“Everyone needs to do their part to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community,” Dr. Travis Lehman. While many health experts are pointing to pandemic fatigue as the cause behind the recent spike in cases nationwide, local officials are encouraging everyone to stay diligent in their efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Mayor…
Clubs, groups, organizations, families or individuals wishing to take part in this year’s Lighted Christmas Parade scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12, are encouraged to register for the event. The parade is sponsored by the Lighted Christmas Parade committee. The theme this year is “All About Christmas.” There is no entry fee. Entries must have some…
Northside ISD announced Saturday that the district has switched all students to distance/virtual instruction starting this week. Face-to-face instruction in the classroom will not resume until after the Thanksgiving holiday break, on Monday, Nov. 30. A letter to parents of Northside students stated the district was stopping face-to-face instruction due to a number of students…
Sen. Charles Perry’s planned town hall meeting at the Wilbarger Auditorium on November 19th has been cancelled. This was due to senator’s concern for the spike in covid cases and hospitalization rates. *********** Sen. Charles Perry is hosting a town hall meeting at the Wilbarger Auditorium in the Forum Room from 1:00 p.m. until…
Traffic was slowed on U.S.287 and one northbound lane closed Monday night. A semi pulling a Mayflower trailer caught fire and was fully engulfed in flames at around 8 p.m. Monday night. The incident occurred on U.S. 287 near CR 93 north of Vernon. Vernon Fire Department personnel were on scene fighting the fire, which…
Restoration of service to customers impacted by the west Texas winter storm is entering its final phases. As of 4 p.m., the number of customers without power totaled approximately 250 in the Abilene District, as compared to approximately 14,400 at 10:30 Wednesday morning. “The restoration team will continue addressing individual outages until we have restored…
Restoration of service to customers impacted by the west Texas winter storm is entering its final phases. As of 8:30 a.m., the number of customers without power totaled approximately 440 in the Abilene District, as compared to approximately 14,400 at 10:30 Wednesday morning. In Vernon, the estimate to restore power by Thursday night proved to…
The weather should be great for Halloween on Saturday with sunshine predicted, making it a pleasant day for Vernon’s 2nd annual Munchkins on Main to be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. downtown on Saturday. There will be trunk-to-trunk trick or treating among participating businesses, a “Fall Into the Holidays” decor tour and a…
The City of Vernon will begin accepting tree limbs from Vernon residents on the old Gibson Store lot located on Hwy 287 this week on Thursday through Sunday between 9 am to 5 pm.
AEP Texas crews are continuing restoration efforts in response to a winter storm that began in parts of west Texas on Tuesday. As of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday , approximately 9,700 customers remained without power within the Abilene District, as compared to approximately 14,400 at 10:30 this morning. Vernon had 2,200 customers out this moenring and…