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. The property was acquired by the city after the railroad closed that rail line. This action was necessary to the project to construct the new rodeo arena could continue. The project is on schedule so far to be ready for the first event planned for April 2024.

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.

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. They have worked in Albania for the last four years.

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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.

MUNDAY - City Manager David Trevino introduced the new City Secretary Shanon Cross at the City Council meeting on Dec. 12.

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. “The sooner in the u season that you get vaccinated, the more time your body has to build immunity before we reach the height of the u season.c

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. The bridge reconstruction project over the Salt Fork of the Brazos River north of Clairemont, in Kent County, reopened Friday, Dec.

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KEVIN LYONS | COMPTROLLER.TEXAS.GOV Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.1 billion in November, 3.7 percent more than in November 2022. The majority of November sales tax revenue is based on sales made in October and remitted to the agency in November.