2024 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

MATADOR CITY COUNCIL Thursday, Apr. 11, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 706 Dundee Ave., Matador, (806) 347-2255 PADUCAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Thursday, Apr. 11, 6 p.m., Bicentennial City-County Library, 825 Backus St., Paducah GUTHRIE COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT board meeting, Monday, Apr. 15, 6 p.m., school...

Panhandle yellow dirt poetry

As the creator and producer of “The Sound of Texas,” one of the longest running syndicated radio programs in Texas, Tumbleweed seeks fascinating people who embody the spirit of the Lone StarStateandbringsthemintothehomesandheartsofthousands.Panhandle yellow dirt poetryAfter graduating from the...

No-guilt no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies

Anytime I can find a way to make a favorite treat and still feel good about eating it, I’m all in. My family, like many of you I'm guessing, loves no-bake oatmeal cookies. In fact, they contain so much sugar, they are really more of a candy than a cookie.

The 501

Whoremembersmercury? It was that stuff you never really got to know till the thermometer broke. Then, if you were lucky enough to catch it, you could play with it. Just one thermometer’s worth wasn’t enough for much fun.A friend of mine had a brother with an impressive stash of mercury.

110th District Attorney Teegarden speaks to Motley Co. Lions Club

The Motley County Lions Club met March 13 at the Motley County Senior Citizens Building.

Guthrie runners-up at District UIL academic meet in Jayton

Last week, Guthrie finished 2nd only to Jayton at the District UIL Academic meet, advancing a number of students as Regional qualifiers.

Paducah advances 9 to Regional from UIL District Academic

Paducah ISD competed last week at District UIL advanced 9 students to the Regional UIL meet, which will be April 26 at South Plains College.Here is a list of students and placings: In Current Issues & Events, Paducah took Team 1st Place (Regional Qualifier).

‘Christian Nationalist’? Matador reader defines differently

The following letter is in relation to last week’s “Check Your Mirrors” column “This Country Needs Another Resurrection” and has been lightly copyedited for mechanical style.[Columnist Sullivan] offhandedly merely mentions that the “Taliban did the same.”

Take me out to the ball game

“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” -Hank AaronYou may fall into the camp of “baseball is the most boring sport known to man.”

Solar eclipse means big money to Texas

is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history,” according to the Texas Standard.