"Friends of the foot" can get their fix next month when Switchfoot performs at the Abilene Civic Center. Tickets are already on sale for the Feb. 21 concert, which will also feature Seabird. The alternative rock band, composed of brothers Jon and Tim Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley, formed more than a decade ago in San ... [Read More…]

After 18 years of preaching at Highland Church of Christ, Mike Cope is a veteran when it comes to shepherding a church body. His new job, however, requires exactly the opposite - a focus on people who have left the church behind. Cope, adjunct instructor of Bible, missions and ministry, has been working with Landon Saunders since mid-July on a ... [Read More…]

A generation of texters will have to put away their cell phones or face legal consequences. Last June, Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 55, which prohibits drivers from talking or texting while driving through a school zone, unless the vehicle is stopped or the driver is using a hands-free device. The Abilene Police Department started enforcing ... [Read More…]

Students short on time or money will soon have access to state-of-the-art exercise equipment 24 hours a day at about half the monthly cost of a larger health club. Anytime Fitness is preparing to open a second location within walking distance of ACU. Abel Pena, who manages the Anytime Fitness center on South 14th Street, said he expects the club ... [Read More…]