Ropesville News

Lindsay Sears of Ropesville won the coveted $100,000 barrel racing title as the Calgary Stampede Rodeo concluded its 10-day run on Sunday.

Former National Finals Rodeo qualifiers Lindsay Sears of Ropesville and Ryan Gray of Petersburg each have a chance to collect $100,000 by qualifying for the Calgary Stampede Rodeo finals that's scheduled for ...

“This rain is a Godsend. A true blessing for farmers”

Posted: Hockley County is drying out from a recent downpour. Just before lunch time on Wednesday NewsChannel 11 caught another storm. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“If we get a repeat tonight that will really be ideal”

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Story last updated at 5/7/2008 - 2:15 am After storms dropped close to an inch and a half of rain on Lubbock Monday night, severe weather returned Tuesday evening, bringing reports of ... via Lubbock Avalanche

“It sounded to me like that main problem was lack of training”

Sunday, May 04, 2008 Story last updated at 5/4/2008 - 3:12 am The Brownfield Animal Shelter said it has improved how it euthanizes animals after a former employee and a local veterinarian claimed animals were ... via Lubbock Avalanche

First, the committee picked a weekend when there were not many sizable rodeos to compete with. via Amarillo.com

“It comes from the way I was raised”

Lubbock's spring pro rodeo is this weekend, and it's all about broncs, barrels and bulls. via Amarillo.com

“It's a feeling that I've never had before. Now, I can relax a little.”

It took in the neighborhood of $48,000 to earn a barrel racing berth in last year's Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and most of the cowgirls had to compete in 50 to 70 rodeos to rustle up enough cash to ... via Amarillo.com

Hockley County authorities arrested 17-year-old Jeremy Solis Sunday night after an abandon home caught fire in Ropesville. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“I'm very dedicated to the cause”

The lambs can rest easy, and their handlers can count their college money.

The Ladies on the Lamb, a group that has supported the lamb exhibitors for years at the Fort Worth Stock Show, purchased the grand champion and the reserve grand champion, both wether lambs, for $15,000 apiece.

Maci McCabe's grand champion, Chuck, and Taylor Turner's reserve grand champion, Buddy, will now be in the care of the Arlington Heights FFA program.

McCabe, 16, of Ropesville, said she thought the show went really well. This is the Frenship High School sophomore's first major win. Read more

Posted: Updated: An investigation is underway into the cause of a mobile home fire in Ropesville. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“We all have to live where we can feasibly rodeo. But you still want to say where you're originally from.”

Thursday, December 27, 2007 Story last updated at 12/27/2007 - 1:41 am Pro rodeo athletes are notorious for holding multiple residences. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

“We didn't expect for cotton to make what it is this year, but some farmers are between two or three bales”

U.S. agriculture officials gave the nation's projected upland cotton harvest a slight bump Tuesday, estimating farmers would harvest 18.2 million bales of the fluffy crop. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

“Didn't think it was that good, but you walk the fields now, and it was real good.”

The Slaton Cooperative gin began running round the clock early last week, workers tending to roaring gray machines that chew, saw and ultimately smoosh clean cotton lint into half-ton bales. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal