The Canadian Chamber of Commerce will hold a City Wide Garage Sale this Saturday, April 15, 2023. Maps are available at The Chamber of Commerce Office and also in the silver mailbox located at the front door of the Chamber building. Thirteen garage sale sites are illustrated on the map. For more information, call the Chamber at 806.323.6234.
One of the items on the agenda of the Monday, April 10, meeting of the Hemphill County Commissioners Court was the Presentation of Resolution to Canadian Record Editor Laurie Ezzell Brown. Pictured are Hemphill County Clerk Sylvia Guerrero, Precinct #4 Commissioner Nicholas Thomas, Precinct #3 Curt McPherson, Laurie Ezzell Brown, Hemphill County Judge Lisa Johnson, Precinct #1 Dawn Webb, and Commissioner #2 Tim Alexander.
RESOLUTION
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $977.2 million in local sales tax allocations for April, 12.8 percent more than in April 2022.
These allocations are based on sales made in February by businesses that report tax monthly.
THE BLOTTER
WEEK OF APRIL 4-10
Misdemeanor Arrests
•Mary Elizabeth Massey, 59; Canadian; deadly conduct X 2; 4/4/23; HCSO
•Mary Elizabeth Massey, 59; Canadian; possession of dangerous drug; 4/6/23; HCSO
•Dilan Ildebrand Rios, 27; Pampa; public intoxication; 4/9/23; HCSO
AUSTIN — Spring has sprung. With extended sunshine and milder days, more people are enjoying the outdoors as native wildlife adds new fawns and hatchlings to their broods. Texans may start to notice more wildlife in their backyard, neighborhood or surrounding areas. The best thing to do is to leave them alone.
House OKs $302 billion budget
Written by Kay Ledbetter, 806-547-0002, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
FORT WORTH, TX (April 4, 2023) – Two Ellis County, Oklahoma, residents, Joey Lee Barnett and Heath Thomas Barton were charged with larceny of domestic animals. The charges filed are the result of an investigation led by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Ben Eggleston.
CANADIAN—April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of the High Plains is raising awareness of the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA volunteers, and help end child abuse and neglect, through supporting children and their families.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A combination of above-normal temperatures, low humidity, dry fuel and strong winds will create the potential for extreme fire conditions across large portions of the state early this week.
Today, conditions capable of producing large fires are expected across the Western Plains, including Canadian, Childress, Amarillo and Lubbock.
