Hamlin News

The North & South Regions of Skeeter Bass Champs 2009 tournament trail battled it out on O.H. Ivie lake October 3-4. $50,000 was guaranteed to the 1st place winner, and Stocker & Stone from the South Region took it home weighing in more than 52 pounds! There were 380 anglers competing in this two day championship, and Bass Champs doled out over a ...

Mr. Ray Scifres of Hamlin, Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jason Adams, Sr. of Albany, Georgia proudly announce the engagement of their daughter April Renee Scifres, to Mr.

Airport managers and others interested in the future of local airports learned Tuesday that grant money is available for improvements and new projects.

Iva Black, 82, died Sunday, August 9, 2009, at a nursing center in Abilene, Texas.

Leila Elizabeth Bowdry White, 83, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at her residence.

Spectators watch the fireworks over Rister Park in Tye Friday night, July 3, 2009.

Thomas Metthe/Reporter-News Eric Thompson, left, of Anson, gets doused with a bucket of water from his friend, Mike Harper, from Hamlin, during the Independence Day Motorcycle Rally Saturday in Old Glory.

Renae Shira, daughter of Ken and Karon Shira, of Abilene, TX, and Chris Terry, son of Ken and Julie Terry, of Abilene, TX, were married on May 9, 2009, by Chas Shira, cousin of the bride, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Abilene, TX.

Maria Simona Garcia Guerra, 83, passed away, Sunday, June 28, 2009, in Hamlin. Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Father Michael Melcher officiating.

Lack of an adequate water supply has temporarily put plans to build a mesquite wood-fueled power plant in Hamlin on hold.

Billie Frances Brown met the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on April 25, 2009.