Deaf Smith County News

Rain turned streets near Ridgecrest Park on Southwest 37th Avenue into a river Wednesday afternoon, allowing best friends Preston Adams, 10, front, and Garrett White, 9, to enjoy summer fun.

Department of Public Safety Trooper Chad Brooks runs Wednesday on U.S. Highway 287 approaching Washburn.

A 38-year-old Clovis woman was killed early Friday morning in fiery crash north of Hereford.

A Clovis woman was killed this morning in a two-vehicle wreck. The crash occurred at 3:02 a.m. less than 10 miles north of Hereford on U.S. Highway 385.

T he high winds also helped fuel grass fire in the Texas Panhandle, fortunately none of the fire got out of control.

Keaton Page, 18, and Austin Swain, 16, with the Dumas FFA, help Sunray FFA member Blaine Red, 18, move his pig, Seth, from a wrecked trailer Friday on the Westline overpass and Interstate 40 .

The elderly man who died after a gas leak explosion in Hereford, died from blunt force trauma from the explosion.

There's only so many ways you can describe "dry and drier," said Texas AgriLife Extension Service agents throughout the state.

Some counties received light rain, but the drought seems to have stubbornly dug in its heels for most areas, reported Texas AgriLife Extension Service agents.

Hereford Fire Marshal Dean Turney, left, and Texas state Fire Marshal's Office investigator Billy Lang gather evidence Monday morning after a Saturday fire destroyed the O'Reilly Auto Parts Store in Hereford.

Randall County officials dismissed charges Monday against a woman indicted for voter fraud.

Prosecutors dismissed a voter fraud indictment against an Amarillo woman, saying her arrest stemmed from a clerical error made by Deaf Smith County elections officials.

Christine Cockrum Scott apparently loves election season. So much so that she voted twice in last year's presidential race, authorities allege in court documents.

Texas Rep. John Smithee speaks Tuesday at a news conference. Smithee discussed his bid to become speaker of the House.

Monday, December 29, 2008 at 11:04 a.m. A Texas court has upheld the prison sentence of a Panhandle area man, convicted of murdering his wife.

A man arrested last month on a probation violation has been charged for robberies at a Toot'n Totum and two Wendy's restaurants.