November 30, 2023
The Abilene High and Cooper boys’ basketball teams are hosting the Raising Cane’s Key City Classic tournament this weekend at Eagle Gym and Cougar Gym. Both teams enter the to...
November 17, 2023
Tips and information from the student nutrition department. November 2023 Nutrition News
November 17, 2023
A QUICK REMINDER THAT TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF CLASSES AND WORK BEFORE NEXT WEEK’S THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY BREAK. EVERYONE WILL RETURN TO WORK AND SCHOOL ON MONDAY, NOV. 27. WE HOPE...
November 16, 2023
Abi Pena-Perez remembers the day she noticed her hair was falling out. She remembers the first time anyone said anything to her about it. She remembers what it was like when peopl...
November 16, 2023
Anytime more than 1,100 second-grade students gather, keeping their attention is going to be difficult. Add in the presence of a fire truck, an ambulance, a police cruiser, a tras...
November 16, 2023
Situated in the middle of Abilene on East South 11th, just off South Treadaway Blvd., Jay Stearns’ little barbecue joint has made a big name for itself by doing the little things ...
November 16, 2023
The United Way of Abilene, in partnership with Christmas Décor by Lone Star Electric, is bringing the Winter Lightfest back to Abilene and the Big Country for a fifth year. The Wi...
November 16, 2023
The Abilene High and Cooper football teams are back in action this weekend in the Class 5A state playoffs with Abilene High playing in Crowley and Cooper in Mansfield. The Eagles...
November 16, 2023
Abilene ISD Superintendent Dr. David Young announced Thursday that Lacy Bruce has been selected to serve as principal at Austin Elementary School beginning in January 2024. Bruce ...
November 16, 2023
Abilene ISD Superintendent Dr. David Young announced Thursday that Clay Johnson will serve as the district’s new Executive Director of Fine Arts. Johnson has completed 20 years o...
November 10, 2023
The Abilene High Eagles had no trouble with their bi-district opponent Thursday night as they blistered the El Paso Hanks Knights, 84-14, on a cold, rainy evening at Shotwell St...
November 3, 2023
This year’s annual Abilene ISD trip to the Abilene Philharmonic took students from every elementary school in the district back to Russia in the early part of the 20th Century. Wi...
November 2, 2023
Cande Flores never thought about becoming a firefighter, much less the chief of the Abilene Fire Department. But one day in 1992, as he was finalizing his paperwork to enroll at ...
November 2, 2023
The Cooper Cougars can clinch second place in District 2-5A Division II and a bi-district home game Friday night (Nov. 3) with a victory over Wylie in the Southtown Showdown a...
November 2, 2023
The University Interscholastic League’s annual Snapshot Day was last Friday (Oct. 27), which is the enrollment figure reported by each school in Texas that will be used in determi...
November 2, 2023
Holland Medical High School hosted its second annual Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 21, for all Abilene ISD fifth grade students and their families. Holland HOSA officers, cl...
November 2, 2023
Growing the next generation of leaders from Abilene is a task that McMurry University has never taken lightly. For more than 25 years, the university’s staff and selected students...
November 2, 2023
The football playoffs at both Abilene High and Cooper might be just around the corner, but November also means the start of basketball season is upon us. All four local varsity te...
November 2, 2023
The football playoffs at both Abilene High and Cooper might be just around the corner, but November also means the start of basketball season is upon us. All four local varsity te...
October 27, 2023
In case you missed the news , Stafford Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Taniece Thompson-Smith was named last week as the Texas Teacher of the Year and will represent the ...