Solange DeLisle News
Bill secures $40 million for Permian Basin mental health facility in 'great stride towards meeting mental health needs'
By Solange DeLisle | Oct 24, 2021
Texas lawmakers passed a bill earlier this week that included $40 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to establish a mental health hospital in the Permian Basin.
Free sensory-friendly kids' movies now showing in the Permian Basin, and 'the whole family gets to come'
By Solange DeLisle | Oct 24, 2021
Families of children with sensory sensitivities in the Permian Basin will be able to watch new movies in an environment that caters to their needs including reduced sound, brighter lights, and the ability to walk around during the feature film.
'In case they get cold': Bynum students raise money for West Texas coat drive
By Solange DeLisle | Oct 23, 2021
Nine students from Midland's Bynum School have embraced the giving spirit by gifting money they raised to the Tom's Coats for Kids drive, an effort to help keep children in West Texas warm during the winter months.
'I have learned so much from them': High Sky leader reflects on lasting impact facility leaves on children — and on her
By Solange DeLisle | Oct 17, 2021
JaLynn Hogan "fell in love" with social work more than 30 years ago when she worked for Child Protective Services, but wanted to make a bigger impact on children's lives when she found her "dream job" as a Therapeutic Director for High Sky Children's Ranch.
'Dealers of Hope': Permian Basin drug program director works to prevent youth addiction
By Solange DeLisle | Oct 15, 2021
When Melessa Brenem first started working in intervention programs more than a decade ago, she said it was hard to imagine teenagers as young as 13 struggling with substance abuse. But it's a harsh reality she witnessed first hand and that ignited her passion for preventing addiction among young people.
'No freedom is more precious than life itself': Heartbeat Act takes effect in Texas
By Solange DeLisle | Sep 7, 2021
In Texas, abortions are now banned after about six weeks into a pregnancy, or when a fetal heartbeat can be detected, because of a new partisan law that took effect at the beginning of September.
Magical land of Oz arrives at Centennial Library
By Solange DeLisle | Sep 17, 2020
You can be "off to see the Wizard" this fall in an exhibit at the Midland County Public Libraries this fall.