Area News

A 67-year-old Slaton man is in custody following his arrest for a sex offense against a child. Manuel Alcorta was arrested by Texas Rangers for indecency with a child by sexual contact, a second-degree felony. Slaton police initially took the report and began an investigation. Read more in this week’s edition of The Slatonite.

Terrica Taylor has been named  Senior Vice President and Slaton Market President, Centennial Bank announced. Taylor’s career with Centennial Bank began in 2012 when she accepted a position as a lending assistant and banking officer. In 2014, she earned a promotion to Assistant Vice President and lender. After achieving the title of lender and Vice…

Slaton’s Ernie Davis, along with his two late brothers Charlie and Donald, has been inducted into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame. The Davis brothers, from Stamford, will receive the Legacy Award. All three are in the McMurry University Hall of Fame. Ernie, the second oldest . of the three, graduated from Stamford High…

By Tyler Tyre The Slatonite Intern The City of Slaton will officially move forward with an election on a Type B Economic Development Corporation, after commissioners called the special election Monday evening. The election will take place on May 4 with early voting taking place on April 22 through 30 at the Lubbock County Elections…

The Slaton Police Department is looking for a suspect in a vehicle theft and aggravated assault and is asking for the public’s help in locating him. Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Teddy Claude Mullins Sr. should contact Sgt. Steve Dekraker in connection with a stolen 2001 gold Chevrolet Malibu, license plate number DF8K052…

By Tyler Tyre The Slatonite Intern Tiffany Potts came to Slaton to build something. And after years of looking on at a slew of coaching changes with the girls basketball program, she decided to come back to her alma mater and help bring stability to the program, leaving her job as a principal at Anton.…

The new pastor at Slaton First Baptist Church may have come from south of the Metroplex, but is already getting acclimated to his new home. Ben Hollan began his first assignment as pastor of his own congregation on Jan 6. “I heard it was hard to follow a long-term pastor like Cleve (Kerby), but the…

The Slaton Economic Development Corporation continued discussions on the approaching Type B election. If passed it would dissolve the current Type A Corporation without adding a tax increase. SEDCO Vice President Shannon Taliaferro believes that a Type B Corporation would help the Slaton community. “Type B will provide more service for the tax dollars of…