October 8th

The federal government shutdown doesn’t just impact federal workers. It has ripple effects into local communities. We’ll hear about efforts to support West Texans who are directly affected—and to lessen those ripple effects.
The ROC Abilene’s “Recreational Outdoor Complex” is now open for business. The new outdoor fields are building capacity for all kinds of activities—bringing a big expansion to Abilene’s youth-sports scene.
The College Rodeo fall-season is underway–and Angelo State is preparing to host its first event in more than three-decades.
And from Lubbock we remember singer-songwriter Sonny Curtis who died in September. The Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Famer from Meadow, Texas wrote the theme for the Mary Tyler Moore show- and collaborated with Buddy Holly.