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ACOs designated as first responders

News Staff
Friday, October 3, 2025
Texas Animal Control Officers (ACO) are now considered first responders alongside police officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel and fall under the state’s “Move Over/Slow Down” law.
READING WITH HEROES-- LISD Superintendent Dr. Heseman kicked off the LABC Reading with Heroes Program last week. He read Pete the Cat Crayons Rock by Kimberly & James Dean to a class of PK students. The lesson in the book is that there are no mistakes in art, and art should come from the heart. If persons are interested in participating in the Reading with Heroes Program contact LABC. (Levelland ISD photo)

READING WITH HEROES-- LISD Superintendent Dr. Heseman kicked off the LABC Reading with Heroes Program last week. He read Pete the Cat Crayons Rock by Kimberly & James Dean to a class of PK students. The lesson in the book is that there are no mistakes in art, and art should come from the heart. If persons are interested in participating in the Reading with Heroes Program contact LABC. (Levelland ISD photo)

READING WITH HEROES

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

FDA approves therapy for Huntington’s disease

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
A leading gene therapy company, uniQure, that advances transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, announced positive topline data from the pivotal Phase I/II study of AMT-130 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease.

Data center facilities, test state resources

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Texas is building dozens of massive data centers, putting more pressure on an increasingly urgent water crisis. The state currently has more than 400 data center facilities, with about 70 more on the way.
CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK-- Capitol Elementary students wrapped up Celebrate Freedom Week last week in the library with Mrs. Alexander. Students read a variety of books, wrote poems, discussed what they value about their freedom, what freedom means to them, watched a podcast of a book about our Founding Fathers, and learned a song and poem about the Preamble to the Constitution. Pictured are Addisyn Garza, Jamisyn Garza, Makenzie Del Campo, Samantha Villalba (Levelland ISD photo)

CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK-- Capitol Elementary students wrapped up Celebrate Freedom Week last week in the library with Mrs. Alexander. Students read a variety of books, wrote poems, discussed what they value about their freedom, what freedom means to them, watched a podcast of a book about our Founding Fathers, and learned a song and poem about the Preamble to the Constitution. Pictured are Addisyn Garza, Jamisyn Garza, Makenzie Del Campo, Samantha Villalba (Levelland ISD photo)

Eli Lilly to build new facility in Texas

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott announced Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) will construct an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility, totaling around 1 million square feet in Harris County at Generation Park.According to the press release, Lilly will invest more than $6.

Federal shutdown furloughs, RIFs possible

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Federal government shutdown is looming as funding is set to run out at the end of September, as a stopgap bill has passed in the House but failed in the Senate.Last week, the House passed H.R.

R.A.C.E to hold Field Day Oct. 2

News Staff
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
On October 2, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. the Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation (R.A.C.E) will be holding a Hockley County R.A.C.E Trial Field Day.It will located at the Scott Fred Farm – SW Corincluded ner of Hwy 385 and FM 2306, (4 ½ miles north of Levelland on Hwy 385).
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