Shackelford County News

No official boundaries have been drawn. No negotiations have begun to purchase property from landowners.

The city of Abilene is turning to Plan B for the site of the proposed $222.7 million Cedar Ridge Reservoir after gypsum was found at the original site, making it unsuitable for constructing a dam.

A number of special 4-H members were recognized at the Gold Star Award banquet held Nov.

Officials in Moran evacuated several homes Friday night after a man wanted for federal explosives, weapons and drug violations had been reported in the area.

A two-year-old Shackelford County girl reported missing this afternoon, was found at 2:35 p.m. sheriff's office officials reported.

Breckenridge Cemetery employees Gordy Gordon, left, and John Trigg Sr. place the casket in the burial plot, which was donated by the city of Breckenridge.

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.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Fires in Coleman, Shackelford out By Celinda Emison Sunday, August 30, 2009 As of Sunday night, the Texas Forest Service reported that two major grass fires, in Shackelford and Coleman counties, were out.

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

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

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

Dr. Al Kincheloe knows all about the plight of the uninsured. He oversees a host of Big Country clinics for the uninsured, the low-income and others, and Kincheloe thinks a national health care plan would be positive - if it's set up right.

Two area community health clinics will share more than $800,000 from the federal stimulus package to boost health care for low-income patients.

Opinions vary on whether President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is a viable solution to problems that plague what most agree is a broken system.

For 15 years, Susan Jones, a registered nurse from Albany, has moved mountains to make sure primary health care is accessible to residents in the Big Country.

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.