Local News in Scurry County, Texas
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Scurry baby's death ruled homicide (Abilene Reporter-News)
The death of a Scurry County infant has been ruled a homicide and an investigation is under way by the Scurry County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Rangers.According to reports, 2-month-old Makynli Hopkins was taken by her parents, Zach Hopkins, 23, and Cassidy Harbin, 22, both of Snyder to Cogdell Memorial Hospital Thursday night with head injuries.“The child was flown to Covenant Children’s ...University librarian found career in passion for learning (TCU Daily Skiff) Deep in the heart of West Texas desert country, you'll find Scurry County, whose population hovers near the 16,000 mark and calls Snyder its central metropolis. Deep in the heart of Snyder native and book junkie Ammie Harrison, you'll find fond memories of one of the town's capstone attractions, the Scurry County Library.
Local news in brief, 3/6 (The San Angelo Standard-Times) SAN ANGELO, Texas —Man arrested in dog’s shootingTom Green County Sheriff officials arrested a man Friday evening accused of shooting a dog in Grape Creek earlier this week.Sgt. W.A. Estes said the arrest was made about 6:30 p.m. at the sheriff’s office.Jess Ford Burner, 43, was booked into the Tom Green County Jail on unlawful carrying of a weapon on places where weapons prohibited.The charge ...
Baron Energy Finalizes Merger With West Texas Oil and Gas Companies (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) HOUSTON -- Baron Energy, Inc. , an independent oil and gas company, today announced the completion of its merger with Esconde Resources, Inc. and Permian Legend Petroleum, Inc., two affiliated and privately held Texas corporations effective as of February 22, 2010.
Where to vote Tuesday (Abilene Reporter-News) Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Following are voting locations for area counties:BROWNJoint Primaries at all precinctsPct. 101 — Church of the Good Shepherd, 1800 Good Shepherd Drive, BrownwoodPct. 105 — Southside Church, 1219 Indian Creek Drive, BrownwoodPcts. 109, 113 — New Life Assembly of God Church, 1910 Indian Creek Road, BrownwoodPcts. 202, 204 — Adams Street Community ...
Snyder teams 1-2 at own girls golf tourney (Abilene Reporter-News) SNDYER — The Snyder Gold team shot a first-round 350 to take a 16-shot lead over the school’s Black team Friday at the Snyder Girls Invitational.The first 18 holes were played at Scurry County Country Club. Today’s final round will be played at West Texas College.Cooper is tied for fourth at 387 with Wylie eighth at 398.Abbey Hill opened with 56 for Cooper, then shot a solid 42 on the back nine ...
High School Basketball Playoffs (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) GIRLS
Everybody counts (The San Angelo Standard-Times) SAN ANGELO, Texas —The primary reason a national census is conducted every 10 years is so that representation in government can be allocated proportionally, and one result of this year’s count is that West Texas will lose clout in Austin.In our region, “We need to count everybody because the population increases at a faster pace throughout the state than in West Texas,” said Rep. Drew Darby of ...
High School Basketball Playoff Pairings (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
Conaway faces challengers, but he's got big war chest to use (Abilene Reporter-News) WASHINGTON — Congressman Mike Conaway has no shortage of challengers hoping to topple him from a Big Country congressional seat.In the March 2 primary, he’ll face off with two other conservative Republicans who haven’t hesitated to take a swipe at him, Chris Younts of San Angelo and Al Cowan of Sunrise Beach.But the three men seem to agree about a lot, such as reining in government spending and ...