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Powderpuff Football for Cancer Awareness

Role reversals will remain supreme on the evening of Thursday, October 14, when Seminole High School females battle it out in a friendly yet competitive game of flag football. Supporting the ladies from the sidelines will be a new group of cheerleaders consisting of talented male student body members. One gentleman, chosen from the male cheerleaders, will also receive a crown and the much-coveted title of Powder Puff King.

Mirror Ministries: Psalm 23

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The greatest oxymoron to ever exist is the phrase defeated Christian. It’s heartbreaking to think most believers are living with masks on, hiding what’s behind their facade. They overcome, but never seem to conquer... They’re frustrated, but don’t know why… They’re saved from hell, but living in some form of it every day.

Game Warden Field Notes

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Bee Careful!

A stone house

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A stone house, owned by the First United Methodist Church for over twenty years and located behind their facility, found a new home Wednesday morning at the corner of NE Ave C and NE 2nd. Local traffic was briefly at a standstill as the building was transported to its new location. 

Maidens Beat Andrews, Fall to Monahans

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Saturday the Seminole Maiden volleyball team beat the Andrews Mustangs 3-0 in Seminole to go 3-0 in district play.

Tuesday, the Tribe travelled to Monahans and lost to the Loboes 3-1 and are now in second place behind Greenwood.

Greenwood will come to town Saturday for that showdown.

As they have been prone to do, the Maidens were down early in the first set to Andrews and at one point were down 11-14. Seminole stormed back however, and the set ended up tied at 24-24. The Maidens got the next two points and won 26-24.

Gaines County Safety Project Begins October 11

GAINES COUNTY – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is set to begin an $8.8 million project to make safety improvements to more than 37 miles of US 62/385, from Seminole to Seagraves and US 62/180 from the western Seminole city limits to the New Mexico State Line.

GasBuddy.com reports gas

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GasBuddy.com reports gas prices are holding steady near the 2021 top rate for now but are $1.01 per gallon higher than a year ago. The nation’s average gas price is currently at $3.18 per gallon. “We’ve seen very little overall movement in gas prices over the last week with prices remaining near their 2021 highs as crude oil prices remain well above $70 on supply concerns and strong global demand,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy.

Singing the Snail Mail Blues?

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On October 1, the Postal Service implemented new service standards for First-Class Mail and Periodicals, saying, "these new service standards will increase delivery reliability, consistency, and efficiency for our customers and across our network."

First Responders, Police Department Release August Reports

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Monthly reports for various departments in Seminole released on Monday, Sept. 27, at the City Council meeting included police and animal control, EMS, and the volunteer fire department.

Musings by Marilou: Together We Can Tame the Beast

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At approximately 11:38 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, shocked keyboard warriors were at a standstill as both Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, all social media platforms, stopped working. And, believe it or not, the world kept on turning.

I imagine that to some avid Facebookers, it must have felt like the stock market crash of 1929. However, to my generation, it was just another day.

Even though social media has many advantages, most of us grew up fine and dandy without it. Heck, I didn’t even have a cell phone until I was in my