Haskell County News

Wanda Lynn Thurman, 85 of Baird, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at her son's home. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 3, 2009 at the Eula Baptist Church with Estell Brewer officiating.

Joseph Luther Toliver, Jr., 85, of Haskell passed away Sunday, June 28, 2009. Services will be held at 10 am, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Cornerstone Fellowship Baptist Church in Haskell with Brother Morris Johnson and Brother Troy Culpepper officiating.

Wilton Weise, Sr., 83, of Haskell, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 29, 2009, 10 am at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Haskell.

Residents of Rule felt the brunt of a tornado that swept through the Big Country late Saturday afternoon.

A sheriff's deputy reported a brief tornado Wednesday evening in a rural area of western Haskell County, the National Weather Service and dispatchers said.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to rule that a Ten Commandments monument on the Haskell County Courthouse lawn is unconstitutional, the attorney representing Haskell County commissioners says.

Donald H. Flanary, 81, of Paris died suddenly on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at his residence.

Cleanup: A citywide cleanup day will be held Saturday in Anson. Large rollaway trash bins will be available.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 05.13.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Tuesday, May 12, 2009 ABILENE Youth football: A sign-up session for players and cheerleaders 5 to 12 for the All-Texas Youth Football League will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the old Toys "R" Us at 3850 Ridgemont Drive.

One vote really can make a difference. That's what Stamford residents are realizing this week after a $7 million school bond election to build a new middle school, among other projects, passed Saturday by a vote of 214 to 213.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 05.07.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Thursday, May 7, 2009 ALBANY Walk/Run: Shackelford County Community Resource Center will hold the Fandangle 5000 Walk/Run at 8 a.m. June 27 at the courthouse in Albany.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Long-awaited rain could make appearance in Big Country By Celinda Emison Saturday, May 2, 2009 The potential for severe weather is expected to continue through the weekend, forecasters from the National Weather Service in San Angelo said Friday.

Testing: People who are no longer enrolled in Texas public schools but who have not passed all sections of the exit-level TAKS or TAAS assessments may retake sections not mastered at sessions that will be held at 8 a.m. each day from Tuesday through May 1 at Abilene and Cooper high schools.

Well No. 3. Field: BBB&C Block 3 . Location: Three miles northwest of May, in Section 22, Block 3 of the BBB&C RR survey.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 04.14.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Monday, April 13, 2009 COLEMAN Ground breaking: A ground-breaking ceremony for the new 20-bed Alzheimer's Home was held Monday at the home's future location just west of the Holiday Hill Nursing Home in Coleman.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 04.08.09 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 ABILENE Diabetes education: A free diabetes education seminar will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. April 18 at Royal Estates at 6565 Central Park Blvd.

The highlight of our MizC's week was having lunch at Cypress Street Station with David Waldrop and Lisa Ard, who introduced her to visitors from California John Robinson, owner of RKO Studios, the most important film studio in the Golden Age of Hollywood; and Jason Pape, who told about his travels as an actor with Cirque du Soleil and other ...

Dwight Campbell Key, 87, died Friday, March 27, 2009, at the Munday Nursing Center.

Deputy Patrick Bradford, center, and John Mahan, right, hold on to Jody Voyles after Voyles escaped from the Haskell County sheriff during a stop in Graham on Monday.

Dwight Campbell Key, 87, died Friday, March 27, at the Munday Nursing Center in Munday, Texas.