Archive for 2025
Officer’s joke about ‘narcotics-smelling’ horse panics suspect, leading to chase, arrest
Lubbock Police Department’s Mounted Patrol Unit LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD/Gray News) – In Texas, police officers on horseback chased down a suspect who ran after taking a joke about a “narcotics-smelling” horse way too seriously. Officers Bryson Lewis and William Trotter with the Lubbock Police Department’s Mounted Patrol Unit were assisting with a routine patrol last […]
Melanie Theresa Johnson – May 3, 1956 – September 22, 2025
A Memorial Service for La Junta, Colorado resident, Melanie Johnson will be held at 10:30 a.m.,Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Trinity Lutheran Church in La Junta, Colorado. Pastor Rick Miller will officiate. Melanie Theresa Johnson passed away on September 22, 2025 at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center at the age of 69. She was born […]
Shirley Frans – January 19, 1956 – September 24, 2025
A memorial service for longtime Lamar, Colorado resident, Shirley Frans will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday October 2, 2025 at the Grace Family Worship Center with Tony Jensen officiating. Per Shirley’s request cremation will take place. Shirley was born on January 19, 1956 at Gunnison, Colorado to Harold Eugene and Ilene (Casebolt) Mathews and […]
Prowers Medical Center’s Zero Suicide Committee strives to end the stigma surrounding suicide
Prowers Medical Center’s Zero Suicide Committee members at the recent Anthony LaTour Memorial 5K Zero Suicide Committee: Working Together for Prevention The Zero Suicide Committee at Prowers Medical Center is dedicated to preventing suicide in our community by raising awareness, strengthening connections, and supporting those who may be struggling. Recently, the committee has been honored […]
Miles Grant Moran – February 23, 1960 – September 24, 2025
A memorial service for lifelong Lamar resident, Miles Grant Moran, will be held at a later date. Miles was born on February 23, 1960 at Lamar, Colorado to Roy Gene and Ethel DeLois (Wheeler) Moran and passed away on September 24, 2025 at the Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado at the age of 65. […]
Dora Hernandez – September 4, 1934 – September 21, 2025
A Funeral Liturgy for Lamar, Colorado resident, Dora Hernandez will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025 at Valley Funeral & Cremation in Lamar, Colorado with Deacon Allan Medina officiating. Per Dora’s request, cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Dora M. Hernandez passed away, with her family by her […]
Lamar Rotary Club prepares for its 25th annual dictionary distribution to local third grade students
Lamar Rotary Members prepare dictionaries for the 25th annual distribution to local students The Lamar Rotary Club is preparing for its 25th annual dictionary distribution. Each year, every third grader in 14 schools located in Prowers, Baca, Kit Carson counties as well as McClave School receives their own dictionary, personalized with a handwritten note from […]
Sergio Banda Vargas
A memorial celebration of life for former Lamar, Colorado resident, now of Billings, Montana will be held at a later date. Visitation for Sergio will be held on September 30, 2025 from 11:00AM until 3:00PM at the Peacock Family chapel. Sergio was born on May 28, 1979 at Salamanca Guanajuato, Mexico to Jose Banda Ojeda […]
Lamar Utility Board meeting of September 23, 2025
The board approved minutes from the September 9 meeting as well as purchase orders 2025-00050 through 2025-00582. There was an unusually large number of purchase orders to approve due to the recent Tyler software conversion for the City of Lamar. Purchase orders totaled $1,226,408.58, of which $1,192,806.28 needed board approval. The largest purchase order was […]
Lamar City Council meeting of September 22, 2025
All council members were present for the September 22, 2025 meeting. Mayor Kirk Crespin announced that the four finalists for the City Administrator position were in attendance, welcoming them and saying that it was an opportunity for them to see how council meetings are run. He gave a public thank-you to Doug Harbour for all […]
New case of New World screwworm confirmed in Mexico less than 70 miles from US border
(Washington, D.C., September 21, 2025) – Hours ago, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) confirmed a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) in Sabinas Hidalgo, located in the state of Nuevo León, less than 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. This is now the northernmost detection of NWS during this outbreak, […]
Juanita Hammer – January 23, 1974 – September 19, 2025
A memorial celebration of life for longtime Eads resident, Juanita Hammer will be held at a later date. Per Juanita’s request cremation will take place and there will be no viewing. Juanita was born on January 23, 1974 at Denver, Colorado to Roy Lynn and Elda Irene (Reeves) Gordon and passed away on September 19, […]
Bart Anthony Hatcher – October 19, 1959 – September 18, 2025
A Graveside Memorial Service of Syracuse, Kansas resident, Bart Hatcher, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 29, 2025 at the Syracuse Cemetery with Pastor Larry Alexander officiating. Per Bart’s request, cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Bart Anthony Hatcher passed away on September 18, 2025 at St. Catherine Hospital […]
DOR warns of new text message scam in effort to get ahead of fraudsters
Denver – September 19, 2025 — The Department of Revenue wants taxpayers to be aware of a new text-based tax scam that is spreading throughout the country, and could target Coloradans. Recently, the Colorado Department of Revenue received reports of taxpayers in other states being targeted by fraudsters. It is likely that Centennial State residents will […]
Jennie L. Dooley – March 7, 1933 – September 19, 2025
A memorial celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Jennie L. Dooley, will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, September 26, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Kathy Leathers of the Holly Methodist Church officiating. Per Jennie’s request cremation will take place and there will be no viewing. Jennie was born on March […]
