Sweetwater News

Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development recently sponsored a tour of the Buzzi Unicem USA plant for a Sweetwater manufacturing group.

Two ordinances were read and approved during Tuesday's meeting of the Sweetwater City Commission at City Hall.

Eric and Mindy von Atzigen, Pastors at Emmanuel Fellowship Church in Sweetwater, recently returned from a 10-day mission trip to Croatia, Macedonia and Albania.

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The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 9 a.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. today: a JOSE CASTRO, 42, transient, was arrested Sunday on a charge of public intoxication.

Cicada shells are usually a sign that summer has arrived and that the insects have burst onto our summer scene in Texas, but rarely does one get the chance to witness the process as it happens.

Today will be partly sunny with a high near 85. Winds will be from the east at 5 to 10 mph.

Security Finance in Sweetwater, located at 1103 Lamar Street, will host a Customer Appreciation Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday.

Aida Pantoja and Andrea Mendez of Sweetwater visit with Jerry Peters Pro-Life Director of the Diocese of San Angelo and his wife.

A tornado blasts through a mobile-home park near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Watching from a quarter mile away, Peter Willing took this photograph just before rushing to his basement; he lived to tell the story.

TSTC Sweetwater is hosting six summer camps this week, June 3-6, for students entering the fourth through seventh grades.

Alfonso Arevalo of Sweetwater pled guilty to three counts during 32nd Judicial District Court proceedings on Monday.

By spelling the words 'novillero' and 'temblor' correctly, Sweetwater sixth-grader Kara Lehnert advanced past the third round of the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. this week.

Ricky Cunningham, a five-year Brookshire's Grocery Company employee, has been named store director at Brookshire's located at 501 E. Broadway in Sweetwater.

Due in part to federal regulations, the lunch prices within Sweetwater ISD will see an increase this fall.

Sixteen WASP arrived in Sweetwater on Saturday for the ninth annual WASP Homecoming at the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, at Avenger Field.

Two West Texas natives are hoping to make a name for themselves in the world of writing, all while using Sweetwater as the backdrop for their most recent book.

Barry Windham knew when he first set foot in a pro wrestling ring that he had some mighty big shoes to fill.

Willie James retired as a reserve officer with the Sweetwater Police Department on Monday.

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain, U. S. Army Air Force Serial No. 42-32832, shown above, will be at Avenger Field in Sweetwater on Saturday as part of the WASP Homecoming.