McMurry University News

The online Urban Dictionary defines "turkey drop" as the time when college freshmen break up with their hometown high school sweethearts on their first holiday vacation back home, usually Thanksgiving.

Dyess AFB families with a loved one previously deployed or impending deployment by May 31 are invited to be guests of the Abilene Philharmonic at the matinee performance of its Christmas Celebration V Pops Concert on Dec.

At the beginning of the fall semester, a call for entries went out to schools of higher education throughout Texas.

Abilene authors continue to write and publish books covering an interesting variety of topics and styles, from recipes, essays and poems to etiquette, history and culture.

William Newton Short, 66, of Abilene, lovingly known as Dr. Short by many, was called home by his Heavenly Father on Friday, November 13, 2009.

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? The Texas AgriLife Extension Service - Taylor County offers a two-part webinar series, focusing on small acreage horticultural crops, for anyone considering going into business growing horticultural crops.

St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech St., celebrates its centennial this weekend with special services.

St. Paul Methodist Church celebrated its 100-year anniversary with none other than John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.

Abilene Christian University officials don't just expect next fall's freshmen class to break this year's record.

Bruce Kreitler, owner of Broken Willow Tree Service based in Abilene, will present "Planning, Planting and Growing Successful Big Country Trees" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the second floor auditorium at the main branch of the Abilene Public Library.

For the first time in the history of Abilene, an international president-elect of Rotary was the featured speaker at a World Polio Day Dinner hosted by the seven Rotary Clubs located in the Abilene area on Oct.

Abilene Independent School District officials are contemplating what to do next after voters soundly defeated a bond election for a Career Tech High School Tuesday.

While today's ballot includes 11 state constitutional amendments, most voters report the item drawing them to the polls was the $25 million bond issue to build a Career Tech High School in the Abilene Independent School District.

Dr. Beverly Lenoir, McMurry University's vice president for academic affairs, has announced she will retire on Jan.

The recipients of scholarships awarded by the Hardin-Simmons University Ex-Cowgirls Association are Rachel Newman, Hayley Thaxton, Brent Ashmore and Cynthia Parker Brennan.

Walker Norvell decorates his home on South 17th Street for a zombie-themed Halloween party, Tuesday, Oct.

Education: BA Communication & Psychology McMurry University; Currently enrolled in Master of Science in Clinical Practice Management Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Who is the person who most influenced you in business? I think my biggest influence has been my current supervisor Zane Dennis.

Texansa role in the 1863 campaign to defend Vicksburg will be examined in a seminar to be held in Abilene on Nov.

The vision for the Village Church goes back a long way - perhaps as far as 1986 when the Rev.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Abilene Independent School Board Trustee Samuel Garcia exits Patricia Snow's AP World History class Thursday, where his son is a student at Abilene High School.