West Texas A&M University News

Pause for Patriotism will have a new location at River Road Park in Kankakee this year and a new president, Rick Kimmel, 52, of Bradley, chairman of Boy Scouts Troop 319 of St.

Meek, a Tulsa native, attended Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., and came to Texas in 2003.

Michael Wilkes will be headed to Roberts County on May 15 to start in his new position as the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent.

Dr. Bruce Brasington, Regents professor of history at West Texas A&M University, has been named a 2013 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.

Mount Vernon Music closes out it's seventh concert season with a Musical Mother's Day on May 12 at 3 P.M. in Mount Vernon Music Hall with the superb music of flutist Helen Blackburn and percussionist Drew Lang.

West Texas A&M University engineering students are working hand-in-hand with B&W Pantex scientists to put the finishing touches on a cheaper, environmentally friendly method of molding plastic parts.

Sigma Nu from West Texas A&M University hosted Rattlesnake Roundup Saturday to raise money for the A.J. Swope Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Just have him and brush him and give him treats. He would be great in pasture with other horses that need a buddy.

Senior nursing students from West Texas A&M University will be conducting health screenings, providing educational materials and distributing flip flops and hygiene items as hosts of a Health Fair for the Homeless from 8 a.m.-noon. Wednesday, April 24 at the Guyon Saunders Resource Center in Amarillo.