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YAHOO! Around the Big Country 09.04.08 Reporter-News staff report Wednesday, September 3, 2008 COLEMAN COUNTY Attorney candidate: Joe Lee Rose recently filed a declaration of write-in candidacy for the position ...

YAHOO! Around the Big Country 09.03.08 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 ABILENE Grandparents' conference: New School Year -- New Opportunities, a free informational event for grandparents raising grandchildren, will ...

Layem 'Down Racing's Lady Hi Teck rallied from fourth at the top of the stretch, edged clear in the final furlong, and repelled a determined challenge from Merl Gerl Too to win the fifth race on Sunday at Lone ...

Shakespeare Dallas opened its summer season last weekend with an unbalanced staging of one of the Bard's great tragedies, Othello , directed by Raphael Parry.

Musician needs votes: Abilene native David Frush has advanced to the second round of the independent Christian artists Battle of the Bands, presented annually by the Gospel Music Association and ... via Abilene Reporter-News

The Big Dipper is probably the night sky's most familiar star pattern, and it's no wonder. via Waco Tribune-Herald

Updated: Apr 19, 2008 10:21pm The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for your help as they look for the driver they say is responsible for injuring one man and killing two women early Saturday morning ... via KCEN

“This brings families together.”

Herald/SARAH MOORE KUSCHELL Walkers head out during the fourth annual Great Strides walk of the Central Texas Chapter for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at West Temple Community Park on Saturday. via Killeen Daily Herald

A State of Texas historical marker will be dedicated at the grave of historian Mary Jane Gentry in Strawn, Texas, on Sat., April 19, at 11 a.m. She passed away in 1996 and was laid to rest in the family plot in ... via North Texas e-News

“We see each other a lot both here and in Waco (Elm Mott's Heart O' Texas Speedway) and we help each other a lot. If either of us needs something, the other will give it to them. It's kind of like a teammate deal.”

By Kevin Posival Killeen Daily Herald Kenny Ware started the IMCA Southern Sports Modifieds feature three rows back while track champion Keith White and Eric Tomlinson saddled up next to each other in row four. via Killeen Daily Herald

“This is a lifelong commitment”

By Kevin M. Smith Killeen Daily Herald Killeen residents can expect to see more police patrolling downtown. via Killeen Daily Herald