by John Earp | Dec 31, 2025 | Jal News
New Mayor, Councilors Sworn In By John Earp Tuesday morning, in the Council Chambers of City Hall, the new Mayor was sworn into office. Also sworn in were two new city councilors, Elizabeth “Lisa” Olivas Crispin and Julian Sauceda. Councilor Lorenzo Chacon, who won...
by John Earp | Dec 18, 2025 | Preachers Corner
Lessons from A Christmas Carol by John Earp In the classic Dickens story, “A Christmas Carol,” Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted with what his life has been, is, and apparently will be. For me, the most moving part of the story is when Ebenezer, now broken...
by John Earp | Dec 18, 2025 | School News
Ehrenfelt Wins Elementary Spelling Bee By John Earp Wednesday morning in the Jal Elementary Cafeteria, the Jal Elementary Spelling Bee was held. Sixth grader, Kairi Ehrenfelt won the bee after eight rounds, winning by correctly spelling the word, “Goat.” Kairi says...
by John Earp | Dec 18, 2025 | School News
JV Panthers Struggle vs Compass Academy By John Earp Tuesday evening in the Panther Gym, the JHS JV Boys team took on the Cougars of Compass Academy Charter School in Odessa. The Cougars were a visibly much taller team, and demonstrated much better skills at...
by John Earp | Dec 18, 2025 | Jal News
A Super Heroic Christmas Play By John Earp Wednesday evening, the young people of Jal Church of God performed their Christmas Play, with an interesting twist—superheroes, including Superman, Spiderman, Hulk, Batman, Catwoman, and Wonder Woman, came to Christ, first...