Hale Center News

When the owners of property a few miles north of Lubbock County refused to give up their land believing there was hidden gold, prospectors hoping to start a new town had to look somewhere else.

Battle lines are being drawn for the next redistricting fight in Texas, even before the 2010 Census.

If you see an overcast day in the 1300 block of Plainview's Ennis Street, snow-covered lawns in the 900 block of Hale Center's Avenue G, or Snyder's White Buffalo lit by the setting West Texas sun, you might be on a drive around the South Plains.

The West Texas town of Hale Center will see more paramedics instead of just medical technicians by thanks to the generosity of its residents.

The Clarendon Enterprise received three first place plaques when the Panhandle Press Association announced the winners of its annual Better Newspaper Contest in Amarillo last Saturday.

Willie Coe of Coeberry Jam Garage Band plays a 1953 pedal steel guitar his father gave him during Saturday's annual Salsa Baron's Ball benefitting Palo Pinto Challenge.

A new book called "Texas Public Gardens" celebrates parks and horticultural collections around the state from Hermann Park in Houston to the Bell Park Cacti Garden in Hale Center to the Tyler Rose Garden with ...

Tamales are available for $9 a dozen, proceeds to benefit Palo Pinto Challenge Inc., makers of Hale Center Salsa and Jalapeno Cruzers.

A central Hale County couple lost everything when a weekend fire destroyed their home of 17 years.

By KEVIN LEWIS Herald Editor When Dustin and Jennifer Harmon found out last spring they would be having their first baby, the young couple gave little thought that it might be the first one born in Plainview in ...

By TOMMY YOUNG Herald Staff Writer Community leaders from Abernathy, Hale Center and Petersburg joined Hale County commissioners for a round table discussion about the lack of ambulance service in Petersburg at ...

By HAYLEY COX Herald Staff Writer Sylvia Perez received the best Christmas present ever when her co-workers gave up theirs.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brown will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner and a family cruise around the Hawaiian Islands in the spring.

Mark Laney recently took on a new partner in his law firm - Jody Myatt - so he can spend more time with his other partner - a mule.

My earliest recollection of Christmas was when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I don't recall where we lived at the time, probably either Stinnett or Pampa, where I was born.

While working on our "Back in Time" column this week, I read an account of one of the earliest Christmas celebrations in Hale County.

By TOMMY YOUNG Herald Staff Writer HALE CENTER -- It's been a long time coming, but the Hale Center ISD broke ground on its new high school Wednesday afternoon.

Ohio State students, faculty and staff who are not able to go home for Thanksgiving are invited to the the 17th annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for fellowship and a free holiday meal at the Recreation and ...

November 1928: Plainview ranks sixth in Texas in building permits. Houston, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Dallas and San Angelo rank ahead of Plainview.

The new Hunt County titleholders say they are excited about getting involved with their new "home." Christie Ward and Jayce Kiel were named Miss Hunt County 2009 and Miss Teen Hunt County 2009, respectively, ...