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ANNUAL SHERIFF’S REPORT

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SheriffTerryMorganpresentedtheGarza County Law Enforcement Facility 2023 Annual Statistics Report to the commissioner’s court in their meeting Monday, Feb.26, 2024. There were 7,005 service calls for the year, 5,968 were law enforcement related, 843 were EMS calls, and 174 fire department calls.

Women in Garza County making history in healthcare

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Nowadays, we don’t see much of the fight for women’s right to make history in healthcare. We have come a long way from the sanitarium built in 1912. It was claimed to have the finest facilities, including an X-ray laboratory, operating rooms, and a diet kitchen, all of which were warmed with steam heat. Dr. A.R. Ponton was the first doctor. The sanitarium became a training school for nurses; of course, only women were nurses at that time.

Need healthcare fast?

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Fast Track Clinic providers Cindy Ford, FNP-BC and Chelsie Henzler, PA are making history in the community by providing urgent care six days a week. The county has yet to have a designated emergency care facility since the hospital closed in 1996.

Heaven – The Abode of God

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Question Eight: Will we have our ownhomesinHeaven? Haveyoueverbeenonalong-extended tripandlongedforhome?Home,what a sweet word. Home is a place of rest, home cooked meals, laughter, having friends over, good conversation, and where we are most at ease.

Texas Spur newspaper to be named a ‘Texas Treasure’ March 10

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(SPUR)_Time was, every county and community had a locally owned newspaper, eagerly scoured by all for births and deaths, sports and sales, and events and news local, state, and national. Today, there are fewer, and many of those have changed names, ownership or location over the years.

Isbell wins county sheriff's primary

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Voters in Garza County have picked their next top lawman following a threeway race in the county’s Republican primary race for sheriff. With no Democrats running intheprimaryforGarza County sheriff, the county’s next sheriff will be Michael Isbell after winning the primary election vote on Tuesday.

Spring Break 2024

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School districts across the area will be celebrating 2024 Spring Break next week March 8 – 17. Post ISD and Southland ISDwillstartspringbreakat thesametimeasTexasTech students.

TESTING OF EMERGENCY SIRENS

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Michael Isbell, Emergency Management Coordinator, has confirmed that the City of Post will test the emergency sirens on Wednesday, March 13, at 10:00 a.m. The City of Post has five sirens strategically placed throughout town to be tested.