Sweetwater News

Area artists Brandon Bohall and Joah Henry teamed up to bring Sweetwater a musical event for Memorial Day weekend.

The summer-long children's ministry, CHAOS, will start on Wednesday night, June 6 at 7 p.m. at 4th and Elm Church of Christ in Sweetwater.

A flag raising ceremony was held at the Nolan County Courthouse on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012, to honor those who have fallen in the line of duty.

This Saturday, May 26, 2012, 21 WASP from all over the United States will be returning to Avenger Field in Sweetwater for Homecoming 2012.

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Shown is Sweetwater ISD's new athletic director Shane Mobley speaking to the local Kiwanis club during their May 9 meeting held at Bee's Decor.

Republican and Democrats will now share polling places. If you are unsure what precinct you live in, please call the County Clerk at 235-2462 or 235-4635 or the Voter Registrar at 235-3271 or 235-3331. From this time forward, Republican and Democrats will share polling places and vote at the locations listed below.

The Big Country Biggest Winner contest awards ceremony took place on Thursday evening, May 17, 2012, at Newman Park.

A worker with GE Wind Services was involved in an industrial accident on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Trent-Mesa Wind Farm, located east of Sweetwater and off of Adrian Road at County Road 131.

Early voting will be held from Tuesday, May 14 to Friday, May 25 at the County Clerk's Office from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nolan County Clerk Pat McGowan wants to remind Republican voters in Nolan, Blackwell, Maryneal and Roscoe that they will be able to cast their ballot in their respective cities on Election Day instead of traveling to Sweetwater to ... (more)

Local Loan and Pawn Shop opened its doors to the community on May 15, 1972. The founder, Bill Haley, began his pawn shop experience several years earlier in 1954 through 1955.

On Saturday, May 12, 2012, at approximately 10:28 p.m. officers of the Sweetwater Police Department were dispatched to the 1900 block of Lamar Street in Sweetwater in reference to a male subject who appeared to have jumped off of the bridge that serves as an overpass to Interstate 20 crossing Lamar Street.

On Friday, May 4, 2012, the Sweetwater sixth grade band followed in the footsteps of the middle school and high school band as they came home with superior ratings at the Clyde Invitational Band Festival.

The National Association of Letter Carriers will be having their annual food drive on Saturday, May 12.

Alon gas pumps will soon be popping up at local 7-11 gas stations. Alon purchased hundreds of 7-11's in the region that sell Fina gasoline.

Two blood drives through the Meek Blood Center will be held in Sweetwater on Thursday, May 10 at the Sweetwater Spine Clinic and the Lions Club building.

This next week, as the nation celebrates National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week, May 6-12, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital will particularly focus on the incredible work nurses and hospital team members provide each day for the community.

U.S. Congressman Randy Neugebauer - representing District 19 of Texas which now covers Nolan County and spans from Lubbock to Abilene - made a stop in Sweetwater on Thursday, May 3, 2012 for a "Coffee with the Congressman" event at JavaJax in downtown Sweetwater.

A Four-Star certification was achieved by Kids Kampus in Sweetwater. The Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas Board recognized local child care providers for achieving Texas Rising Star status at their April Board meeting.