CHS Senior Turns Adversity into Opportunity to Help Others
Abi Pena-Perez remembers the day she noticed her hair was falling out. She remembers the first...
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Category: Spotlight
Cooper Grad Serving Up Success at Popular Local BBQ Joint
Situated in the middle of Abilene on East South 11th, just off South Treadaway Blvd., Jay Stearns’...
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AISD Alum Proud to Serve Hometown as Fire Chief
Cande Flores never thought about becoming a firefighter, much less the chief of the Abilene Fire...
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Kelli Powell Adds Veteran Leadership to Abilene High
Abilene High associate principal Dr. Kelli Powell is new to AHS and Abilene ISD, but she’s...
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First-Year Teacher Happy to Join the “Family Business”
Hannah McLean spent most of her youth denying the inevitability that she would end up as a...
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From Refugee Camp to Messi: AHS Grad Living a Dream
Bernard Kamungo’s long and winding road to becoming a professional soccer player for Major League...
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HSU Award B.E.S.T Describes Cooper Honoree Jimmy Pogue
Jimmy Pogue hasn’t been a student on a college campus in more than 35 years. But the lessons he...
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Innovate, Inspire: Stafford’s Beverage Honored with TEACH Award
When Melissa Scott sat down and looked over the criteria for the T.E.A.C.H. Award for Outstanding...
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AHS Grad Turns Love of Music into Booming Nashville Business
Dustin Williams is about the most self-deprecating, unassuming man anyone might ever meet. But the...
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35 Years Later: Memories of Scotty Pugh & Cooper Baseball Fame
For Abilenians of a certain age who saw the great Cooper High School baseball teams of the late...
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After 49 Years of Nursing, Linda Langston Sets One Last Alarm Clock
When Linda Langston went to bed on the evening of June 8, she didn’t set the alarm for the...
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Timing Is Everything for Scott McLean, Including Retirement
When Scott McLean thinks about his career in education and the twists and turns it’s taken, the...
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