Colorado City News

A century ago almost everybody knew Jack Thomas. That wasn't his real name. Born Joe F. Thomas near Sweetwater, Texas on Dec.

I am an honorably discharged Vietnam veteran who has been turned down 15 times for compensation and pension.

Ranchers of the 1880s never meant for West Texas to remain ranch country indefinitely.

The Catholic Diocese of San Angelo has responded to a lawsuit against the diocese and a former priest who committed suicide following allegations of sexual abuse against a then-minor boy.

Samuel Dyson Arrell, 2 p.m. at Community Memorial Funeral Home with burial at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Highway travel west and north of Abilene has become hazardous and some roads have become impassable this morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.

Armando Molina Martinez, 64, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009, at a local medical center.

Icy conditions on area bridges proved hazardous for Big Country drivers like this one on the West Highway 80 bridge near Tye Monday afternoon.

Probably 6 p.m. Friday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington against opponent TBD. ABILENE COOPER - Saturday at 2 p.m. in Lubbock, most likely against Dumas.

It's been about 25 years since the Littlefield High School band went to the state UIL marching band competition, but the 2A school will return to the Alamo Dome in San Antonio on Nov.

COLORADO CITY Funeral arrangements are set for a 24-year-old Odessa welder who was killed Wednesday morning in a Mitchell County rollover accident that also injured two Midland men.

ODESSA Alexis S. "Chubbs" Sanchez, 24, of Odessa, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, in Colorado City.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Curtis of Shallowater will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Oct.

Natalie Quiett Morgan Terry, 79, passed on to be with her Heavenly Father in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday, October 10, 2009 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease and emphysema.

Complaint: Used a Florida company for administration and interpretation of Electromyelography and Nerve Conduction Velocity Studies, and employees who administered and interpreted the studies were not licensed Texas health care providers as required Result: Obtain 10 hours of continuing medical education in medical recordkeeping and 10 hours in ...

News YAHOO! Big Country Westbrook teacher wins sweet ride in lottery By Jared Fields Thursday, July 30, 2009 Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Fred Hathorn of LDT Customs kneels down to tell Maxey Ware about the custom-built motorcycle Ware was presented with Thursday.

Two photographers from the Reporter-News will be on the highway today to start the newspaper's annual photo tour of the Big Country in preparation for football season.

ABOVE: Hannah McCoy, left, slaps some mud on the head of Evan Miller as several children play in the puddles on a residential street in northeast Abilene on Friday.

Zane Graham, former city manager for Colorado City, said Wednesday he resigned from his position with the city due to a conflict with Mayor Carol Sue Dakan and Mayor Pro Tem Keith Hiser.

Lifeguards from Sweetwater, Roscoe and Colorado City were on hand for a training session held at the municipal pool on Thursday.