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  Texas' first bourbon distiller, Dan Garrison was in Abilene this week, drumming up business for his 'Fine Texas Bourbon Whiskey'. Being that his distillery in Hye Texas is the first and only, bourbon distillery to be built in the United States since prohibition, I invited him to come on the radio station and share with us how a 'Fine Bourbon Whiskey' is made. By the way did I mention that he als

Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the national healthcare mandate - commonly referred to as Obamacare - people with strong opinions reacted. We got to hear from a lot of politicians, television news anchors and their guest, and even legendary country music star Charlie Daniels. The only thing that surprised me about the 75 year-old's comments is that he tweeted them. What happen

People will ask me "what do you do?" When I tell them I'm a radio DJ, the response is always the same "that's sounds like so much fun, I wish I had a fun job." Yes, it is fun, but it was quite nerve wracking when I first started.  Here's my first day as a radio DJ.

If you are an arts & crafts person like me and especially if you like to make your own jewelry then I have an event for you this weekend. The West Texas Bead Market will be at the Abilene Civic Center with tons of beads to help complete your projects.

There's a new climbing wall in Abilene and it's owner will not allow you to use any kind of safety ropes, repelling harness' or caribiners to scale the 12-foot inverted wall. No repelling this structure, only a 12 foot drop into the pool gets the climbers down. It's the latest craze in the water aquatics industry and The Lytle Shores Swim Club has one.

There was a new show that debuted last night on HBO after another one of my favorites True Blood. The new show is called "Newsroom" and it was absolutely the best show I've seen in a very long time.

It seems their are an exceptional amount of vampires among us, in fact, a new vampire movie was released this weekend "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". The movie has Lincoln hunting down vampires who have invaded the United States. I'm not much on vampires but I have actually gotten into the HBO True Blood series. I would have to say that Eric Northman is my favorite vampire from the

Saturday my mom and I went to eat and the restaurant was playing country music. Kenny Rogers "Lucille" came on and my mom starts laughing, I asked what was up. She was remembering all the wrong words my brother and I both sang to that song.

This holiday will take on new meaning for me this year, simply because I am now one of the "statistics". I am the 1 in 8 women that are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Tomorrow is the day to show your support of breast cancer awareness.

Summer is here and so is Mr. Gatti's 'Teen Night'. Every Thursday night from eight till midnight through August 23rd, Mr. Gatti's will be hosting teen night and giving away some awesome prizes for the basketball and air hockey tournaments. They'll also be drawing for door prizes throughout the evening, those prizes include electronics, gift cards and more.

Who says that good Samaritans don't exist? Today a small red Dachshund was being delivered to the Rescue the Animals shelter, when he escaped and ran away, fast (future wienie dog race champion in the making). The Abilene Animal Shelter and Rescue the Animals (R.T.A.) quickly put out an attempt to locate, the little dog was last seen being picked up near the Winters Freeway and North First street.

This is the 11th year for the Abilene A&M Club to hold the golf classic. Money raised from the tournament will provide funds for 12 students currently enrolled at Texas A&M University to continue their education. If you've ever been to college or have a kid in school then you know that any and all help is welcomed.