How one Taylor County home survived the Mesquite Heat Fire
TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Mesquite Heat Fire in the summer of 2022 left many without a home to return to, but due to the right conditions and a handful of luck, one Big Country family was able to save their home from the flames. Eddy Cockerell grew up on a property that was […]
TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - An RV park with more than 2,300 lots is under development in Taylor County. During a meeting Tuesday, Taylor County commissioners approved a final infrastructure development plan for the Elmdale RV Park, which will be located off Elmdale Road N and Mesquite Lane. The park…
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KBRC) - As wildfire season becomes active across the Big Country, business owners and community leaders gathered at a recent networking event to address the growing threat. Jerri Ann Cornett, Disaster Assessment and Recovery representative for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, emphasized that despite recent rainfall, wildfire risk…