Merkel News

The financial meltdown of 2008 went global Monday. While Americans and Europeans alike refused to put up tax dollars for a bailout, their government financiers tried to save a string of banks from failure and ...

The second annual MacKenzie Trail Festival was held Sept. 20 in Stamford. Eighteen food and trade show vendors were present.

Staff Writer A Big Spring man has been indicted on charges of child pornography by a federal grand jury and could face five to 20 years in prison if convicted.

YAHOO! Rural fire agencies need help Volunteer fire departments struggle to find members By Doug Myers Monday, September 29, 2008 Volunteer fire department numbers down Year VFD members nationwide 1984 898,000 ...

Most youth groups stress leadership as a major part of their program. Participants join as followers.

A federal grand jury in Lubbock Thursday indicted several Big Country men for child pornography.

Georgia Elizabeth Patterson Turner Campbell Born 100 years ago on Sept. 23, 1908, to James and Sally Patterson on the "18" Ranch in Nolan County, Georgia Elizabeth Patterson Turner Campbell will celebrate her ...

A "Fax Alert" from the Better Business Bureau landed a forgery suspect in the Taylor County Jail Wednesday, the Taylor County Sheriff's Office reported this morning.

YAHOO! Around the Big Country 09.05.08 Reporter-News staff report Thursday, September 4, 2008 ABILENE Sesame Street: Elmo Makes Music will be showing several times Sept.

Channel: TLC When: 9 p.m. CST, Sunday Beauty pageant costs A pageant at the Mall of Abilene -- which usually hosts four or five a year -- generally costs about $40 for the basic beauty competition, essentially ...

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Jayton Thomas, 5, gets a curious sniff from one of the denizens in the Taylor County 4-H Petting Zoo at the West Texas Fair Rodeo on Friday.

Reporter-News photo by Thomas Metthe Ashley Rangel, top left, and Veronica Garcia, top right, scream as they ride a ride at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo Sneak-a-Peek Thursday.

Fort Worth Wyatt at Cooper, 6 p.m. CLASS 3A Burnet vs. Brownwood in Alamodome, San Antonio, 3:45 p.m. CLASS 2A Merkel vs.

Pistol-packing competitors battled each other, and the Texas heat, during the opening rounds of the 16th annual Texas State Limited Pistol Championships Saturday at the Ridge Runners Gun Range in Breckenridge.

Educators from Roscoe and Sweetwater were named teachers of the year for the region around Abilene at a gathering Thursday morning at the Merkel High School gym.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Emergency crews on standby as more rain forecast, conditions ripe for flash flooding By Celinda Emison Tuesday, August 19, 2008 How much did it rain? Rainfall totals Abilene 4.8 ...

Lillian Jordan Early, 86, formerly of Brownwood, died Sunday, August 17, 2008. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the DavisMorris Funeral Home Chapel in Brownwood, with the Rev.

Burn ban lifted: On Monday, Coleman County Judge Jimmie Hobbs lifted the burn ban for Coleman County.

The fourth annual Champions Classic has added a fourth football game to its 2008 lineup.

Tara Kaye Owen, and Dustin Kent Brown were united in marriage on Saturday, June 7, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Abilene, with Trace Michael Bailee officiating.