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Using the 2010 Census population of Comanche County, Texas which was 13,974 residents.
July 2, 2020 | Austin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott today issued an Executive Order requiring all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases, with few exceptions. The Governor also issued a proclamation giving may…
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Comanche ISD has recently added two new members to its administrative team. Luciano Castro was hired as the new principal at Jefferies Junior High and Leanne Ingram will serve as the district’s curriculum director.
Daron Worrell was recently named the new Comanche ISD Superintendent by the Board of Trustees. Worrell officially began working on July 1. He replaces Gary Speegle, who is retiring from CISD after several years of service.
Daron Worrell, Comanche ISD Superintendent
Agriculture
Drought conditions in the western High Plains and South Plains and early drying across the state have led to an early start to the summer wildfire season.
Sugar cane aphid (SCA) numbers in the county are starting to hit threshold levels on most sudan, hay grazer, forage sorghum and milo type crops. We have had an increase in acreage of forage sorghum and sudan-grass or hay grazer this year. If you have a crop of any of these or a cutting of Jo…
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36 years ago the local dairy producers started a tradition of hosting a breakfast during National Dairy month in June. For the first time this year we weren’t able to continue that tradition.
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June 26, 2020 Important information: what executive order no. GA-28 issued by Governor Greg Abbott on 6-26-2020 means for Comanche County, Texas.
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Peggy Vineyard will officially retire from KCOM radio after 38 years of service to the station. There will be a “Peggy Parade” in her honor on Wednesday, July 15 at 218 North Austin. Call 325-356-3090 for details!
Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville will present “The Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker Exhibit, A Woman OF Two Worlds and a Man IN Two Worlds” opened to the public on Tuesday, July 7th. The exhibit gallery, located in our Katy & E. Don Walker, Sr. Education Center, will be open Tuesda…
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Bill Bentley of Midland belongs to a spelunking group that explores Texas caves. He has been in dark places beneath Texas 40 years.
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Obituaries
Donna Lee (Brazell) Chapman, aged 84, passed away in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 1, 2020. Born North of Tolar, Texas, on November 8, 1935, to Alvin and Margaret (Dumas) Brazell, she graduated from the Tolar Public School and attended Tarleton State College in Stephenville. She continued her e…
Wanda Drake, loving wife, mother of 2, grandmother of 6 and great-grandmother of 4 went to be with the Lord at the age of 79 at her home in Sidney, Texas on June 30th, 2020.
Much-beloved chiropractor Rock Alan Riley, DC, aka “Dr. Rock,” passed from this world on Monday, June 15, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 66 years old.
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