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For snailmail: 101 Cpress St. Abilene, Texas 79601 For email: doug.williamson@reporternew.com (editor) daniel.youngblood@reporternews.com (sports editor) Doug would also be the contact for the newsside job if anyone's interested

BREAKING NEWS REPORTER –Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News The Abilene Reporter-News, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, is hiring a reporter to break news for digital audiences and go to the scene to cover stories as they develop via social media and mobile interaction. Along with breaking news, this...

SPORTS REPORTER – Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News If you join our sports staff, you’ll learn on Day 1 that sports is life in our part of Texas. The Abilene Reporter-News is seeking a talented sports journalist who does not pigeon-hole herself or himself to a seat in press box and a 20-inch story...

The team I cover has won its first four games 38-17, 38-7, 38-7 and 38-12. The team had five passing TDs in the first game, five rushing TDs in the second, four rushing and one passing in the third and one rushing and four passing in the fourth.

The high school football team I cover has scored 38 points in all four of its games this season. This week's lead: There’s something to be said for consistency, but this is starting to get a little freaky. Several years ago, I covered a playoff game where the lead changed hands on almost...

I spent a few days on vacation in Williamsburg last year. I can only imagine what the cost of living is for the area, but I always thought it would be a great place to live for a history nut like me.

Im just glad I made it through our six-conference state track meet last weekend without hitting the I key while trying to type shot put.

This is also where Zach Thomas finished high school, but he's really from White Deer.

Except on the West Coast. RIP

I've tracked my dad's side back to the 1400s in Buckinghamshire. While there are a few missing links from there, the Buckinghamshire branch goes back back to Alured de Valer, who came to England from Normandy in October of 1066. Something about a big do around Hastings at the time with some guy...

The sum total of my knowledge of Pendleton, Ore.: In addition to hosting the rodeo, this is where Bob Lilly spent his senior year of high school after growing up in Throckmorton, Texas. He returned to Texas for college and went on to have a pretty decent career.

Yeah, but in that universe she put on 50 pounds and quit shaving as soon as she got the ring.

Had a girls game a few years ago where the home team jumped out 10-0 in the first two minutes. When the visiting team finally got the ball across midcourt without turning it over, that coach ordered his players to hold it for the rest of the quarter. "God damnit, we'll just get beat 10-0!"

Here's hoping the horse lobby can pony up enough to keep him off their backs.