The Down Food Pantry will move its operations, temporarily, to the Lamar County Fairground on May 10, due to planned work on the parking lot of its building on W.
Community leaders from across Lamar County came together Wednesday afternoon to put their heads together and work towards combating the problem of local poverty in the first of many meetings
The United Way of Lamar County Board of Directors unanimously voted on Thursday to give each of its partner agencies a $1000 bonus.
Executive Director Jenny Wilson explained, "Our 2022 campaign currently has over $607,000 in pledges and donations. We wanted to share this surplus with all of our