Independent News Drop

KELI From Inkwell, this is the Amarillo News Drop. I'm Keli, with Hast.

HAST Good morning. West Texas A&M University Police are stepping up patrols after a surge in stolen electric scooters across campus this year. WT UPD says the thefts are continuous and concentrated in high-risk areas. They're asking anyone with information to call 806-651-2300. It's a straightforward property-crime pressure — scooters are easy targets, visible, and resellable. The university's response is reactive patrols, not a redesign of how the scooters are locked or monitored. If campus theft keeps climbing, expect the administration to either contract with the scooter company for better geofencing, or pull the program altogether. Watch for a statement from WT facilities or student life in the next week or two.

KELI On a different front, Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport officers and staff got a formal commendation from the City of Amarillo this week for their response to a medical emergency in August. A 70-year-old woman suffered a heart attack on a flight that was diverted here. Officers and a staff member stayed with her and her 11-year-old grandson until she stabilized. It's a moment that cuts to the actual work of first response — not the ceremony, just the fact that the people who were there did what they're trained to do. The city recognized that. Airport police and emergency response hold that kind of call every year. This one mattered enough to name it.

HAST Texas transportation is moving forward on Amarillo cycling infrastructure. The state Department of Transportation opened an interactive map for public feedback on the Amarillo District Bicycle Plan. The survey runs through November 6th online. It's a planning stage — no funding amounts or timelines yet. But it signals DOT is looking at how bike routes connect across the district, which includes the Panhandle. If you live here or commute through Amarillo, you can weigh in on what gaps matter to you.

KELI Before we close, a history note.

HAST Fifty-eight years ago today, the Soviet Communist Party voted to accept Nikita Khrushchev's retirement — forced, though it was called voluntary. He'd run the Soviet Union for eleven years. The party removed him in a quiet internal coup, no shots fired, just the machinery of power turning him out. History doesn't move that way every time.

KELI That's the Amarillo News Drop. Full script and sources at inkwell.wiki/news/amarillo.

KELI Before we close, a word from Inkwell. Gil's Intelligent Version has a close reading of the opening of John's Gospel — in the beginning was the Word — and the single article-less phrase the Trinity debate still turns on.

HAST Grammar, not slogan. At inkwell dot wiki, slash giv.