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News from the counties around Abilene: Brown, Nolan, Mitchell, Stephens, Eastland, Jones and more, written by the CIVILIAN News Desk.
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3 stories from the CIVILIAN News Desk · Big Country
Baird · Callahan County
Callahan County's 1929 courthouse renovation is almost done
Bond money and a $4.6 million state preservation grant paid for an accessible entrance, a new elevator and geothermal heating and cooling.
CIVILIAN News Desk · Nov 3, 2026
Brown & Stephens counties
Early voting wraps in the Big Country: about a third of Brown County and 30% of Stephens County voted
Brown County cast 8,508 early ballots. Stephens County beat its 2022 midterm pace but trailed 2024.
CIVILIAN News Desk · Nov 2, 2026
Breckenridge · Stephens County
Stephens County jail passes a surprise state inspection; commissioners hear a nursing home pitch
Inspectors flagged only how veterans' paperwork is filed. The court also renewed the inmate phone deal and sold a surplus tractor.
CIVILIAN News Desk · Oct 26, 2026