This community’s annual Memorial Day service will be held at 10:30 am on Monday, May 25, at Edith Ford Cemetery. As is traditional, the service will be conducted by the local American Legion Post 56. 

Though conducted by members of Post 56, this is a communitywide event that could not take place without local volunteers. The focus of the volunteer effort is flag placement and removal at each veteran’s grave.

Texas will hold 2026 Republican and Democratic Party primary runoff elections on Tuesday, May 26. The winners of those runoff races will head to the November 3, 2026, general election. 

Early voting in the both the Republican and Democratic Party primary runoffs begins next Monday, May 18, and ends on Friday, May 22. Hemphill County voters in all precincts wishing to cast early ballots may do so in Room 2002 at the Hemphill County Courthouse.