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Maddie Abor claims to be a determined girl. There's nothing in her history that says otherwise. It's the curse of surviving a near-death experience. For her, it happened when she was only 8. Leukemia reared its unforgiving head in her direction. Among all of the ways it affected her, from chemotherapy to homeschooling to weeks at a time spent in a hospital room, the blood cancer caused a pair of clots to form in her heart. She went septic and, with her organs shutting down, her heart stopped. "(The doctors) were basically telling my mom I wasn't supposed to wake up," Abor, 18, said. "I'm not ...

With high school graduations across much of the Big Country this week, here's a bit of a glance at what we have planned for coverage on our end

A-J Media The National Charity League honored more than two dozen of its debutantes with a High School Senior Recognition Banquet Feb. 27 at Eberley Brooks Events. The young women’s predecessors were called ticktockers because they came to a work site where their mothers were doing volunteer work for the community, and they had nothing to do except watch the clock, according to A-J Media archives. That has changed, and a new generation of ticktockers volunteer their own work along with that of their mothers. These young women have been serving as volunteers since seventh grade. The Patrones...

COVID-19: Taylor County recoveries outpace new cases Monday The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District now is leaving a voicemail when calling people on the COVID-19 vaccine waiting list to set an appointment. People are asked to call back as soon as possible because vaccines are limited and appointments are not guaranteed, according to a Monday post on the city's Facebook page. To determine if you meet state guidelines to be added to the waiting list, visit the city website at https://www.abilenetx.gov/covid19. Taylor County recoveries outpace new cases Monday The health district Mond...

Taylor County adds 226 cases Wednesday. Abilene trauma area COVID-19 inpatient rate declines. Brown County reports 73 new cases.