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Kids Are All Right: Girl Scouts honor 12 Women of Distinction

Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains recognized 12 women as Women of Distinction at a banquet in Lubbock earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Texas, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro, Odessa, TX

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Report news

Oil report

New drill: Clavo Oil, LLC will drill Well No. 104 on the Ray Green 2295 lease, 2.01 miles north of Putman, in the Callahan County Regular field.

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Related Topix: Eastland County, TX, Texas, West, TX, Fisher County, TX, McCaulley, TX

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Bigamy charges against Texas sect leader dismissed

Bigamy charges against the leader of the House of Yahweh religious sect in West Texas have been dropped as part of a plea agreement.

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Related Topix: Texas, West, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law, 9

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Bigamy charges against leader of House of Yahweh dismissed

By STEVE CAMPBELL Bigamy charges against West Texas sect leader Yisrayl Hawkins were dismissed Thursday after the head of the House of Yahweh pleaded no contest to four cases involving child-labor violations, the Callahan County attorney announced.Hawkins, 74, was scheduled to go on trial Nov.

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Related Topix: West, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Parker County, TX

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Amarillo.com

Life's a piece of cake

Boatwright stands with his birthday cake. Matt Strasen / Amarillo Globe-News Walter Boatwright, right, is congratulated by his grandson-in-law, John Sanderson, after San- derson helped lead a group of friends and family in singing "Happy Birthday" on Saturday at Potter House, where Boatwright celebrated his pending 104th birthday, which is ...

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

KOHM-FM

West Texas sect leader's trial moved

A sect leader's bigamy trial has been moved from Callahan County to Parker County after his lawyers argued that too many people in his home county are prejudiced against him.

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Related Topix: West, TX, Parker County, TX, Weatherford, TX

Fri Oct 09, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Kids Are All Right: Local 4-H members tackle service projects

We are in the middle of national 4-H Week . As a national project, 4-H has designated Saturday as a special day to do community service projects.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Shackelford County, TX, Albany, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tuscola, TX

Wed Oct 07, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Abilene receives good rainfall totals

Abilene has been doused with rainfall totaling from 1 to nearly 2 inches over the past three days, according to precipitation readings measured at Abilene Fire Department stations across the city.

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Related Topix: Weather, Abilene, TX, Fire, Tuscola, TX, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm

Mon Sep 28, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Abilene Police & Fire Blotter

Earl Tharone Dean, 29, was arrested and charged with sexual assault for a May 15 incident in which he allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old female.

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Related Topix: Abilene, TX

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Abilene Reporter-News

Fatal crash in Callahan co.

One person was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle, head on collision Thursday afternoon in Callahan County.

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Related Topix: Cross Plains, TX, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro

Wed Sep 23, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Kids Are All Right: Are you serving youth? Come forth, tell us about it

We are still in a slow part of the year. Several items are gearing up, and some have already passed.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Abilene, TX, Baird, TX, Abilene Metro

Sat Sep 19, 2009

ReporterNews.com

No headline - oil_report

New drill: Minuteman Energy, LLC will drill two 2,000' wells on the Minuteman-Carr lease, two miles northwest of Brookesmith, in the Brown County Regular, Brown County Regular and Wildcat fields.

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Related Topix: Brookesmith, TX, Cross Plains, TX, Strawn, TX, Truby, TX, Noodle, TX

Wed Sep 16, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Hawkins seeking change of venue

Attorneys for House of Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins, set to stand trial for bigamy, argued for a change of venue during a pretrial hearing in the 42nd District Court in Baird Wednesday.

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Related Topix: 9

Sun Sep 13, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Hutchison makes Abilene visit

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison speaks to a group at the Taylor-Jones-Haskell County Medical Society about health care reform during a stop in Abilene Saturday, Sept.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Haskell County, TX

Tue Aug 11, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Girl paints her face, wins Best of Show honors

Hannah Capraa s photo named Best of Show at the 4-H State Roundup. For the third year in a row, Hannah Capra has had one of her photographs named Best of Show at the 4-H State Roundup, held in College Station in June.

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Related Topix: Buffalo Gap, TX, Cross Plains, TX, Photography, Arts, Cameras, School of Visual Arts

Thu Aug 06, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Girl paints her face, wins Best of Show honors

Hannah Capraa s photo named Best of Show at the 4-H State Roundup. For the third year in a row, Hannah Capra has had one of her photographs named Best of Show at the 4-H State Roundup, held in College Station in June.

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Related Topix: Buffalo Gap, TX, Cross Plains, TX, Photography, Arts, Cameras, School of Visual Arts

Tue Aug 04, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Special Report: Autopsies, causes of death unreliable

If you have a weak heart, don't skip a beat in Haskell County. People who die in Haskell County are 31 percent more likely to die from heart disease than their neighbors an hour's drive to the south in Taylor County.

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Related Topix: Haskell County, TX, Texas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sun Aug 02, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Special Report: Autopsies, causes of death unreliable

If you have a weak heart, don't skip a beat in Haskell County. People who die in Haskell County are 31 percent more likely to die from heart disease than their neighbors an hour's drive to the south in Taylor County.

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Related Topix: Haskell County, TX, Texas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sat Aug 01, 2009

ReporterNews.com

No headline - oil_report

1 to 1,375' on the Newton Heirs lease, three miles east of Cross Cut, in the Wildcat and Brown County Regular fields.

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Related Topix: Brown County, TX, Brookesmith, TX, Marble Falls, TX, Putnam, TX, Caddo, TX

Wed Jul 22, 2009

ReporterNews.com

Overturned semi on Interstate 20 reportedly kills 1 in Clyde

The Clyde Police Department is investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 20.

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