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Western Heritage Classic 2021 Returns to Abilene This Weekend The Western Heritage Classic is back and its May 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, 2021. All the action that one is accustomed to is back in town and in the new Taylor County Expo Center. This year the rodeo and dance will take place as if nothing ever happened. Taylor County Expo Director, Rochelle Johnson says "come one, come all and enjoy all the new Expo center has to offer. Better parking and an arena that was made to rodeo in. Take in ...

But the event that celebrates life in the West and the Abilene areas roots rides again. The event kicks off Thursday evening with the downtown parade before attendees get their kicks at the Taylor County Expo Center on Friday and Saturday. The traditional cowboy church service Sunday morning concludes this years event. Following the 6:30 p.m. parade, there will be a street dance. At the Expo Center, cowboy poets will gather to present their work as evening fades to dark. Rochelle Johnson, Exp...

When singer/guitarist Ricky Byrd looks back upon the Big Moments of his life, it would be pretty hard to beat the evening of April 18, 2015. There’s when on the stage of Cleveland’s Public Hall, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. And then he took part in a collaboration that the teenaged Byrd couldn’t possibly imagine. In the all-star finale jam at the end, there he was face-to-face with Paul McCartney, ripping off the solo t...