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MERKEL, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Merkel Police Department has released a flood notice for the city’s southeast area. According to the announcement, this area has begun to see moderate flooding that is threatening homes. Specific areas affected by this are: Officials ask the public to avoid these areas as traffic can cause ‘wakes’ that may […]

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater Police Department and Sweetwater Independent School District released a joint statement Thursday afternoon about an open investigation. According to the SPD, on May 15, 2023, an SPD School Resource Officer was alerted by Sweetwater ISD administration of an allegation about a faculty member improperly communicating with a student.

A joint release from the Sweetwater Police Department and Sweetwater ISD shared that there is an investigation into the alleged misconduct between a Sweetwater ISD faculty member and a student.

SWEETWATER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Sweetwater Police Department is looking for a 16-year-old runaway and is asking for your help in finding her. In a press release, police said Dezarae Jones may be on her way to New York, but could also still be in the Sweetwater area. The 16-year-old was last seen at Love’s […]

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight for areas of the Big Country and west central Texas. According to the National Weather Service in San Angelo, strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Haskell, northeastern Coke, northwestern Callahan, Jones, Nolan, western Shackelford, Taylor, southeastern Fisher, northwestern Runnels, and western Throckmorton […]

SWEETWATER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The City of Sweetwater may soon be designated as a music and film friendly city; something believed to largely increase tourism in the community. The man who spearheaded the application process, Scott Morgan, is a broker at Morgan real estate, who loves music. A wall full of pictures of musicians may not […]

SAN ANGELO – A line of severe thunderstorms with large hail and heavy rain is expected to form and roll over the Big Country and Concho Valley overnight with the greatest threat being flash flooding. According to information from expert meteorologists at the National Weather Service in San Angelo,...

COLORADO CITY, TX — The C C Riders 23rd Annual Car Show and Sonic Cruise will be held next week on June 9th and 10th in Colorado City. Registration for the cruise begins at 6 PM Friday night, 06/09/2023, at the Railhead Building, and the cruise begins at 7 PM in downtown Colorado City. Cruise Awards for the Top 10 Cruisers will be given out on Friday at 9 PM.

MERKEL, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – People of Merkel have been voicing a new concern about cats and dogs at large throughout town. “Unfortunately, one of these dogs is going to attack the kids or the elderly,” warned Willie Perrie, a Merkel local. Freda Sturgeon, another resident, told KTAB/KRBC she took measures to her own hands to […]

SWEETWATER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – High School reunions are perfect to catch up with old friends, but for the Sweetwater High School’s class of 1985 football team, their reunion had been decades in the making. To celebrate the unveiling of a monument honoring the 1985 state football championship, the former football team traveled from near and […]

Most of understand how important a state title is for the athletes that play sports. We forget how important it is for the coaches and their families. After Hermleigh won the state title in softball, you could see Lady Cardinals assistant Heath Gibson hugging his daughter and Hermleigh bat girl, Josey.

Summer Smith helped the Hermleigh Lady Cardinals claim the Class A state title against D’Hanis on Wednesday. The junior collected three hits, three RBI’s and was the winning pitcher in Hermleigh’s 9-0 victory. The Lady Cardinals took the lead in the first inning. Summer Smith delivered the...

NOLAN COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Fire and tornado drills won’t be the only safety precautions students and teachers will be practicing in the next school year across Nolan County. Come the 2023-2024 term, students will also learn how to apply a tourniquet and dress a bullet wound. Big Country Medical Reserve Corp member, Richard Acuna, […]

MERKEL, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Heavy rainfall hit the Big Country hard over the past several weeks, which has been a blessing for many farmers and ranchers across the area after years of drought. However, as rain chances continue to pop up in the forecast, the still standing rainwater could create more problems than solutions. Driving […]

ROBY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Grave news traveled the small community of Roby fast when a 15-year-old boy was pronounced dead after a crash between a semi truck and a motorcycle. Thursday, May 25 around 7:30 p.m., the town of Roby was forever changed. According to a crash report from the Texas Department of Safety (DPS), […]

AUSTIN — Hermeligh will have the chance it has wanted since last year. The Cardinals (21-6) rode a seven-run fifth inning to a 9-3 win against Dodd City, beating the Hornets for the second straight season in the Class 1A softball state semifinals to earn a rematch with D'Hanis in Thursday's state championship game. ...

The Hermleigh Lady Cardinals are back in the state championship title game after beating the Dodd City Lady Hornets 9 to 3. The Lady Cardinals got the bats going in the bottom of the fifth inning scoring 7 runs. Dodd City tried to come back but couldn’t get it done.

The Wylie Lady Bulldogs are the Class 5A/4A team of the year in softball. The Lady Bulldogs finished in second place with just two losses in district play. Once the playoffs got started, head coach Heather Collier and her team won four straight games with sweeps of Plainview and El Paso Parkland.

NOLAN COUNTY, Texas — A 29-year-old Hereford man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning on US Hwy 84 in Nolan County. A Texas Department of Public safety report says Jason Jesus Soto was traveling west at the 438 milepost of US-84. Soto was driving his pickup truck too fast and because of weather and road conditions, lost control of the truck.

NOLAN COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Wet road conditions paired with high speed led to a fatal crash on Thursday morning in Nolan County. Texas DPS said Jason Jesus Soto of Hereford, Texas was driving a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck while traveling west on US Hwy 84 near milepost 438 when he lost control of the […]