Death notices
Elwyn H. “Bud” Clark, 99, died March 25, 2013, in Lubbock. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. today, March 27, in Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel. Resthaven Funeral Home.Rita Climer, 61, of Lubbock died March...
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EL PASOA campuswide evacuation was ordered as a precaution at the University of Texas in El Paso on Tuesday after officials received word of a bomb threat, but police said there was no immediate...
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25 yearsThe impact of the large 1987 cotton crop has swirled through the High Plains, dizzying everyone from cotton buyers to retail merchants.50 yearsAn era will end at Texas Tech May 31 when the two...
View ArticleMan dies in Swisher County wreck
AMARILLO — An Amarillo man was killed Monday, March 25, in a one-vehicle rollover in Swisher County, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Juan Medrano said Tuesday, March 26.read more
View ArticleTexas Senate confirms Williams to head education agency
The Texas Senate confirmed the nomination of Michael L. Williams as the state’s Commissioner of Education, the Texas Education Agency announced Wednesday, March 27. He was named education commssioner...
View ArticleTexas Tech institute awards 2 Hardwick graduate fellowships
Levi Johnson, a doctoral student in Texas Tech University’s mathematics program, and Patrick Tinsley, a doctoral student in Tech’s School of Architecture, are recipients of the 2013 Hardwick Graduate...
View ArticleState agency sets plans to honor CCC workers
Ed Davis was one of seven Depression-era children in his family, and at 17 he left the Silverton area in 1937 to build a state park in Palo Duro Canyon.read more
View ArticleLISD assistant AD Hunt announces retirement
Melynn Hunt, an assistant athletic director for Lubbock Independent School District and a 39-year veteran of coaching and administration in area public schools, announce her retirement on Wednesday...
View ArticleTeen to be tried as adult in Texas van crash
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A South Texas judge has ruled that a 16-year-old boy should be prosecuted as an adult for allegedly killing nine illegal immigrants in a crash while fleeing Border Patrol.A...
View ArticleCouncil plans special meeting on complaints against Hernandez
Lubbock City Councilman Victor Hernandez faces two complaints made this week by city employees, prompting a special city council meeting set for next week.The council will meet at 3 p.m. April 4 in...
View ArticleFrenship Sports Briefly
Frenship’s Stevens signs to play with Wayland BaptistWOLFFORTH — Frenship’s Dillon Stevens, a senior running back for the Tigers, committed to Wayland Baptist university on March 18.Stevens, also a...
View ArticleTennis teams compete in Frenship Invitational
WOLFFORTH — Brittany McClellan and Landon Hope continue to be a force for the Frenship Tigers. The duo took first place in mixed doubles this weekend at the Frenship Invitational.McClellan and Hope...
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Foote’s ‘Trip to Bountiful’ staged “The Trip to Bountiful,” a drama by Horton Foote based on his 1953 television play, will be staged at 8 p.m. April 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20, and at 2 p.m. April 7, 14 and...
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Van Gene Brashear, 87, of Lubbock died March 26, 2013. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. today, March 28, in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Combest Family Funeral Homes.Emma Collins, 85, of Floyd County...
View ArticlePerry, Cruz, Cornyn to present united front on Medicaid
Gov. Rick Perry and Texas’ two U.S. senators will join forces at the state Capitol on Monday to reassert their opposition to expanding Medicaid, a central tenet of federal health reform that has been a...
View ArticleSenate considers trimming powers of regents
AUSTIN — Texas lawmakers continued Wednesday to question the actions of University of Texas System regents and their pressure on flagship campus President Bill Powers as the Senate considers a bill...
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AMARILLOThe Texas Department of Transportation spent nearly $1.6 million to clean up after the blizzard last month that dropped 19 inches of snow on parts of the Panhandle.TxDOT spokesman Paul Braun...
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25 yearsWarm conditions combined with blowing dust and thunderstorms Sunday present area residents with the season’s first harsh taste of spring weather. Conditions should remain the same today before...
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