Tye News

Book signing: M. Dennis will sign copies of his new book, "Dream Paladin," at 5 p.m. June 11 at Hastings in Abilene.

Popping firecrackers and shooting fireworks is a fun tradition for many families on the Fourth of July.

The third annual Tye Fourth of July Fireworks Show and Military Appreciation Day will begin at 8 p.m. Friday at Rister Park in Tye.

Nell Rose Futrell Jordan, 87, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at her residence in Tye, Texas.

Tracy Anderson, an Abilene mother of four, says parents should consider cutting back the hours that they allow their children to use technology and instead spend more time together.

* Took steps to prohibit the use of contaminated groundwater beneath properties in the vicinity of 300 Wall St.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich A B-1 bomber flies over the newly dedicated Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene on Monday.

Funeral services for David Glenn Lunceford, Tyler, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday.

The wait isn't over just yet, but officials at the Tye Preston Memorial Library cleared a major hurdle on Sunday toward the opening of a new library to serve the Canyon Lake area.

Sgt. 1st Class Harold Boyd, III, U.S. Army, 36, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

A Georgia man must serve 57 months in prison after what began as an Internet relationship led to him having sex with a 14-year-old girl.

The second of three consecutive but different barrel racing association events will be held this weekend in the horse barn of the Taylor County Expo Center.

Reporter-News Staff Report Originally published 11:15 a.m., March 25, 2009 Updated 11:21 a.m., March 25, 2009 Rain and pea-sized hail have started falling in Abilene as thunderstorms move northeast at 30 mph over the Big Country.

Patty Leslie Pasztor will present the program Native Texas Plants & Their Uses at the annual Meeting of the Heritage Museum of the Hill Country on March 26.

Local YAHOO! Business News Some clubs not paying 'pole tax' State holding money, appealing ruling after fee struck down By Doug Myers Thursday, March 19, 2009 One local strip club is following a 2007 state requirement that such businesses pay a "pole tax" -- a $5 per patron fee.

Ramon Luna DeLeon, 89, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Abilene Funeral Home Chapel of Hope.

During World War II various military installations were constructed all over the United States.

Can you visualize how much $787 billion is? Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Because I was having trouble visualizing how much money $1 billion is, let alone the $700 billion, plus the new $787 billion "stimulus ...

The way Leah Goodwin sees it, she may have been "de-footed," but she hasn't been defeated.

A 19-year-old from Kennesaw, Georgia pleaded guilty in Lubbock federal court. Branden Tye Holden admitted he took a 14-year-old across state lines to have sex with her.