Cars were lined on either side of the road and scores of people were walking in the middle of the street, and Beth Reeves could barely drive through to her house. "I thought, 'Had something happened?'" Reeves said. As the congregational care minister at Highland Church of Christ, Reeves was used to seeing crises. But when she saw the ... [Read More…]

Ellipses Initiative, a new mental health awareness group on campus, is sponsoring a community walk to raise awareness for suicide prevention at ACU's Beauchamp Amphitheater Saturday at 9 a.m. Kalie Dame, freshman animal science/pre-vet major from Olney, said it was very important to her to get this walk on campus. "My family started a ... [Read More…]

Students' Association executive cabinet elections had the highest voter turnout in ACU history with Abbey Moses, Abraham Enriquez and Matthew Archer winning. A total of 1,441 students voted for the executive president, vice president and treasurer. Moses, a junior political science major from Abilene, was elected as the third female executive ... [Read More…]

With more than 300 students already registered to pledge next fall, the stage is set for a large turnout at Thursday's All-Club Rush. After a pledging interest meeting last week, registration opened early Tuesday morning and Mark Jackson, assistant director of student organizations and programs, said 320 students signed up within the first three ... [Read More…]

Many food trucks around Abilene united downtown Tuesday to launch The Food Park, a new centralized location for the public to eat a variety of foods. People can choose their lunch from nine food trucks including: Rock'n Roller'z, 1881 Food Truck, Beastro Food Truck, The London Express, Beffers Food Truck & Catering, Kona Ice of Abilene, The ... [Read More…]

The streets of downtown were illuminated Tuesday as the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council unveiled new custom lighting installations at a special night festival. Tuesday's Illumination Celebration highlighted Abilene as the Storybook Capital of Texas and home to many sculpted works inspired by works of children's literature. Over 10,000 ... [Read More…]

Islam, fatherhood and math were the hot topics at Saturday's second annual TEDxACU conference. Omar El-Halwagi, a law student at the University of Michigan, told his personal story about life as a Muslim-American in post-9/11 America. He first experienced "Islamophobia" when he was bullied in the first grade. One little girl stood up for him ... [Read More…]

Honor Society Alpha Chi will be sponsoring a blood drive in the campus center living room Wed. March 2 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Everyone who donates blood will receive a free T-shirt. Every donation makes a difference and those who donate will be giving back to the Abilene community directly because the blood will go to 19 Abilene-area ... [Read More…]