Billie Sol Estes, legendary Texas wheeler-dealer, dies at 88
FORT WORTH, Texas — Billie Sol Estes, a West Texas millionaire, con man and friend of politicians, was found dead Tuesday morning at his home in Granbury, his daughter, Pamela Padget, said. He was 88. Estes was a legendary wheeler-dealer who ...

The secret to long life? Bacon, says 105-year-old
Pearl Cantrell, a centenarian from Abilene ... She just gave up mowing the lawn at the age of 100, the West Texas Tribute reported. Cantrell spent her life working in the fields and waiting tables. She's outlived both her husbands, and three ...

Teen with autism turns into superhero at baseball games
A superhero is patrolling the little league fields of Abilene, Texas. His name is Devin DeReis and he is known as Mr. Baseball. He's the goodwill ambassador at his little brother's baseball games. The18-year-old with autism passes out candy and high-fives ...

First Financial Bankshares To Present At The 2013 Gulf South Bank Conference
ABILENE, Texas, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIN) is scheduled to make a presentation to the investment community at 9:20 a.m. Central time on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the 2013 Gulf South Bank ...

Kane County law librarian loved to help others
Adella N. Wolff, a lifelong Elgin resident, former Kane County law librarian and wife to a former county board chairman, recently died at the age of 93. Wolff, who was the law librarian for 17 years, was remembered by friends and colleagues as a ...

Tennessee man reunited with class ring lost near Sweetwater 31 years ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bobby Bradley remembers the precise moment when he lost his Franklin High School class ring. It was 1982, he was 33, and he was participating in what’s considered the world’s largest rattlesnake roundup, held annually in ...