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Recently, several members of the Center Garden Club gathered to decorate the urns on the downtown square for fall. Community beautification is a major goal of the Center Garden Club. The club wishes to thank the City of Center for its support with this project. Club members participating in the project were: (seated) Janette Wittmann and Carolyn Bounds, (standing, left to right) Lavone Wood, Vicky Warren, Cherry Jones, Pam Sykes (chairman), and Jennifer Whittlesey. Zack Clark | Light and Champion

Recently, several members of the Center Garden Club gathered to decorate the urns on the downtown square for fall. Community beautification is a major goal of the Center Garden Club. The club wishes to thank the City of Center for its support with this project. Club members participating in the project were: (seated) Janette Wittmann and Carolyn Bounds, (standing, left to right) Lavone Wood, Vicky Warren, Cherry Jones, Pam Sykes (chairman), and Jennifer Whittlesey. Zack Clark | Light and Champion

Garden Club welcomes fall to downtown Center

News Staff
Thursday, October 30, 2025
The new $100 million lithium extraction plant will be constructed on an existing Select Water site in Joaquin and will have a workforce of 40 to 50 once it is completed. David Danley | Light and Champion

The new $100 million lithium extraction plant will be constructed on an existing Select Water site in Joaquin and will have a workforce of 40 to 50 once it is completed. David Danley | Light and Champion

FROM TRASH TO TREASURE

News Staff
Thursday, October 30, 2025
A temporary diversion of an oilfield byproduct destined for disposal is projected to add as much as $40 million in economic impact to Shelby County through the recovery of lithium from the substance.
Rayford Copelin of the Shelby County Historical Commission informs the Shelby County commissioners court of the need for repairs to the historic clock on the Center square. Zack Clark | Light and Champion

Rayford Copelin of the Shelby County Historical Commission informs the Shelby County commissioners court of the need for repairs to the historic clock on the Center square. Zack Clark | Light and Champion

Court approves clock repairs, auction items

Zack Clark News@lightandchampion.com
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Entering into an agreement for the repair of the clock on the historic courtyard square, accepting a notice of vacating of county- leased property from Tri-County and advertising items for auction were the main items discussed at the commissioners’ court special meeting held on Wed., Oct. 22.
by Zack Clark

by Zack Clark

50 Years Ago in Shelby County

Journalist
Thursday, October 23, 2025
The hidden stairwayIn the Oct. 22, 1975, edition of The Champion newspaper, Mattie tells a story familiar to many about the hidden stairway located in the Historic Shelby County Courthouse.
PICTURE FROM OUR PAST

PICTURE FROM OUR PAST

PICTURE FROM OUR PAST

News Staff
Thursday, October 23, 2025
1990 FESTIVAL QUEEN’S CONTEST – These ten beautiful young ladies from Shelby County competed in the 1990 Poultry Festival Queen’s Contest held Saturday night at Center High School Auditorium. Winner of the contest was Miss d’Arcey Taylor of Timpson.
That’s when I work in a nap

That’s when I work in a nap

That’s when I work in a nap

Leon Aldridge Community Columnist
Thursday, October 23, 2025
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”Old saying attributed to many sources. I first heard it from my grandfather.“Do you ever wonder what birds are saying,” a friend once asked. “So peaceful, listening to them.

November election early voting begins

News Staff
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Early voting underway for November election Early voting began Monday across Texas with voters deciding the fate of 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as local races for city and school board, bond measures, and tax proposals.
Submitted | Light and Champion

Submitted | Light and Champion

Library fall book sale begins Oct. 28

News Staff
Thursday, October 23, 2025
The Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library will hold its fall book sale in the Redditt Room during regular library hours from Wednesday, Oct. 28, to Saturday, Nov. 1. The Friends of the Library hold the book sale twice a year.
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