San Angelo Standard-Times News

A heart attack couldn't stop Don Ruckelshausen from doing emergency services volunteer work with the American Red Cross. But doctor's orders did stop him from providing food to Hurricane Katrina victims.

Grammy nominee Cindy Jordan will lead a free concert to launch 11 Days of Global Unity at 6 p.m. Sunday on the lawn of the Tom Green County Courthouse.

TODAY 7 a.m. - Concho Valley Farmers Market, El Paseo de Santa Angela Pavilion, 609 S. Oakes St. 9:30 a.m. - Lily Fest, Civic League Park, Beauregard Avenue and Park Street. 10 a.m. - 1st Saturday at the Chicken Farm Art Center, 2505 Martin Luther King Blvd.

A personal dispute between two employees of a meat-packing plant in San Angelo nearly killed one man and landed the other in jail on Friday, police said.

With the latest national unemployment figures reaching 6.1 percent, Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken said the state likely will see an unemployment increase.

Melissa Neal captured this photo of Ross Neal, 3, conversing with his great-grandmother, Vicky Fisher, during a Fourth of July celebration at a lake house on Lake Nasworthy. Neal's photo is posted among many community-submitted pictures at gosanangelo.com.

The Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday night on a high note.

A man stabbed this morning at San Angelo Packing might have died if his coworkers had not administered first aid, San Angelo police said.

Today is the first day for Tom Green County voters to request a ballot by mail in the November election.

Today's lake levels for the San Angelo area are as follows: Lake Nasworthy - 8,530 acre-feet. 84 percent capacity. O.C. Fisher Reservoir - 7,000. 6. Twin Buttes Reservoir - 64,200. 35. O.H Ivie Reservoir - 334,100. 60. Spence Reservoir - 63,330. 13.

The Tom Green County jail booked 17 people in the last 24 hours, including the following charges: Theft - 2. Drug - 2. Assault - 2. Driving while intoxicated - 4. Public intoxication - 2. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon- 1.

John Parsons, former campus dean of facilities for Howard College in San Angelo, has been named the new director of the West Texas Training Center.

Today's weather will be sunny with high of 91, a low of 65 and southeast wind of 5 to 10 mph. Yesterday, September 4, the high was 87, the low 63, with no rain. A month ago, August 5, the high was 100, the low was 69, with no rain.

Attorneys for mothers in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints child-custody case Thursday agreed to the framework of an agreement with the state's Child Protective Services agency over the issue of discovery if their clients' cases move to trial.

Mental disorders, neurological diseases, hypertension, and chemical dependency and addictive disorders are the main topics at the fifth annual San Angelo Nursing and Advanced Practice Symposium, being held Saturday in Angelo State University's C.J. Davidson Conference Center.

Ending hours of pointed and sometimes vicious arguments, a Tom Green County judge ruled Natalie Malonis will remain the attorney for the now 17-year-old daughter of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs.

Republican Party National Convention, Day 4: I've come to the conclusion that the whirlwind that is the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., has the world watching.

Attorneys for mothers in the FLDS child-custody case this morning agreed to the framework of an agreement with the state's Child Protective Services agency over the issue of discovery if their clients' cases move to trial.

Today's lake levels for the San Angelo area are as follows: Lake Nasworthy - 8,543 acre-feet. 84 percent capacity. O.C. Fisher Reservoir - 7,028. 6. Twin Buttes Reservoir - 64,264. 35. O.H Ivie Reservoir - 334,500. 60. Spence Reservoir - 63,450. 13.