Wickett News

The United Way of Southern Cameron County is developing a pilot project to provide an alternative to payday loans and other lending practices that target people who don't have access to traditional credit, but are in need of short-term loans.

Our weather turned on us didn't it? It was a bit of a surprise to wake up to a snow covered ground on Saturday morning.

MONAHANS Ahh. You smell that? It's that new school smell. It's at Tatom Elementary, a mostly new first-through-third grade school with impressive classrooms, class technology and a new library.

A grassfire is burning near Wickett close to Interstate 20 and Ranch Road 1219. A dispatcher with the Ward County Sheriff's Office said volunteer firefighters from Wickett, Monahans and Grandfalls were alerted to the fire at about 9 p.m. Thursday and they are on the scene battling it, but he had little additional information.

The New Virginia Alumni Banquet was held at the New Virginia United Methodist Church on May 23, with 115 in attendance.