25 years ago:
Politics took a back seat to rural health care Wednesday during Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen’s visit to Lubbock.
50 years ago:
Heavy but windy scattered thunderstorms — measuring up to 3.5 inches at one point — struck portions of the South Plains Saturday, giving cotton and grain crops an additional boost.
75 years ago:
The city of Lubbock prepared today to mark paid the indebtedness created three years ago so that Mackenzie State Park might be brought into being.
100 years ago:
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