Notable events in recent American history
PIPE BUST FLOODS CITY STREET - Maintenance workers on Monday morning attend to a pipe bust that occurred the night before. (staff photo by C.R. Calhoun)
LEVELLAND CHAMBER OFCOMMERCEYARD OFTHE MONTH – Omar Garza – (left to right) Mary Siders, Gracie and Omar Garza, Oaklyn Amelia Grace, Donna Wheeler and Angie Covarrubias. (staff photo by Ada Niederhauser
PLAINS TRAILS TRANSIT - SPARTAN’s Plains Trails Transit offers affordable rides to the community. (SPARTAN photo)
Thursday, July 2, 2026
SPARTAN public transportation is a rural transit service provided by the South Plains Community Action Association, Inc. (SPCAA). It serves rural areas of Hockley County, along with 16 other surrounding counties in the South Plains.
CRISPUS ATTUCKS ( c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor and stevedore of African American and Native American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution.
CHEER CAMP
LEVELLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS
Celebration of life set for Frank Fleenor & Jackie Fleenor
Jerel Don Roddy
Kyle Frank Poage