The Abilene Independent School District hopes to tear down aging Taylor Elementary, the school south of campus, and replace it with a new structure, potentially on the land where the Sanders Intramural Field now sits. AISD will ask Abilene voters in November to approve issuing bonds to pay for it and the reconstruction of two other elementary ... [Read More…]

Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services is nearing the completion of its renovations to the McGlothlin Campus Center after winning the bid to replace Aramark as the provider of all on-campus dining. The changes include the addition of a new food vendor. Students will now have access to Tu Taco, a street taco vendor where Einstein's Bagel Co. ... [Read More…]

JC's Lighthouse Chocolates and Food Park began with two sisters, Claudia Anderson and Jennifer Moore, who had the dream of opening a snow cone stand. Despite the lack of a physical location, the sisters constantly aspired to build a business together. But when a spot downtown came up for sale, Jennifer Moore said she was inspired. "I remember ... [Read More…]

Mitch Wilburn, the preacher at The Park Church of Christ in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was ACU’s guest speaker at opening chapel on Monday, Aug. 27. Wilburn spoke on the apostle Paul’s plea in Ephesians that the church would have one body, one hope and one spirit. He related this plea back to ACU, encouraging oneness throughout the upcoming school ... [Read More…]

ACUtv plans to produce live streaming online for ESPN3 of ACU Football when they compete against University of the Incarnate Word on Sept. 29 and Nicholls State on Oct. 13. Hutton Harris, video production manager for ACUtv, was proud to announce ACUtv's newest projects: covering, at least, two games this fall on ESPN3. For the first time, ACUtv ... [Read More…]

A shooting occurred a block away from campus on Saturday afternoon. The incident was between 17 year old Ethan Caballero and 18 year old Louis Barrientes, who was injured. According to police, Caballero allegedly shot Barrientes in the abdomen when Barrientes opened the front door at approximately 3 p.m. He was flown to a Lubbock hospital and ... [Read More…]

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Incoming freshmen were introduced to multiple local coffee destinations at a Wildcat Week event Thursday night called Abilene Grounds. Organized by Austin Browning, senior accounting and finance major from Abilene, the event featured brewed beverages from Monks, Beltway and Maslow Coffee Company, which will be located in the former location of ... [Read More…]