Pilgrim's Pride Pays More Than $1M & Midday Roundup

01/29/10 The U.S. Labor Department has announced that it's recovering more than $1 million in overtime back wages from poultry processor Pilgrim's Pride Corp. In a statement issued Friday, the department said the back wages are owed to 798 former and current workers at the Texas-based company's Dallas processing plant.

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Rev. Joe David Philpott, retired Baptist minister dies

01/28/10 Rev. Joe David Philpott, 81, retired Baptist minister, died Wednesday after a brief illness.He was ordained as a minister in 1976 and his first pastorate was at Mitchell Baptist Church in Cisco. After serving that church for several years, he was called to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where he served until retirement in January 2003.In addition to pastoring churches, Philpott was employed by ...

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Lady Hornets Ranked 2nd In First Regional Poll

01/27/10 The Emporia State Lady Hornets are ranked second in the first NCAA Division II South Central Regional poll of the season.

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Volunteer Describes Situation In Haiti After Dropping Off Donations

01/27/10 An Abilene volunteer comes back from Haiti, after dropping off medical supplies donated by Global Samaritan Resources and hundred of Big Country Residents.

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Wee-Chi-Tah Trail Marathon and Half Marathon Results

01/27/10 Marathon Women Overall1st Laurie Underwood age 49, Gainesville TX 5:09:012nd Anymichelle Lucio age 32, Haltom City TX 5:31.203rd Megan Brown age 29, Canyon TX 5:36:42Marathon Men Overall1st Chris Bennett, age 38, Chattanooga OK 3:40:592nd Mathew Becker, age 35, Galva KS 3:48:553rd Dan Bar, age 22, Enid OK 4:04:01Half Marathon Women Overall1st Marcia Fisher, age 38, Amarillo TX 1:58:002nd Merry ...

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APD: Pastor Killed by Church Member

01/25/10 Police have released additional details on the murder of Karen Johnston, pastor of the Unity Church of Christianity of Abilene.

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How Now, Joe Brown (Jan. 23)

01/23/10 Back when I was very young and my per day travel expenses were paid by the paper, I tried to be fair and always requested the cheapest room in the hotel or motel. This worked fine until I spent three nights in Abilene during a Texas Farmers Union convention. My request put me in a tiny triangle room with only three walls. It must have been a linen closet with a bathroom and bed. I never asked ...

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No. 24 TexAnns feature balance, strength inside

01/23/10 [If you look at the records, the West Texas A&M Lady Buffs and Tarleton State TexAnns are the two best women's basketball teams in the Lone Star Conference.

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North Crowley's Anderson pours in 48 against Eagles

01/22/10 After three consecutive games on the road, the Abilene High Eagles were more than ready for a game on their home court.Kyan Anderson and the North Crowley Panthers made it a less-than-happy homecoming.Anderson scored a Crowley school-record 48 points and the ninth-ranked Panthers cruised to a 102-52 District 3-5A victory Friday at Eagle Gym. Anderson, a 5-foot-11 junior guard, surpassed the ...

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Dream homes in Texas

01/18/10 Whenever we talk of home, we think of a place where we can rest after a long hectic and perturbing d...
 

Are intra-party challenges hurting the GOP in long run?

01/16/10 As it happens every time he runs for re-election, U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer does not have a challenger in this year's Republican primary. Neither does his Panhandle colleague Mac Thornberry.

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Plano realtor elected president of North Texas CCIM Chapter

01/15/10 Alex Johnson, President & CEO, KW Commercial / Laurex Realty Advisors, Plano, has been elected 2010 president of the North Texas CCIM Chapter of the CCIM Institute, the governing body of the largest commercial real estate association in the world and an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.

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Haitian orphanage remains standing

01/14/10 The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12 left an orphanage run by the Southwest Church of Christ unharmed.

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Ice climbers descend on Ouray

01/10/10 OURAY - Dawn Glanc was hoping to repeat. The Ouray resident, who was 2009 Ouray Ice Festival women's champion, was gearing up for her climb. Did Glanc, an experienced ice climber, perhaps have some butterflies?

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MVP Casarez, Plainsmen win West Texas Invitational Championship

01/10/10 ABILENE - Tournament Most Valuable Player Mark Casarez scored goals in each of Monterey's three games, and the Plainsmen captured the championship of the West Texas Invitational with wins over Abilene Wylie, Killeen Ellison and Lubbock High.

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County commissioners meet with legislators, reorganizes for 201

01/10/10 A meeting with state legislators was part of the first meeting of 2010 for the Dickinson County Commission.

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Helen J. Crisafi

01/09/10 SOUTH HUTCHINSON - H. Joan Crisafi died Jan. 9, 2010, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Aug. 25, 1932 ...

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Johnston: Mesquite rodeo off to good start

01/09/10 Clayton Hass helped the Mesquite Championship Rodeo in its inaugural year as one of the early stops on the newly-created All-American ProRodeo Series sponsored by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.More than 400 contestants entered the first PRCA rodeo since the conclusion of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.Hass, of Terrell, turned 26 on Dec. 9 and gave himself a birthday present of ...

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Leafwood Publishers Announces Important Books for Fall 2010

01/03/10 ABILENE, TX, Jan. 3 / Christian Newswire / -- Leafwood Publishers announces the signing of Jon Walker, author of Growing with Purpose (Zondervan, 2009) to author a contemporary view of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Cost of Discipleship . Leafwood will release two books on the subject, both by Walker: Costly Grace (coming September 2010) and The Costly Grace Devotional (coming October 2010).

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Treva J. Cauthon

01/02/10 BORGER, Texas - Treva J. McKeeman Cauthon, 76, died Dec. 30, 2009, in Amarillo. She was born on Feb. ...

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Weather Alert: Wintry Precipitation Possible North of Interstate 20

12/31/09 There is a chance of a rain and snow mix for areas of the Big Country this afternoon. No accumulation is expected at this time.

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