Mobile home destroyed by apartment fire in Skains Acres
Mobile home in Skains Acres on Levelland Highway burned for nearly three hours. An adult resident suffered a cut while trying to fight the blaze, attributed to an electrical short in the clothes dryer. Firefighters faced water shortages due to absent hydrants, with mutual aid from Meadow and multiple water-hauling trucks. Investigation ongoing.
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Cerise J. Merritt
Skains Acres
Levelland Highway
Brownfield Fire Dept
Mike Dawson
Marvin Dawson
Dawson
Meadow
Chief Dawson
Commissioners Court Feels Pressure From No-Show Nextel
The county commissioners were angered when Eric Hughes of Nextel Communications missed a Sept. 11 meeting to discuss cell service. Hughes apologized by letter and asked to be added to Sept. 23 agenda. On Sept. 23 the board met briefly approving bills, soil conservation aid, and travel expenses for library officials.
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Cerise J. Merritt
Eric Hughes
Nextel Communications
Hughes
Judge Ryburn
Nextel
Pat Sims
Ryburn
Library System Advisory Council
Lubbock
Commissioners Set September 26 Special Meeting Agenda
Terry County commissioners schedule a special session for 9:00 a.m. Thursday September 26 at the Courthouse to consider bids for leasing the airport hangar and adjacent office buildings. The court reschedules from October 14 to October 11 due to Columbus Day.
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Terry County
Commissioners Court
Brownfield City Council to weigh 2002 2003 budget
After a public hearing on the 2002 2003 budget Brownfield City Council will consider the budget's adoption and related items in Thursday morning session The agenda includes school district cost sharing for street work near Oak Grove and Brownfield High School hiring of life health and accidental death insurance interlocal drug dog service agreements selection of an official newspaper for Oct 1 2002 Sept 30 2003 and a corporate resolution to be sent to Ameri can State Bank.
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Brownfield
North D St
East Stewart St
Oak Grove
Brownfield High School
Brownfield, Meadow and Wellman Union
American State Bank
Paper n Ink Travelling abusers
A writer recounts a mother filmed beating her four year old daughter and the wider abuse pattern involving Irish Travelers. The piece condemns child abuse and notes the Travelers scams of shoplifting and deceptive home repairs, urging caution with strangers offering deals. The column questions societal tolerance and warns of ongoing family and traveling group abuse in communities.
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Toogood
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