
February 8, 2024
Cooper High School Junior ROTC director, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Ron Deos, and his cadets are no strangers to excellence. That certainly was validated again last month when ...

February 1, 2024
On Thursday, the University Interscholastic League released its biennial realignment configurations for all sports. While there was little change to the two football districts t...

January 19, 2024
Abilene High School senior Hope Arrazola earned her fourth all-state honor in choir after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Area A Vocal Audition earlier this mon...

January 19, 2024
More than 30 Abilene ISD students will participate in the 25th annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, scheduled for June 5-8 and June 12-15. Abilene will host ...

January 19, 2024
Abilene High School senior Hope Arrazola earned her fourth all-state honor in choir after competing at the Texas Music Educators Association Area A Vocal Audition earlier this mon...

January 12, 2024
We hope everyone had a good first week back after the Christmas break and got settled back into a good routine to start the spring semester. Just a reminder that Monday (Jan. 15)...

December 21, 2023
The Cooper boys’ and girls’ soccer teams begin the 2024 season in January with both squads looking for a return to the postseason. Each coach believes they have the pieces in pla...

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
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 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 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
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 26, 2023
Cooper head football coach Aaron Roan was recently honored as one of the Be Well, Texas Unsung Heroes for making a difference in the community of Abilene. Be Well, Texas is pa...

October 19, 2023
Completion of the 2018 bond program didn’t stop progress in Abilene ISD. A new state-of-the-art Daktronics video board was added to Shotwell Stadium prior to the beginning of the...

October 5, 2023
Last fall, when former Cooper High School defensive back Aaron Byrd brought his family back to Abilene to watch Abilene High and Cooper play in the Crosstown Showdown at Shotwell ...

September 21, 2023
Jimmy Pogue hasn’t been a student on a college campus in more than 35 years. But the lessons he learned while at Hardin-Simmons University go with him every day into his classroom...

September 21, 2023
Tips and information from the student nutrition department. September 2023 Nutrition News

September 15, 2023
Cooper High School inducted three more beloved Cougars into the school’s Hall of Fame during Homecoming, Sept. 15, pushing the number of inductees to 91 since the Hall of Fame beg...

September 12, 2023
Dear Abilene ISD Family, I hope this letter finds each of you enjoying a great start to the school year in AISD! I want you to hear from me directly regarding an upcoming leaders...

August 31, 2023
When Abilene High School and Cooper High School kick off the 63rd edition of the Crosstown Showdown Sept. 1 at Shotwell Stadium, there will be one person among the 15,000 in atten...