Brown County News

In August 2008, "Operation Pillaging" resulted in 42 warrants being served on 38 suspects allegedly involved in organized crime and methamphetamine offenses.

Minnesota authorities said Friday they were turning to an international law enforcement agency for help finding a woman and her 13-year-old son on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy.

Lake Brownwood will open for recreational use Friday, just in time for Memorial Day weekend, officials at the Brown County Water Improvement District reported.

Lake Brownwood is temporarily closed to recreational traffic due to debris caused from Friday's severe storm.

YAHOO! Towns cleaning up in wake of last round of bad weather By Celinda Emison Monday, May 11, 2009 Three-day forecast Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy.

Damage was widespread throughout Brown County from high winds, hail and heavy rains after a severe storm moved through the area Friday night.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Record heat, tornadoes hit Big Country Reporter-News staff report Originally published 05:15 p.m., May 8, 2009 Updated 10:25 p.m., May 8, 2009 Blistering heat besieged the Big Country on Friday, busting records in Abilene before turning ugly and triggering storms over Brownwood and Early.

A football coach, two girls selling lemonade, a rodeo queen and folks dancing at a honky-tonk are just a few of the characters featured in a new book "American Character: A Photographic Journey," featuring the ...

Early police on Friday arrested 10 women accused of stealing more than 300 items of clothing worth more than $8,500 from Maurice's in the Heartland Mall, according to a news release issued by the police ...

World War II oral history training. When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday Where: Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Museum, 700 E. Adams in Brownwood Sponsors: Texas Historical Commission historians, Baylor University's ...

An Abilene judge appointed to consider a petition to remove Brown County Judge Ray West filed a motion Thursday denying the petition -- but not before the petitioner filed an order to remove the Abilene judge ...

A Brownwood man who filed a lawsuit alleging that longtime Brownwood Mayor Bert Massey violated the city charter by profiting from the sale and purchase of property by the city, withdrew the case during a ...

The day started early, and went long a " and a fair amount happened the first full a oeshowa day of the 57th annual Brown County Youth Fair.

Photo Galleries YAHOO! The Day in Photos, Jan. 7, 2009. E-mail this gallery to a friend Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Tara Glasscock, 8, holds one of her rabbits before the Class I Meat Buck ...

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Sheep supervisor Ricky Marks weighs a lamb during the Brown County Youth Fair stock show in Brownwood Wednesday.

A Brownwood, Texas, doctor who pleaded guilty in October to aggravated sexual assault of a child has been allowed to continue his practice - with restrictions - but state medical board officials could soon ...

A woman who gave birth to her teenage foster son's baby was sentenced to three months in jail and 10 years' probation.

At his worst, Eric "Bodie" Wright drank a 30-pack of beer every day consecutively for six years.