today Eddie Turner with Dapper Dan Sealy Flats 208 S. Oakes St. 6 p.m., no cover charge Mariachis Angeles Dorados Mejor Que Nada 1911 S. Bryant Blvd. 6:30 p.m., no cover charge Tablespoon House of FiFi Dubois 123 S. Chadbourne St. 9 p.m., call 325-658-3434 for cover charge Panda Zero One Ale House 20 W. Beauregard Ave. 9:30 p.m., no cover charge Cody Johnson with John Slaughter Midnight Rodeo 2581 Sunset Drive 10 p.m., $8-$12 Mike Ryan Blaine's Pub 10 W. Harris Ave.10 p.m., call 325-653-7074 for cover charge SATURDAY Eddie Turner with Dapper Dan Sealy Flats 208 S. Oakes ...

JACKSON, Mich. A Michigan teen finishing off an Arby's roast beef sandwich chomped down on something tough that tasted like rubber, so he spit it out. Turns out it tasted like finger. The fleshy, severed pad of an unfortunate employee's finger,...

Randy Harris Age: 53 Family: Married to Retha Franklin-Harris, four grown children Length of residence in San Angelo: Total of 37 years, 1958-1989 and 2004-present Experience in public office: I have served 32 years in the law enforcement profession working for the public. Profession: Court Security Specialist with Ener-Tel Services/Reserve Deputy with the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, what crime, when and where?: No, I have never been arrested for any crime.

MIDLAND A 47-year-old Odessa man has been sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison after he was found guilty Wednesday on four counts of indecency with a child.Edward Fernandez Medrano, 3700 Merrill Ave., was sentenced Thursday to three years each...

Graduation. It is tough for adults — I’ll agree with the late, great Erma Bombeck on that one. “They go to the ceremony as parents,” she famously wrote. “They come home as contemporaries. After 22 years of child-raising, they are...

Agvocacy conference taking applications

Applications for attending the 2012 Agvocacy 2.0 at the social media training conference in Kansas City, Missouri is now available at AgChat.org.

The two-day event will focus on how farmers can use social media in agriculture.

The program is on Aug. 23-24 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The program is accepting up to 75 participants with favor to farmers and ranchers.

Speegleville Elementary School, which was displaced this schoolyear because of a fire, will give iPads to all of its teachers and students in the fall.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A man arrested in Odessa in October 2010 on federal charges that he misled mostly elderly investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars pleaded guilty Thursday to one of 13 counts against him. In his plea agreement, Michael...

The Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center will soon hold its first-ever 5-K Run, Walk and Roll for Rehab.

Lubbock’s Parks and Recreation Department lifted the ban on using fuel-driven electrical generators and outdoor grilling in all city parks, the city announced Thursday.

Recent rains and Lubbock County’s decision Monday to lift the county burn ban prompted city officials to lift the ban in Lubbock parks, said Randy Truesdell, director of Parks and Recreation Community Services.

Truesdell said campfires still are not allowed in any city park.

Park visitors can use park grills or self-contained, off-the-ground charcoal or propane grills.

read more

On Thursday afternoon, Ector County Independent School District’s administration announced the latest change the staff and students at John B. Hood Junior High will experience next fall: a new principal. The announcement of the new principal —...

Reeves County raised more than $61,000 through their 15th annual Relay for Life, the most money ever raised in the county’s Relay for Life history. Their initial goal this year was $45,000, which was surpassed last weekend at the annual Relay for...

Experiencing something out of your comfort zone is terrifying, at least for me.