Haskell County News

Tommy Davis, 83, of Lubbock, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 in VistaCare Hospice.

The Big Country became a little bit wetter Tuesday. On a day when 28 local-option elections were being held around the state, voters strongly passed pro-alcohol measures on area ballots: n Nolan County, sale of all alcohol countywide: 1,227 for , 467 against .

Harvest festival: An annual Harvest Festival will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Comanche.

It's hard to fly a kite with cattle, but a 39-year-old Haskell man may have tried to do just that.

A Haskell man has been indicted by the Haskell County grand jury on two felony charges of hindering secured creditors and stealing more than 100 head of cattle.

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Gov. Rick Perry never had much money growing up, and he has spent most of his adult life in public office, drawing a part-time salary as a legislator and relatively modest earnings in statewide office for the last quarter-century. But thanks to his investments and a series of private land deals, some that took advantage of his political ...

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.

Laska Joy Hudson Roberson was born May 16, 1911, to Charles Henry and Maude Frances Hudson in Haskell County .

Your Events YAHOO! Your Events Around the Big Country 8-20-09 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 DESDEMONA Musical: The Desdemona Monthly Musical will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Desdemona Community Center.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement housed about 33,345 people per night in July at facilities across the country.

YAHOO! Special Report: Autopsies, causes of death unreliable Saturday, August 1, 2009 Thomas Hargrove and Trish Choate Scripps Howard News Service If you have a weak heart, don't skip a beat in Haskell County.

Ashton Rutkowski of Haskell compiled enough points Saturday in barrel racing, pole bending and stake racing to win reserve timed event horseman in the finals day at the 47th annual Texas State 4-H Horse Show.

A front that pushed scattered showers through the Big Country on Wednesday came just in time for many cotton farmers, and more showers are on the way, forecasters from the National Weather Service say.

Authorities say three juveniles are in custody on $150,000 bond each for vandalizing and setting fire to a Haskell County elementary school, causing an estimated $400,000 in damage.

Lightning sparked wildfires in several counties as extreme heat and dry conditions continue across the Big Country, despite recent rain storms in some areas.

Firefighters continue battling a series of fires throughout the state, including two large blazes in West Texas.

Sweltering heat and dry conditions fueled several grass fires in Haskell, Shackelford and Throckmorton counties Friday, according to the Texas Forest Service.

Needle exchange programs "are an inexpensive public health intervention, especially when compared with the social costs of treating individuals with HIV or hepatitis-related chronic liver disease," Maureen Trotter, a pathologist and president of the Taylor-Jones-Haskell County Medical Society, writes in the Abilene Reporter 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.