Education

Communities in Schools will be at H-E-B this Saturday taking your donations of school supplies to help local kids start school with all the necessary tools. The goal is to fill up or 'stuff the bus' and you can help.

The local United Supermarkets are getting you ready for 'back to school' with a school supply drive for kindergarteners. The will provide kindergarten classrooms with two new, age appropriate books and school supplies needed for a successful year.

A while back, we told the story of 12-year old Maddy Blythe, a 7th grade girl who was kicked off the football team at a Christian middle school in Georgia, basically because she's a girl. This young lady didn't take the news well, and neither did the tens of thousands of supporters she gained across the country.

Time and space is limited, if you'd like your child to attend this years 'Summer Safety Camp' at the Melvin Martin Center for Children's Safety (aka Safety City) then you had better hurry because space is filling up fast. This year's first camp is set for July 22 thru the 25th and a second camp is scheduled for August 5th thru the 8th, 2013. Officer Tracy Gates, Safety City Coordinator said "

Graduating from college is an exciting time, full of both positive emotions and a lot of "Uh oh, now I have to find a job and make a living." Not only have you been let out into the working world with a million of your peers, that same working world is already full of people who've been on the job hunt longer than you. These people have experience and networks. Getting a job is not going

I have several family members graduating from high school this year. As I try to keep up with who is graduating when and where. I thought I would get organized this year and put together a "graduation services list." Last year I went to the Abilene High graduation when my nephew was graduating from Cooper High School. I swore that wouldn't happen again. So, here's the list for the servic

It's the season for graduations and with that comes the frustration of "what to get that special grad on my list." I've compiled a list of graduation gift ideas, both big ticket items (over a couple hundred dollars and up), to small ticket items (under a couple hundred.) Here's What I suggest that will have them hugging and thanking you. Check it out.

There's your baby's first steps, first words and first tooth. Potty training, learning to read, and learning to ride a bicycle. All huge milestones as parents gauge the growth of their children. But my son Nathan and I enjoyed an all too often overlooked milestone: his first solo trip into the pawn shop.