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There are two days of events planned for July 3-4 at two locations.  Live music, a car show, parade, vendors and more will be July 3 downtown. First responders will be served a free meal at the Abilene Convention Center. Part of Cypress Street will be closed, and attendees can bring chairs and coolers. Admission is free.  The festival will continue July 4 at the Taylor County Expo Center with live music, food trucks, kids' activities and more. Outdoor concert will feature Neal McCoy, Chris Colston and Jerrod Medulla. General admission tickets at Expo Center are $25 (plus $2.84 fee) for...

The vaccination site at the Dome at America’s Center closes June 1. It’s open every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until then.

Changes are coming to downtown parking, including parallel parking in front of the post office on Pine Street.  The Abilene City Council on Thursday approved plans to remark pavement in the city's central business district.  The council approved a $508,503 construction contract with Flat Line Inc., funded by 2015 bond dollars, to remove existing pavement markers and replace them throughout the downtown area. Other changes will include reduction of some three-lane roads to two, in exchange for increasing the number of available spaces via angled parking, said Greg McCaffery, director of ...

Journal staff EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information is collected from Marquette City Police Department dispatch log books recorded at the time the calls were received. The incidents reported may have proven to be unfounded once police investigated. Some log entries may be edited or omitted due to space constraints. April 22 ≤ 10:30 p.m., property inspection, 700 block Chippewa Square ≤ 11:03 p.m., operating while impaired, caller reports a vehicle struck a parked car, left the scene, and is now in the gas station parking lot, driver arrested for operating while intoxicated, 1700 blo...

When Tracy McAnelly's mother died, he thought he had nowhere to go but the streets. That was until August 2018, when he joined the Buddy Smith Home, 500 North Ninth St., through Next Step Homeless Services. The facility houses up to 15 veterans at a time who are transitioning out of homelessness — about one-fourth of the total number of people serviced through the transitional housing program. Through Buddy Smith Home, McAnelly stayed away from drugs, built up savings and got a job running security at Hope Campus. "It was supposed to be a six-month deal, but because I was doing everythin...