Highland Church of Christ's "housing first" initiative will turn the abandoned St. Ann's Hospital into a permanent residence for the homeless. The church gave funds totaling $100,000 to CitySquare, a Dallas-based nonprofit, to purchase the property on 1350 Cypress St. Part of the church's "Restore Abilene" initiative, St. Ann's will be ... [Read More…]

Worldwide Witness sent 64 students to do mission work in 25 different countries in the summer.  A few of the countries students worked in include Ghana, Cambodia, Brazil, Croatia and Haiti. Domestically, students worked in Orlando, Dallas, Abilene and Conroe. Jack Oduro, junior accounting major from Ateiku, Ghana, has participated in ... [Read More…]

Abilene residents can get bubble tea at a take-away sushi kitchen called Little Ninja. Owned by Coco and Ji Li, Little Ninja opened three weeks ago on Buffalo Gap Rd. near Starbucks. The Lis have owned several restaurants in other states and came to Abilene when they heard the former Golden Dragon was for sale. "Some people don't have much ... [Read More…]

A new local pizza parlor opened at the end of April, serving individual pizzas with the motto, "There is no we in pizza." Keely and Calvin Abor opened the store on TX 351 east of Panda Express. Stephanie Mata, manager at Pizza by Design, said the store always takes applications but they are not currently hiring.  Customers can choose from ... [Read More…]

Monks Coffee Shop celebrated its 10th birthday Saturday by hosting competitions for baristas called a "coffee kumite." Named for a Japanese form of sparring, the four events included coffee cupping, an aeropress competition, a cold brew bout and a latte art throwdown. The coffee shop was crowded with people of all ages, sitting on the comfy ... [Read More…]

Wildcat Week will host a concert with Eric Hutchinson and Kirk House tonight in the Teague Special Events Center at 8 p.m. Students, faculty, staff and their families can get into the free event with their IDs, and should bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating. Hutchinson, an artist from New York City, performs acoustic, singer/songwriter ... [Read More…]

Several students placed different pieces and types of art around campus as part of a new art project. The art presents itself in new forms and requires some thought as well as creativity from the art students themselves. Unlike other projects, the students were required to create a piece that would cause the audience member to not see it as art ... [Read More…]