By Kathy Thomson A dozen Moran high school and junior high boys and seven or eight girls are participating in summer strength and conditioning practices at MISD.

By Kathy Thomson ResourceCare summer day camp is scheduled to get underway next Monday, July 6, but with constantly changing guidelines for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, plans were still up in the air at press time this week.

By Kathy Thomson Early voting for the primary run-off elections is currently underway, and registered Shackelford County voters can cast their ballots at the Courthouse today (July 2), Monday through Friday next week (July 6-10), or on Election Day, Tuesday, July 14.

By Donnie A. Lucas Eight new tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus were administered by the county’s two health clinics last week, with one positive result, one negative, and six still pending.

Bobby “Gene” Jumper was born in 1930 in Kokomo, Eastland County, Texas.  While in high school, in 1947, he met LaDell Faught. The two married on Dec. 23, 1949. Soon after, Gene enlisted in the Army and was deployed to Korea in 1952. He served in the Army for eight years.