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Canadian High School’s one-act play, The Sweet Science of Bruising by Joy Wilkinson, will debut here at the Texas Crown Performance Hall in its first public performance at 6 pm on Sunday, March 6.

On Feb. 20, CHS freshman Macie Hansen showed her barrow “Snoop Dogg” at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo and was awarded Champion Hamp. Four days later, she showed her barrow in the Grand Drive, and he was named Reserve Grand Champion of the show, out of close to 3,000 entries.

CES kindergarten teacher Mandee Wall captured this moment with Waylon Blair during a class study of Texas history. As they concluded the unit on Friday, the students dressed like cowboys and cowgirls.

THE PRIMARY ELECTION this week was an all-out war in my West Texas county. With three to six candidates battling for some offices, the votes were split. The result is a few runoffs. Here’s what has been frustrating about this year’s elections.

After a series of weather and COVIDrelated postponements, Baker Elementary School third- and fourth-graders got their moments in the spotlight at the Texas Crown Performance Hall on Monday.

Cambree Pittman wins her class at the Fort Worth Stockshow in the open Braunvieh division.

CHS senior Logan Gatlin has been invited to the Texas Forensic Association (TFA) State Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tournament, which will be held March 9-12 in Portland, Texas.

Canadian High School was abuzz Monday with students, staff, and parents rolling up their sleeves for the Valentine’s Day blood drive. Health Science Teacher Rosemary Koetting reported that 32 individuals successfully donated blood.

I SAW A LOT of mirages as a kid. A couple of times a year, my family would make the 530-mile trip between our home in the Rio Grande Valley and my grandmother’s house in the West Texas village where I now live in my grandmother’s house.