Quick Opinion: Tech researchers are studying golden algae, which can be...
When golden algae blooms in lakes, it creates toxins that can kill fish. It has been found in local and area lakes, and Texas Tech biology professor Reynaldo Patiño and Tech doctoral and post-doctoral...
View ArticleTickets on sale for annual LISD String Fling
Tickets on sale for LISD String Fling Tickets are on sale now for the Lubbock Independent School District’s 29th annual String Fling. Eighteen groups, including the Texas Tech Tango Ensemble, will...
View Article'Hair' production tickets to go on sale Friday
Sponsored by Celebrity Attractions, the touring production of the 1968 Broadway musical “Hair” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 1, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic...
View ArticleCivil Filings
99TH DISTRICT COURTJUDGE WILLIAM C. SOWDERTonya Arredondo against Gerald Crenwelge, suit on personal injury auto
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 Years Ago:U.S Rep. Larry Combest, R-Lubbock, has been appointed to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence by minority leader Bob Michel, R-Ill., Combest said on Friday.50 Years Ago:The City...
View ArticleMan dies in Baylor stadium construction accident
WACO — A Baylor University stadium construction worker was killed and a co-worker was treated for hypothermia after an accident that plunged both into the Brazos River.Waco police said the two men were...
View ArticleFurry Tahoka residents seeking new home after blaze
Every name on the wall is $1 closer to rebuilding a home for furry Tahoka residents, according to some of the town’s two-legged inhabitants.In one fundraiser to rebuild the fire-damaged Lynn County...
View ArticleTech holds events to celebrate 2014 Lunar New Year
Texas Tech’s Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center will celebrate the 2014 Lunar New Year with events for students, faculty, staff and community.The Lunar New Year is a Chinese holiday...
View ArticleLubbock police responding to domestic disturbance find man hiding in dog house
Lubbock police have one man in custody Thursday, Jan. 30, after spotting him in a dog house, hiding from officers after a brief chase in North Lubbock. Police were responding to a domestic disturbance...
View ArticleThree Corpus Christi oil workers killed when van strikes school bus Thursday...
CORPUS CHRISTI — Three oil workers have been killed and a group of children injured when a van slammed into the back of a school bus in South Texas.read more
View ArticleU.S. Senate candidate to speak at Texas Democratic Women's meeting
Maxey Scherr, a candidate for U.S. Senate in the March Democratic Party primary, will be in Lubbock on Friday, Jan. 31. She will speak to Texas Democratic Women of the South Plains at their monthly...
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Herman’s Hermits headline Overton gala Purpose Medical Mission will present its 2014 Gala, called “We’re Into Something Good,” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 1 in the Sunset Ballroom at the Overton...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Lucia Amaro Amalla, 74, of Anton died Jan. 27, 2014. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today, Jan. 31, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Anton. Head Duarte Funeral Home. Ivanell Carolson, 82, of...
View ArticleTexas woman charged with murdering 10-year-old son
FRISCO (AP) — A North Texas woman was charged with murder Thursday in the death of her 10-year-old son, whose body was found in a bathtub in the family’s suburban Dallas home.Pallavi Dhawan was booked...
View ArticleLubbock Christian baseball roster
PITCHERSNo. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. B-T Hometown/previous school4 Mick Limon 5-11 175 Fr. L-L Midland Lee5 Tim Carlson 5-11 175 Sr. L-L Omaha, Neb./Doane College12 Sterling Kiper 6-0 175 Jr. R-R...
View Article100 Black Men of West Texas to host fundraiser gala
The 100 Black Men of West Texas will host its 19th Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Texas Tech’s McKenzie–Merket Alumni Center. 100 Black Men of West Texas is a...
View ArticleMarriage Licenses
Braden Christopher Smith and Leah Shea WilliamsGeorge Alberts De La Cruz and Merna Gail AvalosBryan Patrick Kahler and Niloofar Fathollahi
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25 Years Ago:Six individual champions from the Southwest, Big Eight and Western Athletic Conferences will compete in the third annual Lubbock Indoor Meet Monday night at the Municipal Coliseum.50 Years...
View ArticleTop throwers go head to head in Lubbock
Given that Kole Weldon finished second in the shot put at last year’s NCAA indoor championships and third at the NCAA outdoor meet, the Texas Tech junior has risen above most of his college-age...
View ArticleDem. U.S. Senate candidate rails against Cornyn, Cruz at Lubbock event
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maxey Scherr revved up a group of Lubbock Democrats with her hope to “send John Cornyn home.”Scherr, an El Paso attorney and 2008 graduate of the Texas Tech School of...
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