Area crops need late moisture in Terry County
Garry Peebles reports drought stress as of late August in Terry County. Monty Henson, ag producer, describes cotton nearing maturity and cutout, with some fields likely to yield but reduced by scarce moisture and need for possible extra irrigation to fill bolls. He discusses residue wheat, rotation, and field conditions north of Brownfield.
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Garry Peebles
Terry County
Terry County Ag
Monty Henson
Brownfield
Warren Named New County Agent for Terry County
Jerry Warren has been named the new County Agent for Terry County. A former farmer with a background in peanut farming, he will oversee agriculture programs including cotton, grain, sorghum, melons, wheat and pecans. Warren owns Warren Farms in Gorman and partners in Farmer's Peanut Company, bringing decades of local farming and extension experience to the role.
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Jerry Warren
Terry County
Warren
Mr. Warren
Warren Farms
Gorman
Farmer's Peanut Company, Inc
Acton County
40th Annual Old Settler's Reunion in Brownfield
The 40th Terry County Old Settler's and 1940s Brownfield High School Reunion were held Saturday in Brownfield. Mayor Nancy Wade welcomed attendees and thanked guests for traveling and staying, noting the event blended with Brownfield High School classes from the 1940s. City officials Gary Walker, Earl Brown Jr., Sheriff Jerry Johnson, and County Attorney G. See attended.
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Old Settler’s Reunion
Terry County
Nancy Wade
Brownfield
Wade
Old Settlers
Sioner
Earl Brown
Jerry Johnson
G. See
Settler
Gay
Ethel Price
Mr. Price
Mrs. Price
Debra McDonald
Martinez sentencing delayed in Brownfield kidnapping case
Eugene Sahmon Martinez 21 of Brownfield faces delay after his August 28 sentencing, with a new hearing set for September 11. He has been incarcerated since the March 2000 kidnapping and rape of a Brownfield woman who was abducted from her home and left near the Brownfield Cemetery. He was indicted this week by the Grand Jury on robbery and burglary of a habitation with intent to commit sexual assault.
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Eugene Sahmon Martinez
Brownfield
Martinez
Texas Incarceration Rates Draw Criticism From Researchers
A reader argues that Texas holds the nation’s largest prison population, with 163,190 incarcerated and 5 percent of adults under some form of confinement. The piece contrasts nonviolent crime counts with broader national crime trends and questions societal impacts.
Megan’s Law push reaches Brownfield off enders notice
Debra McDonald notes Megan’s Law emerged after Megan Kanka’s 1994 death, shaping community awareness of sex offenders. Brownfield reports 20 registered offenders with 66 aliases. DPS mails high risk offender notices within three blocks or one mile in rural areas and provides free online access to offender details by zip code.
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Debra McDonald
Megan Kanka
New Jersey
Jesse Timmendequas
Richard
Maureen
Megan
Clinton
Brownfield
Texas Department of Public Safety
Brownfield News
Brownfieldonline
DPS
Time and the death penalty in a harsh justice view
The writer argues for the death penalty as a last resort to remove violent killers, while contrasting violent and nonviolent crime. They credit the Justice Policy Institute and Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice for promoting alternatives like inmate family programs and substance abuse treatment, and defend Texas against critics by urging lawfulness and a tougher stance on crime.
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Justice Policy Institute
Center On Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Center On Crime, Communities and Culture
Texas
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