Good morning, Abilene.

Haunted Village will return to Buffalo Gap Historic Village with 30-minute tours featuring local history, spooky scenes, and actors; it will run Friday, Oct.

30, and Saturday, Oct. 31, with tours from 7:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., advance tickets $15 and $20 at the door.

B&J Welding Supply announced a $15.3 million investment to build a 40,000 sqft facility in Abilene that will create 24 jobs and retain three current positions as the company moves from a temporary location to a permanent site.

Swenson House will host a haunted house Oct.

30-31 with a less-scary time slot for kids (family-friendly hours will run before the evening scares).

Abilene Christian University's endowment topped $1 billion, and leaders say the funds will support financial aid, faculty and staff salaries, and campus upkeep while the university evaluates new academic programs and priorities.

Doug Berry has turned his corner yard at Belmont Boulevard and South 20th Street into a year round display of about three dozen skeleton figures neighbors helped install in late September; he usually packs most away by December but sometimes outfits a skeleton for other holidays.