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The Texas Education Agency on May 5 announced graduation guidance for the class of 2020. Under the guidelines, ceremonies may take place as early as May 15 as the state continues the reopening of services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spring branding is one of the most picturesque rituals in agriculture. Months-old calves and their mamas are rounded up pasture by pasture. The calves are separated, roped by their back legs, and dragged to waiting cowboys and cowgirls who work as a coordinated team to vaccinate, ear-tag, castrate the bulls, and brand the young bovines with an identifying registered mark of their owner’s ranch.

Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day was established in 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers. Today, it has evolved into an observance that honors those who have served and died in all of America’s wars.

Each resident and staffer at all Texas nursing homes will be tested for the novel coronavirus, a spokesman for Gov. Greg Abbott told The Texas Tribune this week.

With the dual threats of the coronavirus outbreak and the spring storm season, Canadian ISD Superintendent Lynn Pulliam announced changes to the district’s storm-shelter procedures and policies.

A Monday night fire at the Jeremy Oatman home at 608 S. 6th Street destroyed an old chicken coop, and damaged a nearby pole barn and the framework of a greenhouse. At 10 pm, dispatchers alerted the Canadian VFD, who then rolled out five trucks, including both city pumpers and three grass rigs, to the scene. Firefighters battled the flames for about two hours. Fire Chief Scott Brewster said the cause of the fire was undetermined.

This B-1 Lancer was transported to Kansas Thursday morning, on its way to be decommissioned and scanned for part fabrication. It traveled through Canadian en route north on US 83, with a full escort of law enforcement and other security vehicles, stopping all traffic on its way. These are just a couple of the impromptu photos that we are certain documented its final mission. CHERI SMITH

A clear majority of voters in both Higgins and Canadian ISDs voted in favor of consolidation, finally settling the hotlydebated decision by both school district’s trustees to support joining forces.