9 1 1 upgrades planned for Terry and Hockley counties
Emergency service upgrades funded by a 48 972 grant from the Public Safety Foundation of America will boost 9 1 1 location accuracy in SPAGs west Texas region. Terry and Hockley Counties are the first to receive the improvements, expanding from landline to wireless call location, with 14 counties in the SPAG area.
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Mitch
Terry County
South Plains Association of Governments
Deborah Yarnell
SPAG
Public Safety Foundation of America
Nextel
Yarnell
Texas
PSFA
Brownfield
Cotton and Peanut Harvest Optimism Grows in Terry County
Brownfield News spoke with Tejas Peanut Company Plant Manager Grady Herron, Birdsong General Manager Jimmy Shaver, and Terry County Extension IPM Agent Scott Russell. They described strong peanut and cotton progress, noting moisture and warm weather as crucial through September and October. They reported disease challenges like pod rot but expect producers to manage, with fruit retention high despite heat and intermittent rain. Russell noted cooler July to mid-August temperatures delay heat unit accumulation, requiring a warm September and October to meet yield goals. See Crop Outlook Page 4.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield News
Tejas Peanut Company
Grady Herron
Birdsong
Jimmy Shaver
Terry County
IPM
Scott Russell
Herron
Shaver
Russell
Stabbing Incident Leads To Arrest in West Legion Altercation
Anna Liza Garcia, 24, was charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing 20-year-old Kylie Qualls during a Tuesday night altercation in the 400 block of West Legion. Qualls sustained severe lacerations from face to chest, received about 135 stitches, and was treated at Brownfield Regional Medical Center before transfer to University Medical Center. Garcia remains jailed in Terry County on a $25,000 bond set by JP Mike Bennett.
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Anna Liza Garcia
Kylie Qualls
West Legion
Qualls
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
University Medical Center
Lubbock
Garcia
Terry County
Justice of the Peace
Mike Bennett
See Page 9 For Complete Coverage of Friday Night's Football Games
A brief note directs readers to page 9 for full Friday night football game coverage. It cues summaries of scores highlights and standout plays across local teams.
Brownfield Officials Promote Drug Enforcement Update
Brownfield Police Chief Roy Rice described a Levelland meeting on reforming the South Plains Regional Narcotics Task Force after Lubbock Police ended its grantee role. He criticized the meeting as a letdown and said Lubbock County avoided responsibility and liability, while State Representative Delwyn Jones proposed DPS take over the task force.
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Brownfield News
Brownfield
Roy Rice
Levelland
South Plains Regional Narcotics Task Force
Lubbock
Terry County
Jerry Johnson
Rice
Lubbock County
Delwyn Jones
Department of Public Safety
Sleazy politics and the call to reclaim democracy
A reader laments the ferocity and money in national politics as the Republican convention begins in New York City. The piece brands campaigns as sleazy, mocks soundbites, and urges citizens to participate, warning that half the eligible voters have dropped out and democracy hangs by a thread.
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Lynn Brisendine
New York City
United States
Max Cleland
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Crawford
Kerry
Scott McClellan
Ari Fleisher
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