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Munday donated city property for rodeo grounds

Body MUNDAY – The City Council met in regular session on Dec. 12 and one of the first actions was to donate to the Volunteer Fire Department a property owned by the city. This property is a railroad right-of-way in the area where the new arena is being built.

SEE YOU IN JANUARY 2024

Body The Knox County News-Courier will not publish an issue of Friday, Dec. 29, due to holiday closures for our suppliers and holidays for our staff. Our office will be closed Dec. 23, 2023 through Jan. 1, 2024, and we’ll return Tuesday, Jan. 2.
SPEARSVISIT WayneandBrendaSpeersvisitfriendsinMunday.(Seated-WayneSpeers,BrendaSpeers, Nancy Merrell, Mark Fulton. Standing - Billie Sue Coody, Loretta Bertram) | DON THOMPSON PHOTO

SPEARSVISIT WayneandBrendaSpeersvisitfriendsinMunday.(Seated-WayneSpeers,BrendaSpeers, Nancy Merrell, Mark Fulton. Standing - Billie Sue Coody, Loretta Bertram) | DON THOMPSON PHOTO

Wayne and Brenda Speers visit Munday

Body MUNDAY – Former Church of Christ Ministers in Munday, Wayne and Brenda Speers returned last week for a brief visit with friends and church members. The Speers are currently staying in South Texas near family and are scheduled to return to Albania at the end of January 2024.
LIBRARY CHRISTMAS Santa at the library with the children that attended Christmas at the Library. See Amanda’s Library Muses on page 4 for complete story. | AMANDA BURBANK PHOTO

LIBRARY CHRISTMAS Santa at the library with the children that attended Christmas at the Library. See Amanda’s Library Muses on page 4 for complete story. | AMANDA BURBANK PHOTO

LIBRARY CHRISTMAS

Body LIBRARY CHRISTMAS
FIRST PLACE Charles and Mandi Perry. See more winners page 7. | RONDA THOMPSON PHOTO

FIRST PLACE Charles and Mandi Perry. See more winners page 7. | RONDA THOMPSON PHOTO

Get Your Lights On! Contest winners announced

Body DON THOMPSON | NEWS-COURIER MUNDAY – The Lions Club members had a memorable evening on Dec. 18 choosing the winners for the 3rd Annual Get Your Lights On! contest. Thanks and appreciation go out to many for making this event a success.
NEW HIRE New City Secretary ShanonCross| DONTHOMPSON PHOTO

NEW HIRE New City Secretary ShanonCross| DONTHOMPSON PHOTO

Welcome new City Secretary Shanon Cross to Munday

Body MUNDAY - City Manager David Trevino introduced the new City Secretary Shanon Cross at the City Council meeting on Dec. 12. Shanon and husband Chuck moved here from Springfield, Oregon.

Flu and other respiratory illnesses increasing

Body KNOX CITY – “It is never too late to get your annual u shot, and now is a perfect time,” said Ruth Ebangit, MD, Board- Certied Family Practice Physician who recently began seeing patients at Knox City Clinic.
Highway 208 bridge in Kent County open again

Highway 208 bridge in Kent County open again

Highway 208 bridge in Kent County open again

Body Drivers on local highways between Dickens and points south—Snyder and Roby—have rejoiced already that travel for work, shopping or high school sports has once again been shortened by a few miles.