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Sick Children’s Clinic offers free care The Sick Children’s Clinic is a free, all-volunteer clinic that treats sick children up to age 15 at 10th Street and Avenue A. Prescriptions at the on-site...
View ArticleThird Annual Bison Festival
Bison Festival and fundraiser scheduled for Sept. 28 The third annual Bison Festival and fundraiser will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Quitaque Cotton Gin, FM 1065, a quarter-mile...
View ArticleOur View: People not ready to move on about LP&L; there's still work to be done
In Saturday’s Avalanche-Journal Opinion page, letter writer Gary Yates addressed Gail Kring’s comments last week about Lubbock Power & Light.Kring, the city-owned utility’s board chair, said it was...
View ArticleLetter of the Day: Kingsbury's behavior impressive
I can’t begin to tell you how much I am impressed with Coach Kingsbury’s sideline behavior. He is calm and in charge. When players need to hear about bonehead plays, he does it quietly and does not try...
View ArticleLetter: East Lubbock thankful for attention
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Perry’s hunt for business more a stunt Gov. Perry’s latest economic-development raid on another state has sunk into a familiar pattern:■ Perry announces his arrival — this time in Maryland — with a...
View ArticleCommercial construction permits
Contractor Location Project ValueBlack Canyon Construction 806 34th St. 6,844 square feet $1,592,907J. Truman Management 2407 9th St., No. 100 6,645 square feet $100,000Gargoyle Structures 8721 19th...
View ArticleSales tax licenses
New sales tax licenses issued in Lubbock by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts for the week ending Sept. 13:■ Donnell David Hooper; 1710 E. Fourth St.■ Earnestine Medlock Bell; 1813 E. First...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 Years Ago:A proposed entry sign for Lubbock International Airport and limousine operations dominated discussion at a monthly meeting of the Lubbock Airport Board.50 Years Ago:Lubbock County...
View ArticleJFK project spreads 'love' around Dallas
DALLAS — About 30,000 works of art reflecting on love will be displayed throughout Dallas this fall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as his...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Janie “Nana” Gonzales, 65, of Denton died Sept. 18, 2013. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Fred Marriott,...
View ArticleLocal sports briefly
LCU volleyball tops Newman in five The Lubbock Christian volleyball team held off a rally by Newman University to capture a five-set victory on Saturday.Kacey Deterding had a team-high 15 kills while...
View ArticleLubbock High sweeps Caprock
Madeline McKay had 14 kills and 10 digs and Hailey Hebert added eight kills to lead Lubbock High to a sweep of Caprock on Saturday.Yasmine Borno added 11 digs and Teresa Flores and Shiana Wilson...
View ArticleHoward Payne holds off Wayland Baptist, 38-34
BROWNWOOD — The Wayland Baptist football team erased a 31-8 second quarter deficit and took a lead late, but Howard Payne came back to capture a 38-34 victory over the Pioneers on Saturday.Zarron Dove...
View ArticleWendy Davis begins the long hello
AUSTIN — Call it the long hello.Fort Worth Democrat Wendy Davis has announced that she will make clear her future plans on Oct. 3. In the meantime, she’s collecting emails, networking with Democratic...
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Tech players win fourflights in Little Rock LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Kenna Kilgo, Lynn Kiro and Sarah Toti won flights in women’s singles and Kilgo and Samantha Adams won their doubles flight as No. 18...
View ArticleNo injuries during fire at Austin group home
AUSTIN (AP) — Nobody has been hurt in a fire at a Central Texas group home for the mentally challenged.The Austin Fire Department says the blaze was reported around dawn Monday at the facility in North...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for Sept. 20-22
Sept. 208:01 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries in the Z3G parking lot. 9:52 a.m. — A Tech officer detained a student following a report of a verbal argument....
View ArticleXerox signs $100M deal to manage TxDot toll roads, manage 750,000-plus accounts
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas has signed a 5-year, approximately $100 million contract with Xerox to manage toll-road operations statewide.Xerox announced Monday that it will open a customer service operations...
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