SWEETWATER — Everyone's favorite ophidiophobia challenge returned to the Big Country last weekend. Sunny skies and mild temperatures on the second weekend in March means one thing for Nolan County — ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — As winter starts to turn into spring, the town of Sweetwater gets ready to host the 2025 Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlesnake Roundup. The annual event takes place the second weekend of ...

SWEETWATER, Texas - Friday marks the first official day of the 55 th Annual Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater. The roundup has brought in more than 300,000 pounds of snakes since it began in 1959, but ...

Adventure-seekers and the curious flock to West Texas each year for an annual event — the world’s largest rattlesnake roundup. Sponsored by the Sweetwater Jaycees, the community has hosted the ...

SWEETWATER — Getting anywhere near a diamondback rattlesnake is probably not something high on anyone’s list of favorite things, but just west of Abilene this weekend, snake wranglers from all over ...

There's not much in Sweetwater to recommend it to the outside world. People in the dusty little West Texas town seem to enjoy it all right, but for most of the year it's just a wide spot in the road.

MORRIS, Pa. (WETM) — The annual Rattlesnake Round-Up concluded its two-day weekend for its 70th year in Morris, PA, on Sunday, and spectators got a chance to see what was caught by the hunters.

Amid intermittent rain, clouds and spots of sun, the Sweetwater Jaycees visited the Texas Capitol this week with three boxes of western diamondback rattlesnakes in tow. For nearly 30 years, members of ...

The World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup, now in its 67th year, took place in Sweetwater last weekend. The event began in the 1950s as a way to control the rattlesnake population within the city. Venom ...