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In under nine months, the Abilene Hookah Lounge, located just north of downtown, has been the site of four shootings, leaving ...
As in Friday’s flooding, in 1987, five to 10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the Guadalupe River basin. In Hunt, Texas, where the Guadalupe River forks, over seven inches had fallen ...
Join the fun in Abilene this Fourth of July with parades, fireworks, and the laid-back Festival by the Lake, perfect for ...
“I wish we’d moved here ten years earlier,” is a refrain you’ll hear so often in Sweetwater that it might as well be the unofficial town motto, right behind whatever the actual motto is (which I’m ...
Perhaps no other architect has left a more lasting impact on the City of Abilene than Jimmy Tittle. In his decades of service ...
New to the CALF this year was Lucas Miller, the Singing Zoologist, juggler Bruce Manners, the Stilt Walkers, and musical ...
The 2025 CALF got a leg up on last year's festival. In 2024, visitors from 156 Texas cities were represented at the Children's Art & Literacy Festival. This year that number jumped to 165.
Large crowds greeted author and illustrator Matt Phelan who was honored over the weekend at Abilene's signature Children's Art and Literacy Festival.
Costumes, characters and kids converge for Abilene's CALF downtown Kickoff party replaced parade for the first time this year at CALF Ronald W. Erdrich Abilene Reporter-News 0:00 ...
But no matter how much you love Austin, Dallas, Beaumont, Muleshoe, Borger, Lufkin, or even Waskom, there will be a time when you want to get away. Most of us do that every year during Spring Break.
Last Energy, a Washington D.C.-based startup, plans to build 30 “micro” nuclear power plants an hour north of Abilene in response to “overwhelming demand” from data centers in Texas over ...
ABILENE, Texas — Families looking for budget-friendly fun this Spring Break can head to Abilene Public Library branches for a week of free activities from March 10-15. With 45 events planned across ...