Gins across West Texas are beginning to bale producers cotton harvest for the 2024 season. Busters Gin announced they had the first bale of Hockley County on October 1, courtesy of Producer Kyle Nickelson of Nickelson Farms. Pictured from right to left are: Rey Rivera, Kyle Nickelson, Clint Bray and Hector Flores. (Photo courtesy of Busters Gin.
Billie Gonzalez, Gali Hernandez, Ada Niederhauser, Chris Mitchell and Raily Pence spent their Saturday morning volunteering to cleanup up areas along Highway 114 during Keep Levelland Beautiful’s Community Wide Clean-Up Event. (Staff photo by Essence Childres)
STROM DRAINAGE CLEANING - A Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crew cleaned out large amounts of dirt that had built up within the storm drain ditches along the westbound lanes of Highway 114, Wednesday morning. The crew closed off the closest lane along the ditch to make for easy disposal into multiple dump trucks. (Staff photo by Evin Thomas)
SPC SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON - South Plains College hosted its 2024 Scholarship Luncheon to recognize 82 recipients of Helen DeVitt Jones scholarships on Oct. 8 in the Sundown Room on its Levelland campus. Pictured from the left are James Arnold, president and CEO of the Helen Jones Foundation; SPC President Robin Satterwhite; and Christler Crews, chief operating officer of the Helen Jones Foundation. (SPC Photo)
HELEN JONES FOUNDATION Q&A - Samantha Goldie (left), director of South Plains College’s Development and Alumni Relations, interviews James Arnold, president and CEO of the Helen Jones Foundation, during a Q&A session at SPC’s 2024 Scholarship Luncheon on Oct. 8 in the Sundown Room on its Levelland campus. (SPC Photo)