Family Dollar robbery

Last Friday morning, San Angelo police responded to a robbery call at the Family Dollar Store located at 8 West Avenue L. While officers were enroute they were told that a store clerk was robbed by a man who displayed a knife while demanding money from the clerk. The suspect was said to have fled the area on foot with an estimated 260 dollars. Thanks to information from witnesses, police were able to track down the suspect exiting the Victory Temple church on South Irving. They say 22-year-old Raul Medel, Junior, was in possession of the stolen money and was arrested.

Prayer service for vets

In the wake of the tragic accident involving veterans in Midland last week, a community-wide prayer service is scheduled for 12:15 tomorrow in Santa Fe Park adjacent to the pavilion near Kids Kingdom playground. There will be special focus on the families of the four veterans who died and also on all the veterans and their spouses who were riding on the parade float hit by a train, many of whom were injured. The vets were to have been guests in San Angelo this past weekend for the ninth annual Hunt for Heroes.

Goodfellow Thanksgiving

Leadership at Goodfellow Air Force Base will serving up Thanksgiving dinner to junior service members. The wing commander, along with various group commanders, chief master sergeants and first sergeants will be working Thursday from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Western Winds Dining Hall on Farrow Street. The meal is also open for military retirees and their immediate families.

ASU award

Angelo State University's student affiliates chapter of the American Chemical Society has received an Honorable Mention Award from the national ACS for the chapter's activities during the 2011-12 academic year. This marks the seventh straight year the ASU chapter has received a year-end award from the national ACS. The ASU group was also highlighted as a "Spotlight Chapter" in the November/December issue of inChemistry, the ACS student member magazine.

City holiday hours

City of San Angelo offices will also be closed both days. Garbage will not be collected and the landfill will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Trash for those customers will be picked up on the next regularly scheduled day. Garbage collection and the landfill will resume normal operations Friday.

Fort Concho will be open 9 to 5 tomorrow, closed Thanksgiving Day, then back open 9 to 5 Friday and Saturday, and one to five on Sunday. And the San Angelo Nature Center on Knickerbocker Road, will be closed Thursday and Friday but will be open from noon to 5 on Saturday.

School closed

Just in case there was any doubt, the San Angelo Independent School District has announced that it will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Campuses will have early release tomorrow and the SAISD Administration Building will close tomorrow at 3 PM.

Gas price update

Triple-A says gas prices are expected to fall throughout the Thanksgiving holiday, but the rate of decrease is expected to slow as violence in the Middle East has raised concerns of a disruption of the region's oil supply The national average price of regular gasoline is three-42 a gallon, two cents less than last week. Texas average of three-16 is down by three cents. According to gas-buddy-dot-com, the price of regular in San Angelo ranges from three-11 to three-16 a gallon.