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Federal cuts affect local food programs

Sabine Lazo
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Changes are coming to local food pantries, a result of federal cuts in food programs.Theresa Mangapora, executive director of the Brazos Valley Food Bank (BVFB), said that that while food banks are experiencing more demand than ever, they are also losing funding to some programs.
HAMBURGER STEAK plates were on hand at Sunday’s Snook Education Foundation’s “grab-and-go” lunch fundraiser.

HAMBURGER STEAK plates were on hand at Sunday’s Snook Education Foundation’s “grab-and-go” lunch fundraiser.

Southern Plainsmen to perform at Lone Oak

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The Southern Plainsmen will be in concert at Lone Oak Baptist Church on Sunday, June 1, at 6 p.m.The concert is free and all are invited.The Southern Plainsmen is a Southern Gospel group out of Louisiana.
THE SNOOK EDUCATION FOUNDATION held a “grab-and-go” lunch fundraiser on Sunday on the district campus with a bake sale.

THE SNOOK EDUCATION FOUNDATION held a “grab-and-go” lunch fundraiser on Sunday on the district campus with a bake sale.

Speckman graduates A&M Corpus Christi

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Former Caldwell resident Frances Ann Speckman of Bryan recently received her Bachelor of Science degree in business management-accounting from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.She g r e w u p in Caldwell and graduated from Caldwell High School in 1991.

Local students graduate from UT at Austin

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Two local students recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin as part of the spring 2025 class.The commencement ceremony was held on May 10.Taylor Sheridan, the creative force behind television blockbusters such as “Yellowstone” and “Landman,” was the featured commencement speaker.
SOUTHERN GOSPEL GROUP, The Southern Plainsmen, out of Louisiana will be in concert on Saturday, May 31, at First Baptist Church in Caldwell and on Sunday, June 1, at Lone Oak Baptist Church.

SOUTHERN GOSPEL GROUP, The Southern Plainsmen, out of Louisiana will be in concert on Saturday, May 31, at First Baptist Church in Caldwell and on Sunday, June 1, at Lone Oak Baptist Church.

FBC Caldwell to host Southern Plainsmen

News Staff
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The Southern Gospel group, The Southern Plainsmen, will be in concert on Saturday, May 31, at 5 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Caldwell.The concert is free, and a love offering will be received.
THE F.M. 60 AND State Highway 36 South intersection is pictured after the F.M. 60 widening project was finally completed. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

THE F.M. 60 AND State Highway 36 South intersection is pictured after the F.M. 60 widening project was finally completed. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

F.M. 60 widening project now complete

Roy Sanders
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The long-awaited F.M. 60 widening project, making the roadway a four-lane, divided highway from State Highway 36 to the Brazos County line, is now complete.Local leaders are celebrating the milestone as one of the county’s biggest traffic developments of the last three decades.
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