Eastland County News

Career: Program manager for the city of Abilene Senior Citizens Division from 1973 until his retirement from the city in 2002.

By JEAN HAYWORTH A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the Citizens National Bank Gold Room Tuesday, July 1 for a presentation by candidate Brenda Gray, assistant district attorney of Eastland County, who is ...

A Bandera boy killed in a weekend hit-and-run accident was laid to rest Wednesday as police continued investigating an Eastland County teenager suspected in the crash.

“Each state files for the funds under a competitive process.”

Police, fire departments are making the upgrade Equipment improvements in store By Celinda Emison Monday, April 28, 2008 Homeland Security Regional Grants - Individual Grants to Jurisdictions within the ... via Abilene News-Headlines

“Boats and camera men rescued those in need of help. They made pictures too but there was no T.V. then to publicize it to all the world.”

Discerning antiquarians of Eastland county remind us that major floods wax and wane on the Leon River about every 20 years. via Abilene Reporter-News

“It was more than likely a heart attack.”

By Charles G. Anderson Sr. Special to Reporter-News Friday, April 25, 2008 Eric Byrdsong-Nelson Eric Byrdsong-Nelson Eric Byrdsong-Nelson, an 18-year-old student at Cisco Junior College, drowned Thursday ... via Abilene Reporter-News

WEDNESDAY MORNING

The day will start out much the same as the past two mornings... warm and muggy! It will be mostly cloudy in the morning and there may even be a few spots of drizzle. Temperatures will start in the low 70's and warm into the upper 70's by lunchtime.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING

We will see a few breaks in the clouds and that will allow temperatures to warm into the mid 80's. It will once again be very warm and sticky.

A weak front to the north and a dry line to the west will be the focus of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. I expect severe storms to develop west near Abilene in the afternoon along the dry line. Read more

By Lacie Morrison lmorrison@mineralwellsindex.com PALO PINTO - Approximately seven months after being discovered in a house-to-house search in Palo Pinto, a Port Aransas man pleaded guilty to an enhanced felony ... via Mineral Wells Insider

Winning painting: Senior painting major Ashley Almonte won the Best of Show award for her painting, "Idea No. via Abilene Reporter-News

Defendants' backgrounds * Helen Golay , 77, was born Helen Salisbury in Eastland County, Texas, and grew up between relatives' homes and foster care. via Los Angeles Times

NorTex Gas Storage Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Falcon Gas Storage Company, Inc., today announced that it will hold a binding open season for firm gas storage and transportation services at its Hill-Lake Gas ... via Earth Times

Higher education funding in Texas is not created equal. While years have been spent trying to come up with an equitable public school finance plan, the funding for community colleges has become more the ... via MySanAntonio.com

“We hope for healing and the well-being of the victim and his family”

A man who accused two Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese priests of abusing him when he was a teenager has tentatively agreed to an out-of-court financial settlement, his lawyer said Thursday.

Terms of the settlement will not be disclosed, said his Dallas attorney, Tahira Khan Merritt.

The man, who is currently in a prison mental facility, said in two lawsuits that he was abused beginning when he was 13 by the Rev. James Hanlon and the Rev. Thomas Teczar. The men, at different times, led St. Rita's Catholic Church in Ranger, about 90 miles west of Fort Worth. Read more

Violation of probation, unauthorized absence from a community corrections facility: Anthony Dean Atwood, 19, of Midland was arrested Tuesday by Midland County deputies at the Eastland County Jail on a charge of ... via My West Texas

The weather today is HORRIBLE Winds are a-gusting at>40mph from the North and when I peek outside, I see our lawn chairs and even the lawn table strewn all over the place, looking very sad. via My Adventures in the US of A

Astronomy at your fingertips Let me start by saying that I do not know what most people of north central Texas saw and reported as a UFO last week. via Earth & Sky

Sesquicentennial: On Monday, Retamay Gaines, 90, of Coleman accepted the honor of becoming the honorary chairwoman for the sesquicentennial event for 2008. via Abilene Reporter-News

Four Eastland County residents were injured Sunday morning when a pick-up truck collided with an ambulance en route to an emergency, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. via Report news

Thr First National Bank, Cisco, Texas, the site of the robbery, is pictured. Members of the posse pose at the jail in Graham where three robbers were placed after a weekend manhunt. via Times Record News