBrownfield local Joel Benjamin Kenady was arrested Thursday in Brownfield on E Cardwell St on Federal Charges after being accused of sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old girl from Corpus Christi, according to court records. Homeland Security Investigations conducted a sting operation early Thursday morning at Kenady’s home. According to federal court documents, Kenady was charged with Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and Sexual Exploitation of a minor.
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