Abbott News

“I stole two lives and I know it was precious to y'all.”

Randall Wayne Mays, meet Betty Lou Beets. On Tuesday, the histories of Mays and Beets became intertwined when Mays was handed a sentence of death by 392nd District Court Judge Carter Tarrance. via Athens Daily Review

Comment?

The Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville, Texas, doesn't have a lot in common with its larger-than-life namesake. via The Austin Chronicle

Comment?

“Parents have a moral and legal obligation to make regular child support payments”

Attorney General seeks public's help finding child support evaders by Attorney General Gregg Abbott Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Child Support Division released a new edition of its Top Ten List of ... via East Texas Review

Comment?

LANGER: Willie Nelson, 75 years old and there's the book that tells the story. It's called "Willie Nelson - An Epic Life." Joe Nick Patalski wrote it and it's the epic life and times of Willie Nelson, Texas ... via News 8 Austin

Comment?

“He is the face of Texas music in all of its many forms whether its blues, country, jazz, folk singer, singer songwriter, Willie is Texas”

He's a Texas icon whose musical career spans six decades. Wednesday is Willie Nelson's 75th birthday and the celebration is well underway. via KVUE

Comment?

Willie Nelson celebrated his 75th birthday on Wednesday in a foreign country with a day away from the stage and the spotlights before a performance Thursday in Oslo, Norway. via CMT.com

Comment?

“He's just deep and spiritual. His mind goes further than most people's minds.”

Willie Nelson's four-CD box set "One Hell of a Ride" distills his 2,500-song career to 100 tracks, both classic and surprising. via Cleveland.com

Comment?

“You go back to where you feel good. It's not really a big surprise to me that I can't wait to get back there again and hang out or ... take off on some of those little roads.”

Willie Hugh Nelson is a transient man. He inherited that quality from his parents, restless people who didn't stay married long and never raised Willie and sister Bobbie before fleeing Abbott, Texas. via WisInfo

Comment?

Joseph Abbott - alias "Joe Weather" - and staff writer Emily Ingram have filed this report about this evening's dramatic storm: Wacoans skirted the worst this afternoon as storms dumped rain and some hail on ... via Waco Tribune-Herald

Comment?

“To make it in this business, you have to find your own style - you can't sound like anybody else.”

So much has been written about him in the past 75 years that we wondered if there was anything left to say. via Texas Monthly

Comment?