Spring News

Prairie dogs aren't exactly held in the highest regard by those who make a living off the land.

A Spring groom's life ended in a wrecked car Saturday, the day he was supposed to begin life with his bride.

From neighborhood parades to Wacoa s riverside concert and fireworks show to Beltona s annual parade and rodeo to Fort Hooda s spectacular Independence Day celebration, therea s a lot going on Saturday in Central Texas.

A member of the massive Galveston transient population, Scobar-Flores was jailed by officers Dane Goode and Evelyn Urban for burglary of Tony & Bros.

Big Spring Police Dept. News Release June 30, 2009 Big Spring, Texas - Officers responded to Sunset Ridge Apartments, 2911 W. Hwy 80, in reference to shots being fired around 11:50 Monday night.

Dragonfly Embellishments owned by Diana Kristynik and Cindy Hammond at 317 E. Frank hosted a local artist trunk show.

County Attorney Cindy Weir-Nutter says by launching a new Family Violence Unit, she hopes to not only stop the violence but also save lives.

Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott has set off a heated debate after deciding last week to give extra state dollars to a select group of school districts - those that have opted to give homeowners a special tax break.

The kick-off for the Great East Texas Arts Competition was well-attended Thursday afternoon as artists and patrons of the arts gathered at the Marshall Visual Art Center for the announcement of this year's finalists.

Ground-floor space in the Holston condo building has been sold to a Texas firm. 1960 Investment, Inc., bought Unit #101 in the building at 531 Gay Street for $859,000. According to records on file with the county, 1960 Investment hails from The Woodlands, Tex., but the Texas Secretary of State has their address at 24901 Budde Road, in Spring, ...

Two Sweetwater youth, both racing in soap box derby cars sponsored by the Sweetwater Jaycees/Jaycee Rooster organizations, were the recent winners of the 13th annual Texas Midwest Soap Box Derby.

All Texas school districts will get a state funding increase of at least $120 per student this fall, but superintendents already are dialing up talk about another school finance lawsuit to remedy what appears to be a chronic inequity between districts.

Despite tight budgets for many public school districts, at least one in the Houston area is spending thousands of dollars this summer on hotel rooms and meals at local resorts.

Leslee Michele Stone and Christopher Andrew Pennywell were married May 23 at Ashton Gardens in Spring, Texas.

A 2-year-old boy died after falling into a backyard pool in the Spring area early Wednesday afternoon.

Renovating or remodeling your bathroom can seem like a big project. Why not hire someone to remodel your bath area for you? Bathrooms are typically forgotten when it comes to remodeling, but in reality, should be one of the first choices when it comes to sprucing up your home.

City of Big Spring News Release June 17, 2009 Big Spring, Texas - The City of Big Spring Utilities Department has received numerous calls concerning odor in the drinking water supply.

A sheriff's boots are big to fill, but 5-year-old Delaney Starcher was certainly willing to try them on her tiny feet Saturday.

On the day her trial was to begin in U.S. District Court in Lubbock, Texas, Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation member Marie Chavez, aka "Shorty," the wife of an alleged ALKQN leader Jose Nava, aka "Chino," pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment charging her and 16 co-defendants with various offenses related to alleged narcotics and weapons ...

Big Spring PD News Release June 15, 2009 Big Spring, Texas - Around 1:40 this morning Big Spring Police officers responded to 1207 Sycamore in reference to a shooting.