Tuscola News

News YAHOO! Tastes like summer: Texas helps feed thirst for the season's fun-time fruit By Celinda Emison Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Melon tidbits - Texas grows about 40,000 acres of watermelons each year, ...

“I certainly was disappointed we did not make the final selection”

BY DAVID J. LEE The Department of Energy's plan for spending up to $1.3 billion on multiple smaller FutureGen-like clean-coal power plants is something Odessa's just not interested in. via Odessa American Online

“That just boggles my mind that the commissioners simply didn't know the tax code and granted millions of dollars in abatements.”

Lawsuit brought against Taylor County Commissioners Court for tax abatements By Kyle Peveto Monday, April 28, 2008 Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Taylor County wind turbines spin in the distance as a ... via Report news

DEAR READERS: With grocery and gas prices going up, we all need to try to save wherever we can. via Akron Beacon Journal

“I think the Lord might be telling me something”

Daniel Walton with O'Bar Wrecker Service hooks up a tractor trailer that was blown over by the high winds at a rest area on Hwy. via Abilene Reporter-News

Dear Readers: With grocery and gas prices going up, we all need to try to save wherever we can. via Hartford Courant

“Wind energy just doesn't work like everyone says it does.”

Dale Rankin A Tuscola rancher's involvement with a lawsuit against a wind energy company will be the topic of an upcoming segment on NBC's "Today" show, which is focusing on Earth Day. via Abilene Reporter-News

The Abilene Music Teachers Association will present student competition and composition winners, student piano ensembles and teacher piano ensembles on 12 pianos at the 17th Annual Showcase Concert at 7:30 p.m. ... via Abilene Reporter-News

'Gov. Rick Perry Tuesday appointed Christopher DeCluitt of Waco as chairman of the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors. via KWTX

In response to Maria Griffith's letter about the picture of the bull on Names and Numbers, what were you looking at? Since you obviously didn't understand the picture, I'll explain a little about the sport of ... via Abilene Reporter-News

“Now we'll have a place to go to buy whatever we need besides milk and bread. We desperately need it.”

Super S Foods will be opening a full-line grocery store here in May across from Jim Ned High School. via Abilene Reporter-News

“Don't let this be three people talking and the rest of you hanging out”

By Brien Murphy Saturday, March 1, 2008 Reporter-News photos by Nellie Doneva Yvonne Keith, left, and other actors rehearse a scene in "The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler that is based on interviews with more ... via Report news

“Any vehicles that are tall or top heavy could be affected by high winds.”

Abilene: 54 mph Albany: 45 mph Anson: 47 mph Baird: 44 mph Haskell: 47 mph Tuscola: 44 mph Winters: 40 mph Source: KTXS Three-Day Forecast TODAY: Sunny, high in the mid-60s, winds gusting to 45 mph; low in the ... via Abilene Reporter-News

“It was the issue of making sure we could adequately serve our own students”

Swedish foreign exchange student Vicky Gunnarsson, left, cooks Swedish pancakes for her host family Thursday evening. via Abilene Reporter-News

Kenny and Dorothy West of Tuscola, Texas, proudly announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Katie Marie, to Justin Dale Sekula, the son of Gerald and Lillian Sekula of Falls City. via The Wilson County News

“Texas vacationists saw 'shrimp boats a-comin',' explored Rio Grande Valley”

Highway 83 through the Rio Grande Valley has been described as "the longest main street in the world" since at least the 1930s. via The Big Apple

“I'm as disappointed as everybody is”

Although let down by losing out Tuesday on a nearly $2 billion power plant project, state and locally officials found comfort by commending a passionate, nearly four-year effort to bring the FutureGen power ... via Odessa American Online

“Everybody I know has called me, I think”

Officials in Odessa and Jewett were anxiously awaiting word on whether either town will be the site for FutureGen, a more than $1.5 billion prototype coal-fired power plant. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Staff Report CBS 7 News ODESSA, TEXAS - Taking a look at what each town must deliver in order to facilitate the proposed FutureGen plant, here is a rundown of what advantages each site has to offer. via KOSA

“I'm in as big a hurry as (the developers) are”

Developers of a $1.5 billion experimental low-pollution power plant said Wednesday they are ready to announce whether it will be built in Illinois or Texas, despite an unexpected letter from their federal ... via El Paso Times