Abilene and nearly all Texas cities are now recovering from the worst of the recession, according to Moody's Economy.com. The independent research company keeps tabs on all metro areas in the United States, tracking four key economic indicators: employment, single-family housing starts, housing prices and industrial production.

Four new candidates came to Abilene City Hall this afternoon to file at the last minute to run for a spot on the City Council.

Carrillo lost to little-known David Porter. It's a political upset with few precedents, and Abilene native Victor Carrillo thinks his Hispanic surname cost him crucial votes.

They make $1 a year and get criticized to their faces, behind their backs and sometimes by anonymous posters on Web sites.

State District Judge Kevin Fine made the ruling Thursday in a pretrial motion in a capital murder case because he said he could assume that innocent people have been executed.

A local man pleaded guilty to indecency with a child, a second-degree felony, Thursday in Abilene.

More Taylor County voters have cast their ballots early this year than in the last gubernatorial primary in 2006, Elections Administrator Kristi Allyn said.