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The morning of August 13th began just like any other morning….

Week of September 2-8, 2024

Misdemeanor Arrests

• Isay Ramirez, 19, Canadian; driving while intoxicated and failure to identify; 09/08/24; HCSO

• Christopher McLaughlin, 30, Fairfield; driving without lights when required and expired registration (dated 04/23); 09/05/24; HCSO

Felony Arrests

New Texas laws now in effect

It took some time, but a set of new laws and rules passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 went into effect on Sept. 1, the Houston Chronicle reported. Prominent among these are the SCOPE Act, or Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act, which tightens restrictions for online users younger than 18.

On June 21, 2024, 17-year-old Camden Ryan Cook of Canadian was arrested and charged with the June 9th aggravated assault causing bodily injury of Flint Wayne Hill, 17, a Hemphill County resident. Cook was one of three young men charged with the assault, which occurred late in the evening of June 8, on private property located on Marshall Drive.

Among his injuries, Hill sustained blowout fractures of the left eye socket, multiple fractures of the right socket and a broken nose. 

AUGUST 27, 2024—Let’s beef up the blood supply! Donors who give blood at Coffee Memorial Blood Center on Thursday, August 29, or Friday, August 30, will receive an all-beef hot dog and be entered for a chance to win a $250 restaurant gift card. 

Successful donors will also receive not one, but two limited-edition T-shirts: a Halloween-themed “Peoplejuice” T-shirt and a “Bigfoot Returns” T-shirt, plus one free bundtlet from Nothing Bundt Cakes. 

Week of August 27-September 2

Misdemeanor Arrests

• Chad Joseph Harris, 35, Canadian; warrant for evading arrest, detention and criminal trespass; 08/29/24; HCSO

Felony Arrests

• Chad Joseph Harris, 35, Canadian; warrant for evading arrest or detention with vehicle or watercraft; 08/29/24; HCSO

Citations

By Jim Steiert

Frank discussion of a rapidly diminishing water future for the Panhandle and South Plains will highlight a Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day presented by Ogallala Commons on Tuesday, September 17 at 9 am at the Plains Cotton Growers Room at the Fibermax Center for Discovery, 1121 Canyon Lake Drive, Lubbock. 

Comptroller: Hundreds of new homes needed to cut costs

On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, Representative Ken King will be touring a segment of House District 88 to discuss the upcoming 89th Regular Legislative Session. King will be at the following locations:

Canadian
Hemphill County Exhibition Building
10965 Exhibition Center Rd
9am-10am

Miami 
Miami Community Center
103 S. Main
10:45am- 11:45am

Report by Rob Williams for Texas A&M AgriLife

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a two-day, multi-state agriculture tour of ranches Sept. 9-10. The event is a cooperative effort by the AgriLife Extension offices in Moore, Hutchinson, Gray, Lipscomb, Hemphill, Ochiltree, Roberts and Wheeler counties.