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Reporter-News photo by Nellie Doneva Kaleb Hellums lifts 140 pounds at the Wylie High School Doghouse.

YAHOO! Wind turbines being seen as smart idea for schools Area districts hope to cut energy costs By Doug Myers Wednesday, July 9, 2008 It's up and about to begin running -- a towering wind turbine capable of ...

Courtesy photo The Lone Star Ladies -- a women's riding drill team from the Big Country -- wait for the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo Parade to begin Jan.

June is National Dairy Month. This means we can pile on the cheesecake and double up on the cookies and milk, right? Wrong.

The dogs were hot and the watermelons cold as families gathered Sunday for fun, music and games on the final day of the annual Boerne Berges Fest.

Its now one step closer for a Portuguese company to begin a wind turbine manufacturing plant in San Angelo.

The tall, quiet man said he never talked about the war until the phone call. "Nobody every asked me about it," the 90-year-old World War II veteran said.

Texas Burro Rescue began with a bang. When employees of Big Bend Ranch State Park began thinning the herds of wild burros in the park with a rifle, the neighbors got upset.

By Doug Myers Friday, May 16, 2008 Scot Goen is banking that the wind will blow -- and that it will blow enough to turn the 72-foot blades of a 180-foot-tall wind turbine enough to cut the Ballinger Independent ...

Please accept my heap of praise for your simply great coverage of the Big Country students participating in the UIL state academic meet in Austin last weekend. via Abilene Reporter-News

“The number of issues that voters had to consider was high and its easier to vote no all the way down”

AISD officials consider their next move By Kristi Hsu Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Recounts and Runoffs Aspermont It will not be known if there will be a recount for the following race until May 19. via Abilene Reporter-News

“Finally, he said, 'If you're going to plant grapes, I am, too.' ”

On May 10, 2006, a hailstorm hit Yoakum County, on the state line southwest of Lubbock, pelting Neal and Janice Newsom's place outside Plains with hailstones the size of tennis balls. via Dallas Morning News

“As a graduate student, you automatically have to do some teaching. I began teaching art and I loved it”

Sweetwater Middle School seventh and eighth grade students of Coby Hamlin will have artwork on display at the County-City Library throughout the month of May. via Sweetwater Reporter

“The committee was concerned about nighttime safety for our extracurricular people and the extra expense of driving eight miles out of town just to refuel.”

By Doug Myers Saturday, May 3, 2008 Freezing taxes for older homeowners, approving bond packages to improve schools and enacting sales taxes for economic development are among issues facing voters when they go ... via Abilene Reporter-News

“The number of students going to state reflects on our UIL program and how seriously we take everything”

Standard-Times photo by Patrick Dove The Ballinger High School one act play cast runs through the final scene of The Imaginary Invalid. via Abilene Reporter-News

“The coyote put the vehicle in drive, ran into the woods. Everybody in the cab took off running”

A vehicle confiscated by police is up for auction. Again. A La Joya police officer caught a smuggler transporting 16 illegals. via KRGV

April 22, 2008 1937-2008 Judith Ann Mints, 70, of Ballinger, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2008, in an Abilene hospital. via The Wilson County News

“You have to get good at it, know how to set the lamb up and brace him”

Two members of the Blooming Grove FFA swept top honors in the Lamb Division of the 2008 Navarro County Youth Expo held Tuesday at the Exposition Center. via Corsicana Daily Sun

“The rain just caused problems all night because it was coming down hard at times”

Cherryl Norris, left, brings her mother Edith Watts, right, back to the Windsor after a lunch and hairdo trip as rain falls downtown. via Abilene Reporter-News

Commissioner to recognize past, present and future of Texas agriculture AUSTIN - Agriculture is important to Texas 52 weeks a year, but National Agriculture Week is the time set aside each spring to honor the ... via North Texas e-News