“I have always tried to maintain my independence, I think the storytelling aspect of my Texas roots helps. In fact, for a long time, I kept a home in San Antonio and Nashville, and that worked reasonably well, but it was reasonably expensive,” West Texas native Radney Foster says.

Are you finding yourself too busy to prepare healthy meals for your family? San Angelo families are a busy crowd. We are driving our kids all around attending activities, working harder and longer hours, and often times both spouses are working.

Local San Angelo author Mike Thompson has found success with his latest book, "The Curse of Al Capone's Gold." Here is a look at the book, and the local author.

If you have ever been within fifty yards of a “Top Fuel Hydro” when the starting light turns green, you will remember it for the rest of your life. It’s an ear-splitting sound that makes front row seats at a Nickelback concert seem like a visit to the public library.

The arts in San Angelo continue to thrive with the season finale of the 2007-2008 season of Angelo Civic Theater (Their preferred short name is simply, “The Civic”). They are busy rehearsing and building the sets for a large, musical production of “Grease.”

Some days are better on Lake Amistad than others. As a fishing guide, James Burkeen takes it personally when a fish gets away.

San Angelo’s River Stage on the Concho River will once again be the location for the annual music festival in September. Dubbed The Lonestar Music Fest, The Randy Rogers Band will headline the event scheduled for September 27, 2008.

“Toward the Unknown” was their motto. The U-2A was capable of reaching altitudes in excess of 67,000 feet. The U-2C, with an updated engine could fly higher, up to 74,000 feet. Airlines today rarely fly over 40,000 feet, and for anyone to fly over 50,000, federal regulations require a pressure suit.

U-2 tail number 56-6707 was a special bird. She sits today as a U-2 memorial static display at Laughlin AFB and, to my knowledge, is the only one that sports the signature gray paint job and the 4080th Dragon Lady and Black Knight patch on it’s vertical stabilizer. It is one of only twelve of the fifty-three U-2 early birds built still exists today, on static display, somewhere in the world.

Chris Pocock, and aviation journalist and writer spearheaded much of the recording of the U-2’s history with countless hours of interviews and research. Before Pocock, many of the people involved in the program were unknown, unsung heroes who had accomplished a great bit in the defense of the United States and the rest of the free world at great risk to themselves, but they received little recognition.

In February 1963, Major Changti “Robin” Yeh of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force arrived at Laughlin AFB to learn how to fly the U-2. It was the start of a 20-year journey that would take him from the top of the military aviation in Taiwan to captivity in Mainland China to being refused by his own countrymen in Taiwan upon his release from captivity.

The San Angelo Colts opening night found friends and families congregating around a stellar performance by San Angelo’s baseball team as the tromped Laredo 11-4. Full pictorial and crowd pics.

In 2003, Pat Sharp was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Here is her journey and how she copes.

One of the most progressive treatment centers for Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in the country is coming to San Angelo, made possible by an $80,000 grant from the TRIAD Fund of Permian Basin Area Foundation.

The city of Las Vegas has roughly half a million people, and hundreds at its annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender. But that didn’t stop San Angelo hairstylist “Texas” Tara Hart from being plucked among the thousands by a Revlon representative.

They are packing the venues in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, College Station, and Lubbock. But they’ve only been to San Angelo twice. The Casey Donahew band is one to watch. With Podcast!

There is nothing mysterious about the goal of the "5th Ever Somewhat Annual MYSTERYFEST V.” The festival gives musicians around Texas a chance to raise money for a deserving individual while providing the community two nights of affordable live music and other entertainment.

They must’ve thought it was glued down—it looked like it might have been—but as several nudging shoe tips quickly discovered, the grand-prize winning sand and clay installation had been assembled on the second-story floor of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts in free form.

Bleu Edmondson reveals most of his soul on his newest record “Lost Boy.” He says it is autobiographical, but in some areas he didn’t go as deep as he could have. The critically acclaimed record is the showpiece of his live shows now. With Podcast!