A Pasadena man died early Saturday morning when he lost control of his truck.

Boys Ranch is making a robust effort to recycle rechargeable batteries, part of a pilot project overseen by the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission that could spread to other rural areas around the country.

“We started with two 55-gallon drums full that we sent in,” said Robert Miller, environmental quality and compliance manager at Boys Ranch. “Now we send off about 40 pounds every quarter — equipment batteries from hand tools, emergency power backups for computers, laptop computers.”

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The Wichita-Archer Retired Teachers Association end-of-the-school-year meeting will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Iowa Park First Baptist Church First Family Center.

Memorial Park was doggone packed with animal lovers and their canine counterparts for the Amarillo Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ 20th annual Muttfest, the “Barkin’ Birthday Bash.”

“We’ve had probably at least double from what we had this year,” in attendance, Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department event coordinator Rene’e Stovall said.

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COSADC seeks input on co-working spot The City of San Angelo Development Corp. is seeking public input through survey about the possibility of co-working spaces. Co-working spaces provide creative, flexible, and open work spaces for mobile workers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. These spaces combine the comforts of home (flexibility, comfortable furniture), a coffeehouse (impromptu networking, coffee, creative spaces), a library (resources and technology), and traditional offices (printer/copier, Wi-Fi, and a professional environment) all under one roof, and for as little as $5 to $10 per day. User memberships can be daily, weekly, monthly or annually and members come and go ...

To the list of dwindling resources in our little corner of paradise — grass at Auditorium ...

It’s peach season, but Austinites likely won’t be seeing any Fredericksburg peaches in ...

Chalkboard 5/20/2013

COLORADO CITY — With a throng of journalists recording every move, residents in this town of about 4,500 people came together Sunday afternoon to honor the life of 13-year-old Hailey Darlene Dunn, whose remains were found in March after she was reported missing Dec. 28, 2010.

Midland experienced two deaths in two separate alcohol-related vehicle accidents during a deadly weekend for Midland drivers.