Abilene News

Some methods of determining the sex of a baby may seem odd, but finding out can save you a good deal of money if you know whether to shop for pink or blue.

Keynote speaker Norm Archibald, mayor of Abilene, talks to students and their guests at the Abilene Reporter-News' Star Student Awards held Monday at Abilene Christian University.

The Big Country Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force will conduct its 25th Memorial Sunday service at 10 a.m. at Elmdale Baptist Church, 233 Elmdale Road South.

Click here for a list of area races for the Tuesday primary, and where and when early voting is taking place in Abilene and the rest of the Big Country.

According to Christian tradition, Pentecost is always seven weeks after Easter Sunday; 50 days after Easter.

Yesterday at about 7:00 pm, Officer Jesus Villarreal was dispatched to a hit-and-run collision outside a residence in the 5800 block of Atlantic Drive.

When Charles Schwertner walked across the stage in cap and gown at Cooper High School's 1988 graduation, running for political office was not on his mind.

Thomas Metthe/Reporter-News An Abilene Police officer chases a supposed gunman across a parking lot during a training exercise Wednesday at Abilene Christian University.

It didn't hit - really hit - Wylie High School senior Gregory Boyle that he had reached the end of his high school career until Tuesday morning.

Click here for a list of area races for the Tuesday primary, and where and when early voting is taking place in Abilene and the rest of the Big Country.

It was there that she fell in love, not just with the songs themselves but with the sound and feel of Western swing music, with its high-stepping spirit and frontier charm.

Q. Do all of the creeks in the Abilene area empty into one creek that empties into Fort Phantom Lake? Also, can you talk about water flowing north, rather than south? A. Rather than me talking, let's the info from Brent McClellan, M.S., CPESC, the city's Stormwater Services Administrator.

In 1922 President Warren G. Harding introduced the first radio in the White House, the Supreme Court denied a challenge to the constitution's 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, baseball player Babe Ruth hit 35 home runs despite a six-week suspension, and College Heights Elementary School held its first classes in Abilene.

Abilene City Council today approved nearly $705,000 for three front-loader refuse trucks and swore in two councilmen for another three-year term.

On Saturday morning at approximately 5:00 am, Officer Ralph Garcia was dispatched to a disturbance in-progress at a residence in the 2800 block of Sayles Blvd.

Classes will be released early on Thursday in AISD for summer vacation. Taylor County schools are encouraged to send their weekly events calendars for inclusion in the "Chalkboard." This column is published in the Abilene Reporter-News on Mondays during the school year.

Christine Boswell, of Abilene, was sworn in and received her Air Force commission May 11 in a ceremony at Angelo State University in San Angelo.

Dance under the stars at Abilene State Park to the music of Muddy Creek from 7:30 until 10 p.m. Saturday.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Lee Lantrip offers his hand to each passenger stepping off the bus at the Rose Park Senior Center.

One of the foremost experts on the Battle of the Alamo has just released a book about his artifact collection, entitled "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey." His name is Phil Collins.