Nearby Communities
State Edition
National Edition
🌱 How a Pampa church plans to shelter neighbors next winter
Pampa, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Pampa! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Pampa church plans to shelter neighbors next winter
- What changes with Pampa’s new interim police chief in charge?
Also on today's calendar: Pampa Harvesters vs West Plains Wolves and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, breezy and hot, temps: high: 92, low: 48.
- Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 82 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Pampa church shelter plan could provide winter warming station and new outreach options (abc7amarillo.com) — Grace Baptist Church in Pampa is moving ahead with plans to turn newly purchased property into a small shelter that will double as a winter warming station for local residents in need. Working alongside ministries like Frost Street Mission and supported by donations from the community and Gray County, the church hopes to finish demolition and construction in time to offer expanded services by the holidays. 
• City of Pampa announces interim police chief (myhighplains.com) — City officials have appointed longtime officer Brian Massey as interim police chief for Pampa following the April 17 retirement of Chief Lance Richburg. Massey, who joined the department in 2013 and recently served as assistant chief, will lead the force while the city begins its search for a permanent chief.
📸 Around Pampa
Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!
🗓
Upcoming Events in
Pampa
Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!
★ Featured events ★
-
Pampa Harvesters vs Canyon Eagles
Pampa High School, 111 E Harvester Ave, Pampa
5:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Want to see your event featured? Click here!
Other local events
-
JV Baseball (H) Canyon
Canyon Pampa, TX 79065
5:00 pm -
Pampa Harvesters vs West Plains Wolves
Pampa High School , 111 E Harvester Ave , Pampa
5:00 pm -
Varsity Baseball (H) West Plains
West Plains Pampa, TX 79065
5:00 pm -
JV Baseball @ West Plains
West Plains Pampa, TX 79065
11:00 am
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
📣 Pampa Shout Outs!
Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!
🗓 Events Nearby
-
Amarillo Career Fair
Courtyard by Marriott Amarillo Downtown , 724 S Polk St , Amarillo
9:30 am -
End of Year Band Concert
Sunray Elementary School Sunray, TX 79086
4:30 pm -
Ranger JV White Baseball vrs Randall (Home)
Perryton ISD Perryton, TX 79070
4:00 pm -
Ranger JV Red Baseball vrs Randall
Perryton ISD Perryton, TX 79070
5:00 pm -
Birding Hike
Palo Duro Canyon State Park PaloDuroCanyonStatePark Map&Directions
8:00 am -
Discovery Fridays🍃
Don Harrington Discovery Center , 1200 Streit Dr , Amarillo
9:00 am -
Baseball @ Sanford-Fritch
Sunray ISD Sunray, TX 79086
4:30 pm
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Early in the morning while cooking breakfast, the electric range suddenly started acting up and disrupted the cooking process.
It became difficult to continue. Jerry arrived, checked the electric range carefully and identified the issue. He fixed the problem with a… (Nextdoor 21st)
- Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Pampa. Apply here.
- Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Electrician - Caprock in Pampa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pampa here.
🗞 Nearby News
Amarillo
- Calico County serving Amarillo for over 40 years (newschannel10.com)
- Feds charge an Amarillo man and woman with 5,000 fentanyl pills (newschannel10.com)
- Teacher Incentive Program rewards more than 330 Amarillo ISD educators (abc7amarillo.com)
Ok Pampa! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!
👉 Help make Patch AM better
- Help us grow by suggesting local news sources.
- Shape this newsletter with your feedback.
- List items for sale or services offered
We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what’s happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.