Colorado City News

Herbert and Mary Lois Williams celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday June 13, 2009, with a dinner held in their honor.

The signal lights at the top of the JBS Parkway interchange are now open and the highway is open for drivers.

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

Fresh off strong showings at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in May, McMurry's Hann Ollison and Hardin-Simmons' Ashley Huston were named the American Southwest Conference athletes of the year for the 2008-09 school year Tuesday.

Selling insurance wasn't cutting it for Rex Whitfield. He wanted to return to coaching football.

Nicky Arellano, left, a Graham High School sophomore, and Jeremy Perez, an Olney High School junior, have been chosen as People to People Student Ambassadors and will tour Europe this summer.

Finals. Group projects. Fifteen-page papers. For the average college student, these are the usual grueling tasks that cause immense stress at the semester's end.

By JOHN A. MOSELEY Managing Editor Big Spring's Vietnam Memorial will be the visited by two veterans' motorcycle groups in May, with each group expected to bring hundreds of bikers to the site.

The Plainview Church of Christ of Colorado City will host a special speaker on Sunday.

Susie Tittle of Jacksonville is pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of her daughter, Christy Decker of College Station, to Tristan Hanks of College Station, son of Sherry and Brent Berry of Bastrop, and Gene and Jodi Hanks of Colorado City, Texas.

An early morning crash in Old Colorado City sent four people to the hospital and left Colorado Avenue closed for hours as police investigated.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 04.14.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Monday, April 13, 2009 COLEMAN Ground breaking: A ground-breaking ceremony for the new 20-bed Alzheimer's Home was held Monday at the home's future location just west of the Holiday Hill Nursing Home in Coleman.

C.B. 'Chuck' Coley, a producer/ginner from Vienna, Ga., was re-elected chairman of the American Cotton Producers of the National Cotton Council for 2009 during the NCC annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Coley has served on ACP committees and on NCC committees and task forces.

Don Stewart speaks with an economy of words. But his calmness, the intensity of his gaze, his discipline and the firmness with which he says those few words speak volumes about an officer whose job is to teach other officers how to safely carry a gun and use it effectively.

Joyce Rees Williamson was born July 15, 1924 to Aubrey and Amanda Rees in Hamlin, Texas and passed away on March 18, 2009 at UMC Lubbock, Texas with her loving family by her side.

A teen girl was killed Tuesday afternoon after being trapped in a fire caused by a collision at a 7-11 gas station in Old Colorado City.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 02.25.09 ABILENE Singers needed: The Abilene Community Theatre needs three men for the gospel chorus in its production of "Phantoms of the Opry: or the Last ...

February is Black History Month. It is a time that is meant to remember all the important people and events in our history that have to deal with the African heritage.

Some merchants say they were able to keep Valentine's Day prices to customers at or below those of last year, despite paying more for candy and flowers this year.

The 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. banquet will take place from 6-8 p.m. tonight at the Nolan County Coliseum Annex.