By Pearl Chambers

On April 12th, 2024 in Dumas, Texas, a heartwarming moment took place at the local post office as a father proudly swore in his son as the new postmaster of Dumas Texas.

The father, James Chambers, has worked at the post office for over 30 years and had seen his fair share of challenges and successes. Mr. Chambers, a Postmaster of Fort Myers’s Florida, also served as a Postmaster of Amarillo Texas.

His dedication and hard work have earned him the respect of his colleagues and the community.

His son, Quaid Chambers, has grown up watching his father go to work every day with a sense of pride and purpose. He admired his father's work ethic and determination, and it inspired him to follow in his footsteps.

After years of hard work and dedication, Quaid has finally achieved a dream of becoming a Postmaster. On this special day, his father had the honor of swearing him in.

As Quaid stood before his colleagues, friends and family, his father beamed with pride as he administered the oath of office to his son.

It was a moment that will be cherished for years to come, a symbol of a father's love and a son's determination to make him proud. The Chambers family stood together, united in their commitment to serving their community through the post office.

Photos include:
Mayor Bob Brinkmann and Quaid chambers
James Chambers and Quaid Chambers (father and son)
Bob Schrock manager of post office operations, Quaid Chambers, James Chambers Postmaster , Joe Colbert supervisor
Carl Watson Dumas Moore County Chamber of Commerce

United Way of Moore County's new Executive Director, Pam Williams, stated that she is delighted to join the organization and eager to take part in her first Day of Caring event which will take place on May 4.

MOORE COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS CRIME OF THE WEEK
STOLEN HOMEMADE TRAILER

On 03/15/2024, Deputies with the Moore County Sheriff’s Office were made aware of a trailer that was stolen from the 200 Block of Trosper Lane in Etter, Texas. The trailer is described as being black in color and is 12 ft long with a 6 ft gooseneck tongue. The trailer has a cutout in the front for an angle iron and has a metal grate floor. The theft occurred sometime between 02/23/2024 and 03/15/2024, when it was discovered to have been missing.

The trailer has been entered into the State and National database as stolen and displays Texas Farm Tag GDCY41. Below are some photographs of the stolen trailer.

If you have any information on who stole this trailer or its current location, contact us at www.p3tips.com/1066. If your tip leads to the arrest of the suspect or suspects, you could earn up to $1,000. Remember that you remain 100% anonymous for any information you submit.

Congratulations to Carl Watson, who was recognized for his outstanding contributions to our community at today's Friends of Scouting Luncheon!

The Boy Scouts provide young people with leadership training, lifesaving skills, and interpersonal skills. Scouts are awesome!

All money that is raised in Moore County stays in Moore County to help local troops and Moore County kids!

Dumas police: Search warrant leads to recovery of drugs and cash (Credit: Dumas Police Department)(Dumas Police Department)

****PRESS RELEASE ****

The Dumas Police Department seized drugs and cash after executing a search warrant at a home today.

According to a press release, the Dumas Police Department narcotics detectives, patrol officers and special response team executed a search warrant at a home near East 16th Street and Binkley Avenue.

During the search, narcotics detectives recovered 77.1 grams of THC in various forms, .65 pounds of marijuana, several drug paraphernalia items and $1,747.

28-year-old Victor Lozoya and 25-year-old Gloria Robles were arrested.

Both were charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession and delivery of marijuana. They were both transported to the Moore County Jail.

Each week the selected yard will be added to the photo gallery and the new one will appear in the photo section.

Let's stay beautiful Dumas!

Ms. Chandra Eggemeyer, West Texas Regional Field Representative for the Texas Economic Development & Tourism Department and Texas Film Commission, will be at the Dumas City Commission meeting on Tuesday, August 1st, at 11:30 am to present to the Commissioners a Dumas Film Friendly Certificate.

This presentation will officially welcome the city as one of the 170+ cities in the state that has met all the requirements of the film commission to be listed on their state website promoting them as a community that welcomes companies interested in using them as a possible movie or TV commercial location.

