Jones County News

Reporter-News photo by Nellie Doneva Lola Long will turn 100 on July 4. She lives at the Community Care Center of Stamford.

Hispanic business leaders owe it to past and future generations to get involved in the community, Abilene attorney Sam Reyes told the Hispanic Business Council's annual meeting Thursday evening at the First Financial Bank executive dining room.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 06.09.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Monday, June 8, 2009 ABILENE Grand opening: A grand opening for Tower Tech Systems Inc., a wind tower manufacturing company, will be at 1:45 p.m. today at 1126 N. Arnold Blvd.

Site preparation began this week on the Jones County Intermediate Sanction Facility located on the northeast side of Anson.

Coordinated work between the Gatesville Police Department and the Coryell County Sheriff's Office uncovered a methamphetamine lab in the Gatesville area, leading to the arrest of two people, with a third still on the lam.

Lack of an adequate water supply has temporarily put plans to build a mesquite wood-fueled power plant in Hamlin on hold.

Dewey Crockett Rister, 84, of Avoca, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at his home.

Recital: Frush Music Studio will conduct a Spotlight on the Family Recital at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall at Hardin-Simmons University.

Billie Frances Brown met the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on April 25, 2009.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 03.20.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Thursday, March 19, 2009 ANSON Country musical: A country musical show will be at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Anson Opera House.

Large wildfires in the Abilene area in recent weeks scorched several thousand acres of agricultural land, but they also did some good, assuming some rain falls soon.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 02.25.09 ABILENE Singers needed: The Abilene Community Theatre needs three men for the gospel chorus in its production of "Phantoms of the Opry: or the Last ...

Paul and Mary Lou Reyes celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 21, 2009.

COPsync, Inc. , a software technology provider to law enforcement and emergency service professionals, announced today that it has been commissioned by Jones County Texas to implement the Company's Law ...

Fires raged across 2,500 acres in Jones County on Jan. 22, forcing residents to evacuate their homes.

Senators this week continued to debate the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program and increasing spending by $31.5 billion over the next 41 2 years.

Partly sunny, high near 49, low 37. Northeast wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

As fire crews across the state continue to battle a series of wildfires, Lubbock County Commissioners meet to consider a burn ban for Lubbock County.

Seven homes are believed to have been destroyed by a large brush fire still burning in the shinnery east of Hawley.

Officials warned of a continuing fire threat created by high wind and dry weather Saturday across Texas, where wildfires had destroyed six houses, killed a man and blackened more than 4,500 acres of grassland.