Idalou News

Josh Abbott got his start playing country music while attending Texas Tech in Lubbock, spending his nights watching artists like Pat Green, Corey Morrow, Roger Creagor, Eli Young Band and Randy Rogers roll through the local country bar, the Blue Light.

After a personal setback in 2005, Idalou native Matt Brown is going to the London games this summer, and he prepares for competition the same as any other Olympian.

One of the candidates for County Commissioner Precinct 3 faces an allegation that he does not live in the Precinct and therefore is not eligible to run for office.

The Avalanche-Journal will carry a monthly list of final disciplinary orders issued from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation involving licensed workers and businesses on the South Plains.