Dumas has already hosted two movie film crews in the past several years, including the movie “Kreep,” starring Judd Nelson, Charles Baker, and Lymari Nadal, which was recently released, and “Dead Community Guild,” featuring Eric Roberts, which is still in the postproduction phase. There was also a TV commercial for Toyota shot in the Moore County area. By being added to the state film commission website it will help increase the visibility of Dumas and Moore County to other possible production companies interested in filming in the area.

For more information on the Texas Film Commission go to their website at www.texasfilmcommission.com.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT/PRESS RELEASE:

7/3/2023

Deputies of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office have been awarded a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant provided by the Texas Department of Transportation.

This STEP grant provides funding for additional MCSO Deputies to provide enhanced traffic enforcement from 6/23/2023 to 7/9/2023 this year on U.S. Highway 287 in Moore County, which can often become a dangerous highway due to sharp increases in holiday travel and intoxicated drivers during these times.

The STEP grant has been shown to reduce traffic fatalities and improve overall highway safety for all travelers.

Oftentimes, MCSO Deputies conducting traffic enforcement as part of this program are able to stop both intoxicated and reckless drivers, and in many cases, Deputies are able to uncover additional criminal offenses such as narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and wanted fugitives from justice while conducting STEP enforcement.

Recently, on Wednesday, 6/28/2023, at approximately 10:49 PM, a Deputy was out conducting STEP enforcement when he observed a white in color SUV traveling northbound at a high rate of speed. The Deputy was able to use his agency-issued radar speed detector, and observed that this vehicle was traveling approximately 88 miles per hour in a posted 35 miles per hour zone, causing highly significant danger to the public.

The Deputy initiated a traffic stop on this vehicle in the 100 block of N Dumas Avenue, during which time the driver of the vehicle refused to pull over, and continued traveling northbound at a high rate of speed. The Deputy began to pursue this vehicle, when he observed the driver of the vehicle crashed into the back of a semi-truck trailer that was also traveling northbound.

The Deputy then observed a suspect flee the scene of the crash heading westbound on foot. The Deputy pursued this suspect and was able to cut them off before exiting his patrol vehicle and giving the suspect verbal commands to surrender. About this time, another Deputy arrived on scene to assist. This suspect did comply with commands and was taken into custody without further issue.

Deputies were then approached by another suspect, who identified themselves as the driver of the vehicle that had evaded. Deputies took this suspect into custody as well, and determined that there were two suspects in the evading vehicle, and that both the driver and passenger of the evading vehicle had been taken into custody at this time.

Deputies called Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responders to the scene to medically evaluate all parties involved in the crash. All parties were medically cleared. Both suspects refused EMS services, and no other parties were found to be injured from the crash.

Patrol Division Officers of the Dumas Police Department were called to work the traffic accident investigation, while MCSO Deputies worked the DWI and Evading investigations.

Further investigation by MCSO Deputies revealed that both suspects admitted to drinking alcoholic beverages prior to evading and crashing into the semi-truck trailer. Deputies on scene observed several indicators of intoxication of both the passenger and the driver of the suspect vehicle, and the driver agreed to provide a breath sample to have their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) examined for the DWI investigation. A Cactus Police Department Officer who possesses specialized training and is certified to operate special equipment designed to determine BAC was called to assist the MCSO Deputies with the DWI investigation.

The suspect driver’s BAC was found to be over twice the legal limit.

The suspect driver was charged with Evading in a Motor Vehicle and Driving While Intoxicated, while the passenger was charged with Evading Arrest/Detention and Public Intoxication. Both suspects were booked into the Moore County Jail without further incident.

The MCSO is thankful that no citizens, law enforcement officers or suspects were injured during the course of this incident. DWI cases often lead to death and/or serious bodily injury for all parties involved, both suspects and victims.

MCSO Deputies will continue to be conducting STEP enforcement activities for the duration of the time allowed by the grant.

MCSO wishes all motorists safe holiday travels, and a happy Independence Day!

We encourage all drivers to be responsible and not drive when they have been consuming alcohol and/or other impairing substances. It’s not worth getting hurt over, hurting someone else, destroying property or going to jail.