Merkel News

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Bruce Holliday, 36, was arrested without incident and transported to the Taylor County Jail where he is currently being held on a $25,000 bond.

Photos by Greg Kendall-Ball/Special to the Reporter-News. Nine-month-old Aiyana Tamantini gets up close and personal with Santa Claus at the Mall of Abilene on Saturday afternoon.

The Lord's Acre Sale at Pioneer Memorial United Methodist Church in Mulberry Canyon is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.

A beautiful and charming children's poetry book awaits readers in poet-author John Headstream's brilliant anthology of Bright Stories and Little Literature for Children.

Cisco College will soon have a new way to ensure students can take a smooth step up from the school's two-year programs into four-year universities in Texas.

Bowl's Construction employee Chris Boatright works to replace an underground water line in Merkel on Wednesday.

Associated Press November 4, 2009 Merkel, Texas - A boil water notice has been issued for Merkel after a break in a decades-old main that was in the process of being replaced.

Washington is rolling out the red carpet today for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Thomas Metthe/Reporter-News The butcher cuts up a body during the Fright at the Museum on Saturday at Frontier Texas! Thomas Metthe/Reporter-News Seven-year-old Alexis Hunter throws a ball in the football toss during the fall festival at G.V. Daniels Recreation Center on Saturday.

A new law passed last summer that said Texas school districts must stop requiring teachers to give students grades of at least 50 on classroom assignments and tests, but many Big Country districts still kept a version of the "minimum grade" policy.

Officers could not hear any additional shots or locate anything suspicious. 10/16 10:50 PM - Off-duty deputy working security on West Highway 80 arrested a 20-year-old female from Austin for Consumption of Alcohol By a Minor and Misrepresentation of Age By a Minor By Document .

Warrant out of Tarrant County for Nonpayment of Child Support. Subject was transported to the Taylor County Jail where he is currently being held on a $1,500 bond.

Linda Gwin, a registered nurse with West Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, administers a flu vaccination to Army veteran Harold Ingram at a drive-through clinic Wednesday at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Abilene.

Dr. Mark Reedy and Lucy Vaughan both do a lot of stitching. She stitches beautiful quilts that she gives away to her family and friends.

A case involving a Merkel Middle School football coach accused of delivering a paddling that left welts and bruises on the buttocks of at least one player will soon be in the hands of Taylor County's district attorney.

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hicks of Merkel announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelle Denise Hicks to Derreck Zachary Ratcliff, son of Mr.

Severe storms brought high winds and driving rains to parts of the Big Country on Thursday.

Calling Party stated two people had been thrown from a wagon being pulled by a horse.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Clyde rancher James McCarty watches the cattle come through the gate on Aug.