ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - When watching ballet folklorico, the intricate, colorful dresses catch the eye. Seam-by-seam, dressmaker Damis Hernandez has shaped the St. Vincent Pallotti Ballet Folklorico in Abilene. What starts her hands and a sewing machine turns into a display of Mexican heritage. At 15, as a young girl growing up in Primero de Mayo in Coahuila, Mexico, Hernandez found her calling as a seamstress.
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - When watching ballet folklorico, the intricate, colorful dresses catch the eye. Seam-by-seam, dressmaker Damis Hernandez has shaped the St. Vincent Pallotti Ballet Folklorico in Abilene.
What starts her hands and a sewing machine turns into a display of Mexican heritage. At 15, as a young girl growing up in Primero de Mayo in Coahuila, Mexico, Hernandez found her calling as a seamstress.
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Have you ever wondered what use those traffic light cameras have? Interestingly enough, they are no longer for catching drivers running red lights.
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - After months of planning and not quite two weeks before the event was set to commence, the Abilene Pride Festival was cancelled. It was set to be held at the Taylor County Expo Center to accommodate a larger crowd, but the expo center pulled out, citing an issue with a lack in security presence. Nevertheless, the parade will go on as planned.
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - A Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crew has been busy working to clean up heavy amounts of refuse under the Elm Creek Bridge along South 1st Street in Abilene Monday afternoon.
A new report found mold, overflowing toilets and other terrible conditions at U.S. military barracks. Lt. Gen. Richard Newton, the senior national security contributor, joins "NewsNation Prime" to discuss the report saying beyond health, the conditions have a "tremendous impact on morale."
New variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are expected to continue to emerge, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - It might not feel like fall weather just yet in the Big Country, but it's certainly starting to look like it with brightly colored pumpkins popping up everywhere.
ABILENE, Texas (BigCountryHomepage.com) - It was a week full of traffic troubles, we even lost the lives of two Big Country teens, and others are thankful to be alive after a freak accident. Every week, we take a look at the stories our readers and viewers are diving into the most for Big Country Beat.
BALLINGER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Ballinger’s former city manager was overpaid by more than $12,000 by the City of Ballinger before he retired from his position this summer, and he may not have to pay any of it back. This was discovered by KTAB/KRBC, after obtaining documents through the Freedom of Information Act.
HB 900 sets new standards for Texas school libraries to keep what supporters call "sexually explicit content" off shelves.
