Mortgage Refinance

Elsa Lydia Velazquez Rabe, age 49, of New Braunfels passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010.

Abilene police officer Joel Harris makes a phone call on his city-issued cell phone Tuesday afternoon.

Well, the fear mongers are at it again. In 2007, Taylor county received a grant to promote the Homeland Security agenda of red alerts.

Dennis Gloyna thinks a manufacturer's defect led to a fatal car crash involving his wife three years ago, and he has filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.

Abilene Police responded to a shooting call in the 1500 block of Barrow early Monday morning, in which someone shot the rear window of a vehicle.

Abilene firefighters confer after responding to an accident involving a motorcycle and a pickup Friday.

Three people were injured over the weekend in three separate stabbing incidents, Abilene police reported Sunday.

Abilene Police officer Mark Thomas photographs bloodstains on a sidewalk outside of EZ Pawn on Friday after responding to a report of a stabbing.

For weeks, Melissa Boisvert has been working to ensure Abilenians stand up and are counted.

An Abilene man, accused of robbing a man at gunpoint, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of aggravated robbery.

A Taylor County jury found Jason Karl Anderson guilty of murder Thursday evening in connection with the 2007 beating death of Michael Myrick.

About two years ago, the city of Abilene, Texas, faced the choice of either updating or replacing its aging payroll and financial management systems, which dated to the late 1980s.

Encouraging signs are appearing in the Abilene economy, according to Steve Collins, business resource consultant for the Workforce Solutions for West Central Texas board.

" Learning the latest management news on Texas' state tree will be the focus of the Big Country Pecan Short Course to be conducted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service office in Taylor County from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. March 26.

Incident reports released Wednesday by the Abilene Police Department: * Theft, 800 block of Cedar Street, Monday A woman said her vehicle was stolen from her residence by a known suspect.

Merkel Volunteer Fire Department firefighters put out hot spots on the remains of a two-story home that caught fire Wednesday.

A string of 10 consecutive months of decline in the city's sales tax rebate has been broken.

By THOMAS JENKINS Staff Writer ABILENE - A Coahoma man pleaded guilty to a charge of indecency by exposure in Taylor County's 350th District Court last week after being accused of having sex with a 16-year-old Abilene girl in 2007.

Four new candidates came to City Hall on Monday afternoon to file for spots on the council before the 5 p.m. filing deadline.

Abilene and nearly all Texas cities are now recovering from the worst of the recession, according to Moody's Economy.com. The independent research company keeps tabs on all metro areas in the United States, tracking four key economic indicators: employment, single-family housing starts, housing prices and industrial production.