
Nearly 40 percent of live births in San Angelo are to unwed mothers, five percent above the state average. Finding a solution to this problem isn’t that easy because the whole issue of premarital sex is wrapped into conflicting moral, religious, and ultimately hardheaded ideological differences, even here in San Angelo.

There are literally tens of thousand of stories of men and women down in the depths of alcohol and drug-induced disparity, who by discovering “God,” went on to a successful recovery. The Billy Callery story is not one of these. “I didn’t find God… He found me,” a humbled Callery said.

The San Angelo Civic Ballet is pleased to announce its presentation of Nutcracker 2007 December 7-9, 2007. Nutcracker has always been an exuberant holiday celebration, combining the efforts of dancers, actors, stage and technical crew of all ages and experience levels, with special guest artists from prestigious ballet companies around the country.

Christmas trees thrive in the cold and arid mountainous regions of the United States. Growing them in Christoval, 20 miles south of San Angelo, seems about as likely as growing cotton in Canada.

For fifty years, since 1930, the five-acre plot with a 20,000 square foot school building in Eola was the fulcrum of the town, with thousands of young students having walked the halls. It was abandoned in 1982, but today it is finding a new life as a restaurant and, of all things, a micro-brewery. Here is the story of the Eola School.

Tequila embodies the “It person” status its drinkers are trying to purvey: It’s been gaining momentum since the beginning of this millennium, but it was actually the fastest-growing spirit last year, according to Adams Beverage Group’s research director, Eric Schmidt.