Read more to see which Texas high school basketball stars stood out this past week throughout the Big Country.

Check out photos from the Roscoe Plowboys' boys basketball game against the Ballinger Bobcats in a District 8-2A Texas high school hoops clash.

The Ballinger Lady Bearcats battled the Roscoe Plowgirls in a Texas high school girls basketball game between District 8-2A rivals on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, at Roscoe Collegiate High School. The ...

Students in all varsity sports are eligible and can only be named Athlete of the Week one time per season, per sport, and athletes from one school cannot win more than three consecutive weeks. The ...

One locally-occurring example of a good idea or good intention gone bad — or at least sideways, as another expression might ...

Late in the movie "Shadowlands," the C.S. Lewis character describes the role that books can play in real life.

When judging chickens, “broilers” as they are unironically named, the birds are grouped in threes, or a “pen." The kids, ...

The U.S. Postal Service's new postmark process could lead to late fees and penalties when mailing time-sensitive documents.

An ATV crash killed a 15-year-old Saturday in Kent County, according to a media release from the Texas Department of Public ...

A Mann STEAM Academy music teacher was arrested Thursday morning, an Abilene ISD official said in a message to parents.

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Vanderbilt Commodores tangle in a 9 p.m. ET clash Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee.

As the 2025-26 winter high school sports season ramps up, the Abilene Reporter-News will continue accepting nominations for City National Bank Athlete of the Week throughout the year. The Abilene ...