Abilene News

Engaging images of Abilene's thriving art scene grace the pages of Artfully Abilene, a new magazine for the community.

The Abilene call center of Teleperformance USA won't be affected by Ohio layoffs at a similar call center, a company spokesman said.

Do you like museums? If so, then visit The Grace Museum in Abilene, Texas, located at 102 Cypress Street.

An Texas teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a homeless man to death in a trash bin.

Abilene and a few other Big Country cities are growing, some slowly, but growing none-the-less, the 2008 population estimate released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows.

Ila Goodrum, left, looks through the produce as Patsy McNally, right, talks about the size of her zucchini to another customer at the Farmer's Market on Tuesday.

The Fourth of July brings to mind barbecues, family and celebrating America's independence.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Wyatt Robinson stows a construction barricade Monday, June 29, 2009 near Cypress and N. 12th Streets after city crews completed work on Pine Street one block over.

Billy Berry, 50, died Friday, June 26, 2009 at his residence. His services are pending with Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.

Ty Wolosin uses a watering can on a patch of garden after seeding it with salad mix seeds.

The old adage that you can't fight City Hall might just be true - at least in court.

Big Spring Police on Friday arrested an 18-year-old man accused of shooting two teens in late May, killing one.

After a failure to reach an agreement between a developer and residential neighbors for the zoning of a tract of about 84 acres in southeast Abilene, the Abilene City council decided Thursday morning to leave the property as is.

On Wednesday at about 11:20 a.m., Officer Harris was dispatched to a call in the 1800 block of Butternut.

Where: Taylor County Expo Center Round Building and Outdoor Pavilion, 1700 Highway 36.

A $40 million joint venture involving a San Angelo-based steel fabricator will not affect its Abilene operations, a spokesman for Hirschfeld Industries said.

Incident reports released Sunday by the Abilene Police Department: Robbery, 3400 block of Ambler Avenue, Saturday A man tried to leave the convenience store without paying for a 30-pack of beer.

Margie Williams and Lorraine Meja, from left, shop at Desires in the Mall of Abilene.

Q. OK, this will probably end up in your stack of "you've got to be kidding" questions.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Tania McKinney fills up a cup with diet soda at the soda fountain at the Texas Express convenience store at South Leggett Drive and South 1st Street Monday, June 15, 2009.