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A quiet weather pattern will develop for the Big Country heading through the weekend and that spells warm temperatures and a drying out of moisture. Look ...

The Abilene Police Department supplied the following arrest and incident reports. All information below comes from reports ...

Abilene Mayor Weldon Hurt is giving the 2025 State of the City Address next week.According to the City of Abilene, Mayor Hurt ...

Miguel Espinoza, a certified public accountant in Abilene, is set to announce his candidacy for Place Five on the Abilene ...

Texas Monthly put out a public service announcement of sorts. In response to a long-sounding albeit fairly faint alarm that may or may not have originated from within the walls of our own office, we ...

In the past gun shows were simply guns, knives, ammo, and some camping gear. Today's shows appear to have purses, jewelry, ...

This Tuesday, Feb. 4, Abilene residents will have the opportunity to vote in a special election seeking a 0.35% sales tax in the city that would fund recreational facilities and other recreation ...