A fast-moving wildfire near the Ventura and Los Angeles county line spread to over 1,500 acres on Aug. 7, triggering evacuations in the area.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Texas rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor ...

A three-day conference on quail management is coming to Abilene in mid-September and will feature a field trip to a local ranch.

The Texas Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Aug. 7, 2025, results for each game: Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Former Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke will hold a town hall at the 201 Mesquite Event Center Sunday afternoon.

Big Country schools are gearing up for their first days of class. Most begin next week but a few like Merkel, Winters and ...

The repurposed former Lincoln Middle School (and Abilene High, before that) celebrated the final structural steel laid for the ongoing project.

Officials held a topping-out ceremony for Abilene Heritage Square Tuesday, celebrating the final steel I-beam to be installed.

"We are in fundraising right now," said architect Mitch Wright, who led the cleanup effort and gave a brief presentation about the arboretum's future. "Bill Senter kicked it off with a $30,000 grant.

Check out where the Big Country's best six-man football teams landed in Dave Campbell's Class 1A preseason Texas high school ...

A fossil found in southwest Germany in 1978 has been deemed to represent a new species of marine reptile known as a ...

Mitchell County Public Library patrons frolicked in foamy fun in celebration of the end of this year's summer reading program ...