Abilene Texas

Military men and women wait on production crews. Nov. 1: Herington patrons will vote Nov. 4 on a $29.9 million bond issue for school improvements. In May, they narrowly defeated a $29.5 bond issue. Nov. 3: The Abilene Sister City Committee recognizes ...  

For the Abilene High and Cooper boys soccer teams, 2009 offers a chance to make up for subpar showings of a year ago, while Wylie tries to follow up the best season in its program's history with a number of new faces.  

By TROY PHILLIPS Twelve years ago as a player at SMU, Shawna Lavender perhaps said "never again." Never say never. Lavender — now the women’s basketball coach at Abilene Christian University — scored 42 points in a quadruple-overtime victory over TCU in 1997. She’s now 2-0 in such games after...  

Abilene used a 16-4 first-quarter run en route to a 61-42 win over Chapman in a freshman girls’ basketball game Tuesday. Chapman outscored Abilene 16-14 in ...  

On Wednesday, Officer Collins stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of North 10th. While Officer Collins was speaking with the passenger, he noticed she was ...  

Oct. 14: Abilene plans a downtown Octoberfest Oct. 16, which includes a beer garden, pumpkin carving and other activities. The Chapman school authorizes ...  

(Right) David Ciaccio discusses downtown projects in general as part of the town as Brad Sonner listens. Photo by Dave Bergmeier A Manhattan firm got added feedback as part of a working on a streetscape plan for downtown Abilene. As part of the ...  

With the new year comes soccer season, and the girls teams for all three local high schools begin their 2009 campaigns on Friday in the annual West Texas Invitational Soccer Tournament.  

The sports program at Abilene Christian knows big scores.  

Just after the clock struck midnight bringing in the new year, Les Bruce was sworn in as sheriff of Taylor County during a brief ceremony at the Abilene home of a county judge.  

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Jamie Meyer scored 49 points to help Abilene Christian overcome a 63-point effort by Renee Renz and beat Texas Woman's 147-143 in ...  

Many West Texas residents are eagerly anticipating the opening -- targeted for May -- of the new $8 million Texas State Veterans Cemetery under construction near Lake Fort Phantom Hill.  

The wind industry is blowing and going in West Texas, despite a difficult economy and uncertainty over extension of a federal tax incentive, which wasn’t approved by Congress until October.  

It may be a blackout on Feb. 17 for many consumers who have not applied for coupons for the digital conversion boxes.  

The 39th annual West Texas Rehabilitation Center telethon won't happen until Jan. 17, but the annual auction items are already being collected and put on display on the Internet.