Railroad crossing work requires US 385/62 road closure
Railroad crossing work requires U.S. 385/62 road closure Work by West Texas & Lubbock Railroad to re-plank the railroad crossing located just north of Seagraves will continue through Monday, Feb....
View ArticleRangel: Primaries should show direction GOP is heading
AUSTIN — In case you missed it, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst faced his three Republican challengers Monday night. And though it was the first statewide televised debate of the year, what Dewhurst, Sen. Dan...
View ArticleQuick Opinion: Texas Tech researchers discovered a new dinosaur.
The term “new dinosaur” may sound like an oxymoron, but it isn’t. Texas Tech paleontologists have discovered a new species of phytosaur on a West Texas ranch. The dinosaur, from the Triassic Age —...
View ArticleLetter of the Day: He received a random act of kindness
On Jan. 4., I was shopping in a local store. When I was checking out, the couple behind me paid for my groceries. That was a very generous thing to do for a complete stranger.I thanked them several...
View ArticleTech kicks off Black History Month with ceremony honoring Hill, Frazier
2 to be honored at Black History kickoff Texas Tech’s Black Faculty and Staff Association will honor Dr. Damon Herbie Hill Jr. and Paul Frazier as part of the opening ceremony for Black History Month...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:Texas Tech has been hit with an outbreak of rubeola, or red measles, and will begin immunizing students today in an effort to halt the spread of the highly contagious disease.50 years ago:...
View ArticleAssumed names
■ Assumed name: Texas Paralegal Service; owner: Benjamin Michael Hight■ Assumed name: Independent Trucker Fuel Services; owner: Texas Green Manufacturing LLC■ Assumed name: Independent Trucker Fuel...
View ArticleTexas and region
AUSTINThe Texas Board of Education has approved a new high school curriculum that drops algebra II as a graduation requirement for most students.The academic overhaul grew out of a law passed...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Mary Louise Bearden, 72, died Jan. 30, 2014. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Abbey Chapel of Resthaven Funeral Home. Resthaven Funeral Home.Mrs. Ivanell Carlson, 82, of...
View ArticleLCU baseball opener changed to tripleheader
LCU baseball openerchanged to tripleheader Lubbock Christian University’s season-opening baseball series against Adams State has been rescheduled as a tripleheader beginning at 10:30 a.m. today at Hays...
View ArticleMonterey routs Lake View; Frenship edges Wylie in soccer
SAN ANGELO — Adison McNeme and Claudia Sanchez each scored four goals and Ariel Diaz had a hat trick as Monterey trounced San Angelo Lake View 13-0 Friday in District 7-4A girls soccer.Tan-Tan Williams...
View ArticleSpeaker asks to House look into school cheating
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has ordered hearings on school cheating in the wake of a scandal that sent El Paso’s former school superintendent to prison.Ex-superintendent Lorenzo Garcia...
View ArticleBusiness Profile: Max Bhakta of Pita Pit
Name: Max BhaktaAge: 29I’m from: AbileneWebsite: pitapitusa.comWhy I started this business: My brother and I wanted to bring Pita Pit to Lubbock, where we went to school. We’re looking forward to...
View ArticleRumored candidates staying mum on Tech chancellorship
Lips are welded shut, it seems, when it comes to the search for a new Texas Tech chancellor.Veteran state Sen. Robert Duncan and U.S. District Judge Robert Junell, who are widely considered leading...
View ArticleCommunity Briefs
YWCA Valentine’s dances planned The YWCA will host the fifth annual “Valentine’s Day Father and Daughter Dance” from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, in the Moe Turner Banquet Hall at the Lubbock Civic...
View ArticleTexas ag report
CROPSColder temperatures returned to the state early in the week. Many areas experienced ice and snow as a strong winter storm found its way south. Southeast Texas and the Upper Coast received...
View ArticleSymphony Guild introduces 30 debutantes at Winter Ball
The Lubbock Symphony Guild presented 30 debutantes on Saturday night, Feb. 1, during its annual Winter Ball at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.The young women, all high school seniors, were...
View ArticleMr. & Mrs. Nitcher
MR. AND MRS. NITCHERMr. and Mrs. Rowland Nitcher recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the Three Way Baptist Church in Maple, Texas. They are the parents of Randy and Vicki Nitcher of...
View ArticleFannie Flagg novel has Sweetwater connection
Sandra Edwards Spears, one of the founding members of the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, is a guest reviewer this week. Her father was an instructor for the Women Airforce Service Pilots,...
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