Muleshoe High School Talent Show sponsored by the FCCLA benefiting the Bailey County Relay for Life at the Kerry Moore Auditorium on April 30, 2013, in Muleshoe, Texas.  Winners were from Dillman:  1. Neleigh Pate,  2. Kendra and Kassie Kelley,  3. Alan Mendoza.   DeShazo:   1. Trey Clarkson,  2. Zara Rivas,  3. Nicole Lopez, Mia Reyna, Adriana Marrufo & Didi Esquivel.   WJHS:  1. Kayla Torres  MHS:  1. Garrison Myers & Sheridan White,  2. Dalia Melendez & Isaiah Guerrero,  3. Bryant & Bert Torres.   Master of Ceremonies is Jim Daniel and judges are Starla Ellis, Terri Smith and R.L. Richards.

Blowing dust and strong winds as a cold front advances through the Muleshoe area April 22, 2013, with colder temperatures on the way over the next couple of days.

Find out about how you can help children here in Bailey County in dire need as April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.  Hear Jo Pierson and Donna Curtis with the Great Plains CASA for Kids explain how you can be of assistance.

The Muleshoe High School Mighty M Band received a sweepstakes award on April 17, 2013, as they were awarded a Division 1 rating in both concert and sightreading at UIL competition in Sudan.  Earlier in the season they received a Division 1 for their marching performance.  See both their concert performance from the recent Fine Arts Night to Shine below and their marching perormance from the football season.

Help little Shariden Parks, daughter of Jesse and Nicole Parks, raise money for the Panhandle Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund Walk-for-a-Cure by donating to Team Sheridan’s Soldiers by clicking here or contact Sheridan’s grandmother Cassie Crandell at 806-566-5755.  Your donations will go to help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes!

See our interview with new Muleshoe State Bank President Jay Messenger and take a tour through their newly remodeled and upgraded facilities at the crossroad in Muleshoe, Texas!  Interview and tour conducted on April 12, 2013.

See video from April 11, 2013, of the Muleshoe Police Department and Lubbock County Sheriff Bomb Squad investigating a suspicious package reported by a homeowner in the 600 Block of West 7th Street in Muleshoe, Texas.   Good news as the item was determined to be safe.

See video of the winners in the 2013 Muleshoe Art Association Art Show at the Muleshoe State Bank Meeting Room in Muleshoe, Texas on April 9, 2013.   Hear the critique by show judge Jan Lloyd of the winning art pieces.  Best of Show was a watercolor “Mountain Mist” painted by Joy Summon.  Watercolor Division:  1st – Marie Tidwell, 2nd – Sandra Chancey “Adobe in the Mountain” 3rd – Doris Wallace “Bull Rider”  Oil Division:  1st – Pauline Clark “Pink Geraniums”, 2nd – Ginnie Seifert “Time to Feed the Chickens”, 3rd – Ruth Barnett  Pastel Divsion:  1st – Jackie Hinderliter “Cows”, 2nd – Martha Hunnicutt “Flying Low”  Misc Division:  1st – Alice Liles “Massai Baby”, 2nd – Randal Bohler “Dogs Play”, 3rd – Alison Broughton “Barn and Tree”.

From the Gil Lamb Advertising archives, see a collection of three home videos of a tornado north of Muleshoe, Texas, on June 3, 1989.  Shows the formation of the funnel and some of the aftermath and destruction of homes along U.S. Highway 70 north of the city of Muleshoe.  Video footage shot by Gary Freeman, Engle Gatewood and Larry Rasco.  As severe weather season approaches make sure to review the National Weather Service’s Thunderstorms, Tornados and Lighting Prepardness Guide.

See the April 8, 2013, Muleshoe City Council Meeting held at City Hall in Muleshoe, Texas.  Get the agenda on the City of Mulesoe’s website.