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Brownwood volleyball advancing to state championship game

1 hour 12 min ago
Brownwood volleyball team wins; advances to state championship round

DRI's Christmas bells

1 hour 37 min ago
DRI's Bell Peppers will perform Dec. 11 at the Abilene Civic Center.

Abilene fugitive Danny Lott is caught

3 hours 57 min ago
A fugitive from federal justice with ties to the Abilene area was apprehended Friday in Lewisville.

Danny Randell Lott, 46, was arrested without incident at a town house where he had been staying with an acquaintance, U.S. Marshal Chance Ferguson said in a news conference.

Nancy Jones leaving Community Foundation of Abilene

4 hours 3 min ago
Nancy Jones, the only chief executive the Community Foundation of Abilene has had in its 22 years, is leaving effective March 1, the foundation announced this afternoon.

Abilene unemployment rate remains stable

4 hours 14 min ago
While Abilene's unemployment rate remained stable, Texas' unemployment rate increased to 5.6 percent in October, up half a percentage point from the previous month.

Teen kills self live on webcam

4 hours 44 min ago
A South Florida college student killed himself by overdosing on drugs in front of a live online audience as some computer users egged him on, some debated his method, and others tried to talk him out of it.

Albany girls suffer first loss: in state semifinals

6 hours 50 min ago
Albany's volleyball season ended a day short of its goal as the previously unbeaten Lady Lions (43-1) lost to Iola (39-3) 25-17, 25-16, 22-25, 25-14 in the Class-A state volleyball tournament semifinals at Strahan Coliseum.

Mukasey better after collapse

7 hours 8 min ago
Attorney General Michael Mukasey was given "a clean bill of health" and hoped to check out of the hospital after extensive medical tests following his collapse, the Justice Department said today.

Nebraska limits safe-haven law to 30-day-old infants

7 hours 41 min ago
Nebraska lawmakers have approved adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that resulted in 35 children -- including teenagers as old as 17 -- being abandoned at state hospitals.

Choking game can be fatal

7 hours 44 min ago
Kris Marceno was an actor, a singer, a bright student with a wide circle of friends. But on Nov. 2, he died alone while playing a dangerous game:He strangled himself in an apparent attempt to get a high.

Robber apologizes during holdup

7 hours 44 min ago
A thief who robbed a general store apologized to the owner and left the single dollar bills behind so workers on the next shift would have something in the till.

Attorney general collapses

8 hours 53 min ago
Attorney General Michael Mukasey was feeling better today after collapsing during a speech, a spokeswoman said, reporting that hospital medical tests showed no signs of a stroke or cardiac-related problem.

Pirates making $150M a year

9 hours 32 min ago
Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year, Kenya's foreign affairs minister said today, calling on ship owners not pay when their vessels are hijacked.

Abilene Police: Wait! 16 traffic violations are too many?

9 hours 42 min ago
Officer Tommy Bryant stopped a vehicle in the 2400 block of Westmoreland. Officer Bryant contacted the driver, a 48-year-old white male, and during the investigation, the subject was found to have 16 local traffic warrants for his arrest.

'Cats, Buffs take rivalry to playoffs

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:27
Jonathan Ferguson knows quite a bit about the rivalry between Abilene Christian University and West Texas A&M.

Author and former foster child speaks

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:13
Ten years in the foster care system gave Ashley Rhodes-Courter a perfect opportunity to become an advocate for children fighting to not be forgotten.

Today's Sports Calendar 11.21.08

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:00
Today's area sports events

Bowman staying busy for Cooper

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:00
Tommy Bowman has been a busy guy lately.

Today's Sports on the Air 11.21.08

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:00
Today's sports on TV, radio

Sports digest 11.21.08

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:00
Rangers trade Mayberry