Miles News

Leo "Murrel" Loudamy, 90, of Big Spring, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, in a local nursing home.

When ecologist Mark Simmons stands on a well-kept lawn, he can appreciate its beauty and the tingle of close-cropped grass under bare feet.

Shawn Regan, a medical technologist at North Runnels Hospital in Winters, runs a series of tests on blood samples drawn from patients Tuesday.

A traffic stop in the parking lot of Caddo Street Grill on Friday led to the arrest of one man on a charge of possession of marijuana.

Two people are in intensive care after a car crash around 9 p.m. Tuesday on Northwest 13th Street in Sulphur.

Roscoe will host a line-up of bands Saturday, July 4, for their Independence Day celebration, leading up to a fireworks show at around 9:30 p.m. The first band on stage across from City Hall on Cypress Street will be a group of Roscoe natives reunited under the name from their high school days, Purple Spirit.

Wilton Weise, Sr., 83, of Haskell, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 29, 2009, 10 am at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Haskell.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHERN SAN SABA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND ...

Dearly departed Cadillac Fraf left behind a trove of songs. Though primarily a solo performer, Fraf also fronted a band, The Mockingbird Cartel , basically an ensemble vehicle for his songs about life in the Great In-Between: in between jobs, loves, life and death.