Childress News

By the time he was 5, he was helping out in his family's small grocery business at Tell, 12 miles southwest of Childress.

Texomas rainfall totals: [Keep in mind that rainfall is extremely variable and the numbers in your backyard may be very different or very similar to those listed here]. 1.34": Wichita Falls, TX 1.15": Lawton, OK 3.16": Bowie, TX 0.03": Childress, TX 0.68": Altus, OK 3.69": Mineral Wells, TX 0.68": Archer City, TX 1.55": Bowie, TX 1.52": ... (more)

A New Year's Eve "heat wave" melted away welcomed winter snow that had brought some drought relief to the U.S. Plains, reviving fears that harmfully warm and dry conditions will persist into 2012, U.S. climatologists said in a report issued Thursday.