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Amarillo, Texas is located in Potter County. Zip codes in Amarillo, TX include 79189, 79174, and 79102. The median home price in Amarillo is $140,000. More Amarillo information.

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26 min ago | Times Record News

Edna F. Owen

Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. today in Eastview Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Hollinshead officiating.

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4 hrs ago | Amarillo.com

Judge deals pre-trial blows to both parties in lawsuit against AQHA

An Amarillo federal judge dealt pre-trial blows Friday to both sides in an antitrust lawsuit pitting cloned horse owners against the American Quarter Horse Association.

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8 hrs ago | KVII-TV Amarillo

Amarillo at center of Memorial Day travel rush

The Amarillo Travel Information Center off I-40 is staying busy this Memorial Day Weekend thanks to visitors from across the country.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Amarillo.com

Video games: 21st century epidemic

In the 1980s every teenager in Amarillo was hanging out at Harvey's Pool Hall and Arcade on the weekends.

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MyHighPlains.com

Path to Priesthood: An Amarillo Man's Journey

He was a Navy man who became a man of the cloth. It wasn't a typical road to priesthood but it's now over for Deacon Scott Schwind.

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Amarillo.com

Statewide texting-while-driving ban dies; Amarillo mayor not disappointed

The city of Amarillo, which bans all use of hand-held cellphones while driving, will keep its tough ordinance for the next two years because a texting-while-driving ban the Texas Legislature considered is officially dead, the bill's author said.

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Amarillo.com

Locals mixed on Scouts' lift of gay ban

More than 60 percent of the Boy Scouts of America's National Council members voted Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay members during their annual meeting in Grapevine.

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MyHighPlains.com

Amarillo Police Arrest Two Men on Weapons Related charges.

Amarillo Police were called out early this morning to Amarillo Blvd West and N Washington on a report of shots being fired.

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Amarillo.com

Pair arrested on weapons charges after shots fired call

At 2:15 a.m. Friday, officers responded to reports of shots fired at Amarillo Boulevard West and North Washington Street, police said.

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Amarillo.com

Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by vehicle

A man was hospitalized Thursday morning after he was hit by a car while crossing an Interstate 40 frontage road, Amarillo Police Department Cpl.

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Amarillo.com

Amarilloans share 'aha moment' during video tour stop

The Mutual of Omaha cross-country Aha Moment Tour rolled into Amarillo on Thursday for the first time, seeking Amarilloans to share their stories for a chance at fame.

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Amarillo.com

Zoo cuts ribbon on new center

Jaedyn Espinosa, 6, from Forest Hills Elementary School plays with a black-footed ferret, a rare Texas Panhandle species once believed to be extinct, during Thursday's grand opening of the zoo's new center.

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Amarillo.com

Canyon author's tale published

The latest anthology in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, released this week, features Canyon resident Rory C. Keel.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Amarillo.com

Hays explores U.S. House run

Amarillo financial services provider Elaine Hays has formed an exploratory committee to consider running against incumbent U.S. Rep.

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KVII-TV Amarillo

Panhandle residents react to rising gas prices

According to Triple A, travelers will spend about $659 over Memorial Day Weekend.

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KVII-TV Amarillo

Fugitive Finder: Man wanted for sexual assault of a child, indecency

A marillo Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help to locate this week's Fugitive of the Week: Luis Jasso Rodriguez.

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Amarillo.com

Trooper won't face charges for alleged threats at bar

City prosecutors won't pursue misdemeanor charges against a state trooper accused of threatening the son of witness in a civil suit filed against him over the 2010 fatal shooting of a Tulia man during a high-speed chase.

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Amarillo.com

Weather service: Strong thunderstorms, tornadoes possible this afternoon

Most of the Texas Panhandle faces a severe weather threat Thursday, with a 20 to 50 percent chance of thunderstorms from 3 to 10 p.m. and the possibility of damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes, National Weather Service meteorologist Nicholas Fenner said.

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Amarillo.com

Motorcyclist seriously injured in hit-and-run accident

An Amarillo man suffered life-threatening injuries when the motorcycle he was driving was struck by an SUV about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday near the corner of 45th Avenue and Bell Street, police said.

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KVII-TV Amarillo

City approves money for building renovations

The Amarillo City Commission approved unanimously to allow the Economic Development Corporation to spend almost four-million dollars to expand and renovate the former Zarges building in the Centerpoint Business Park.

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