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FOOD & DRINK
Lacking labels, raw eggs, dead and alive pests: Abilene's weekly restaurant inspections
The city of Abilene Environmental Health Division regularly monitors restaurants and food establishments for compliance with state food safety requirements. Frequent inspections are essential in preventing the spread of foodborne illnesses through contamination and improper handling, storage and sanitation. Scores for retail food establishments, food stores, mobile food units and school and daycare establishments...
Top Back-To-School Shopping Spots in Abilene for Tax-Free Weekend
I believe Abilene, has some of the best places to shop for affordable back-to-school clothing. My wife and I have eight children and for years, we had to get ready for back to school and having to shop for the lowest prices possible on both clothes and school supplies. For...
Grasshopper & katydid population surges in Abilene: Here’s what you can do
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — The population of grasshoppers and katydids is on the rise and causing damage to properties in the Big Country. However, there are measures that you can take to keep them away from your home. The typical lifespan of an average grasshopper is generally around 12 months, but they often don’t reach […]
Welcoming the ones who serve: New Dyess airmen tour Abilene hot spots
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — Dyess Air Force Base, in cooperation with the Abilene Military Affairs Committee, is helping airmen who are recently stationed at Dyess familiarize themselves with the area. This specialized tour is part of a newcomer brief that Dyess conducts for all of their incoming airmen. The Jumpstart Program allows any airman unfamiliar […]
New pre-fabricated coffee shop to open in north Abilene
ABILENE, Texas — There's a new coffee shop opening in Abilene. It's called 7 Brew, and this one is different than the others. It was pre-fabricated, kind of like a modular home, and was shipped here on a big truck. It was then dropped into place by a big...
Abilene Zoo celebrates 58th birthday with cake, games, and animal encounters
ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Zoo is celebrating its 58th birthday this year with its annual Zippity Zoo Day event. Although the Abilene Zoo first opened its doors in 1919 in Redbud Park, the celebration is centered around the date it was relocated to its current location at Grover Nelson Park in 1966.
Abilene family’s lemonade stand teaches kids valuable life lessons
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Lemonade stands have endured the test of time, providing the public with a bittersweet refreshment and teaching valuable life lessons to the youth during the summer. The McMillin family held a lemonade stand to help their kids earn money and learn valuable lessons. Emilie McMillin told KTAB/KRBC that the biggest lessons […]
Garageband Woodstock returns for its 14th celebration
ABILENE, Texas — Garageband Woodstock is coming back to Abilene for their 14th year celebration. The annual event began in 2010 when Charlie and Kathy Taylor decided to do a musical reunion with bands from the 1960s. Charlie said a friend put on something similar in East Texas and...
Petal for your mettle: Will pondering wildflowers make summer feel cooler? It can't hurt.
In the midst of summer, it soothes the soul to sometimes look at photographs from cooler days. That's the idea behind this mid-summer display of wildflower photographs made by readers and submitted over the last month. There's a rumor at the time of this writing that this weekend will even feature spring-like...
Magic Show: Photographer Bill Wright reflects on his art during gallery show at the Grace
Photographer Bill Wright will never forget the excitement of seeing that first print magically appear in the developer tray. “I was probably about 8 or 9 years old, back in sixth grade. I had been shooting pictures with my mother's photo camera. She knew that I had an interest in photography, and I wanted to begin to develop pictures,” he recalled.
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