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Governor, education commissioner say schools will open in fall

AUSTIN — While COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, case counts, hospitalizations and deaths increased last week, more and more Texans ventured out of their homes with the deadly coronavirus showing no sign of abatement.

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McPherson Returns Home As Cubs Head Basketball Coach

It didn’t take long for Brownfield ISD and their athletic department to choose a new head boys basketball coach after the sudden retirement of Coach Steve Rhodes and they got the hire they wanted with a hometown boy named Zayne McPherson.

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Our Folks

Brownfield is a special place to many. The folks here know what hard work is. There are people who some would call “lifers” and others might have broken down on the side of the highway and decided to stay. Some folks came to work here in Brownfield and felt they would leave five or ten years down the road, but they didn’t. We see each other often whether it be in a store, restaurant, church, etc. and you might think to yourself, what are they like? Well… let’s learn who our folks are.

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BISD Plans To Have Students In Classrooms

On Tuesday, June 16 Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath was expected to give guidance to schools districts across the state. However, during his weekly conference call with superintendents and administrators, he failed to disclose any information on how public schools are to go forward. That prompted Texas Governor Greg Abbott to get involved the next day and tell state lawmakers that students will return to the classrooms this fall and guidelines will be laid out Tuesday June 23 for school districts.

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BISD Athletics Will Go Livestream

Last week, on June 17 the University Interscholastic League made an unprecedented announcement, the consideration of a temporary suspension of the rule prohibiting live telecasts during regular season Friday night football games for the 2020 football season. The current rule will remain in place, pending guidance from state authorities. UIL will not release official information regarding the implementation of live streaming high school football games until that guidance is set forth.

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What We Consume Matters

I grew up with a disorder called hypoglycemia. Basically, it was a problem with my pancreas and sugar intake and the major side effects I dealt with were nausea and weakness. It was constant so I simply learned to live with it.

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Steve Osborn Appointed to Terry SWCD Board of Directors

Steve Osborn of Brownfield was appointed to represent Subdivision 2 of the Terry Soil and Water Conservation District. Steve Osborn fills the unexpired term of Glen Martin, who served on the board for the past 13 years. The Terry SWCD’s headquarters is located in Brownfield.

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