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Aaron Pearl-Cropp of Springfield admitted the odds of him finding a pennant commemorating the 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, were "very rare." Pearl-Cropp, 52, a City of Springfield Public Works employee and a collector of civil rights memorabilia, said he had only seen the pennant twice, both times in museum settings, and an auction house he works with told him that it was a piece that rarely came up for sale. But a chance...

The grand opening for the new location of the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame museum is set for 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 at the Mall of Abilene with a ribbon cutting by the Abilene Chamber of Commerce Redcoats. The museum is now located between JC Penney and the women’s Dillards, next to Rick’s Collectibles, in the Mall. There will be prize drawings and free admission all afternoon and past inductees on hand. The Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted 195 former players, coaches, of...

The grand opening for the new location of the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame museum is set for 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 at the Mall of Abilene with a ribbon cutting by the Abilene Chamber of Commerce Redcoats. The museum is now located between JC Penney and the women’s Dillards, next to Rick’s Collectibles, in the Mall. There will be prize drawings and free admission all afternoon and past inductees on hand. The Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted 195 former players, coaches, of...