Bailey County News

For many years, Lake Meredith was Lubbock's primary source of water. But the drought from this past year, and the lack of previous precipitation has dried up the lake completely.

The hermit who started the community of Progress, located between Muleshoe and Farwell, had long been rumored to have money hidden away somewhere.

Lester Stevens heard rumors the Bailey County hermit was rich in 1947, when he was working on a Bailey County road project.

On Jan. 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine's superintendent.

A fundraiser dinner, dance and silent auction for the Melrose Tire Shop held Jan.

He said its residents were thieves, stealing the Bailey County seat that belonged to the community Blocher created seven miles to the west, called Progress.

Anticipated drought conditions and the wait on the completion of the Lake Alan Henry Water Supply Project have pushed the Lubbock Water Advisory Commission into recommending tougher water restrictions for the summer.