Benjamin News

'The Magician' by Michael Scott appears to have cast a spell on Neil Tyler, 11, who was among those attending the Texas Book Festival on Saturday.

Elijah Armenta was born in Amarillo, Texas on June 9, 1925, to Mercedes and Elijah Armenta.

Offer your condolences 1947-2009 Regina 'Maria' Ramirez, 62, of Nixon, Texas, died Thursday, Oct.

What's the first sign that the music industry is in Christmas mode? Why, a bevy of CD releases by familiar, even superstar artists, of course.

Ovalo Baptist Church, three miles south of Tuscola on Highway 83, will host a free concert of Leon Joplin and Clay Jacobs at 6 p.m. Sunday.

"Thirty seconds," Lauren Green warns her classmates as she places padded headphones over her ears.

As temperatures continue to rise into August, be sure to beat the heat and stay cool without burning a hole in your wallet.

As temperatures continue to rise into August, be sure to beat the heat and stay cool without burning a hole in your wallet.

Sustained by a stubborn resolve to live as they feel God commands them, the people of this American-founded outpost in northern Mexico's dry lands find themselves besieged again by mortal menace.

Jose Torres, age 95 years, died peacefully Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at his home after a long illness.

Elmer F. Covey of Nocona, Texas, died on June 11, 2009, at United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls.

There are not many times we thank folks for outrageous acts contrary to the public interest.

Texas Blood Institute will host a blood drive sponsored by Kell West Regional Hospital from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the conference room at Kell West Regional Hospital, 5420 Kell West Blvd.

By Betty Ewalt and Sue Taylor Special to the Progress Very few empty seats remained Sunday at the worship service at Antioch United Methodist Church as members, past members, friends and acquaintances gathered to celebrate 135 years of worship in this country church.

The following local students were among 104 semifinalists in the 2009 Texas Geographic Bee competition in Bedford, near Fort Worth, in April: Sam Fason, a seventh-grader at St.

Victoria Castro and Benjamin Castro with their father, Miguel A. Solano, when he graduated from basic training at Fort Benning, Ga.

MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs affecting the expression of target genes via translational repression or mRNA degradation mechanisms.

A musical experience for anyone who likes pop/rock, electronic/acoustic balladry, classical jazz or even Celtic music can be had Friday evening at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center.

World-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin S. Carson Sr. will deliver the keynote address at Wiley College's 120th commencement exercises May 9. The commencement ceremony will be at 10 a.m. in the Marshall Civic Center, 2501 East End Boulevard South.

The 19th annual Baylor County Agriculture Appreciation Day gave agriculture producers in the area the chance to meet the new grain elevator operator in the area, Gavilon Grain, L.L.C. Gavilon acquired Charlie Myers Grain Elevators in Seymour, Gilliland, Truscott, Red Springs, Benjamin, Wichita Falls, Knox City, Haskell, Weinert and Crowell in late ...