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Roosevelt FFA gets $5K from resident Local resident, Jeff Johnson presented $5,000 to the Roosevelt High School FFA Chapter.Lubbock County was declared a natural disaster area by the United States...
View ArticleU.S. tries to speed holiday traffic on SW border
LAREDO (AP) — Headed into this traffic-heavy holiday weekend U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reassuring motorists that in spite of federal budget cuts the agency will try to make sure waiting to...
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TODAYMeditation and Prayers for World Peace — 10:30-11:30a.m. KMC-Texas-Lubbock, 6701 Aberdeen Ave., Suite No. 4. Meditation for everyone. Free. 757-2499. MONDAYCity of Lubbock Meeting-Special City...
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25 yearsTemperature across the South Plains managed to climb into the 60s and 70s Wednesday, but forecasters predict slightly cooler conditions today.50 yearsIt was one of those days at the county Tax...
View ArticleOSU tops Tech twice, takes series
STILLWATER, Okla. — Simone Freeman and Kat Espinosa combined to hold Texas Tech to an unearned run on three hits, and Oklahoma State came back from a loss in the first game of the series to win twice...
View ArticleRecord-setting relays boost Lady Westerners at Lubbock Invitational
The Lubbock High girls have broken some school records the last few years, which is a good barometer of progress.Even better is breaking a 21-year-old meet record. A Lubbock High team with a senior,...
View ArticleAmarillo firm oversees $500M plant in Mitchell County for electricity
An Amarillo firm is directing the commercial and financial development of a $500 million plant in Mitchell County to generate electricity from natural gas.Protos Energy Advisory will partner with FGE...
View ArticleKey Leaders to Descend on Capitol for Medicaid Events
On the heels of Monday's press conference by Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to reassert their opposition to expanding Medicaid, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and his...
View Article2 contend for education service center board
School trustees around the South Plains have been participating in a rare opportunity to vote for a member of the Education Service Center Region 17 board of directors.“We don’t have elections very...
View ArticleMayor: Deaths of Texas DA, wife 'not a random act'
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Two months after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down, a north Texas district attorney and his wife were found killed in their home, authorities said.The bodies of...
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TODAYCity of Lubbock Meeting-Special City Council: Electric Utility Board — 9 a.m. Lubbock Power & Light, 1301 Broadway. City of Lubbock Meeting-Special Libraries Board — Noon. Mahon Library, 1306...
View ArticleCentury-old San Antonio hotel to be renovated
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Babe Ruth once spoke at a business luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel in downtown San Antonio. Rudolph Valentino once danced on the roof. John Wayne, Judy Garland and George Clooney...
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Valentino “Val” Barela Sr., 52, of Lubbock died March 30, 2013. Services are pending with Calvillo Funeral Home and Chapel.Eunice Briggs, 76, of Lubbock died March 30, 2013. Services are pending with...
View ArticleTexas DA's killing puts other prosecutors on alert
KAUFMAN, Texas — After one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down in January, Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland carried a gun everywhere, even when walking the dog.read more
View ArticleSmoking Vehicle Program gets nearly 60K complaints
HOUSTON — A Texas agency has received nearly 60,000 complaints about smoke-belching vehicles since a public reporting program began in 2007.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality encourages...
View ArticleLubbock Area Republican Women to meet April 11
Lubbock Area Republican Women to meet April 11 Lubbock Area Republican Women will feature “Anatomy of a Kidnapping,” from Dr. Steven Lee Berk, dean of the Texas Tech University School of Medicine and...
View ArticleGun control just got stricter? Come to Texas!
Gov. Rick Perry speaks wistfully — almost lovingly — about a rifle he recently fired while he was at a range in Leander owned by the manufacturer LaRue Tactical. “I’m incredibly passionate about a...
View ArticleTexas Tech Police calls for March 29-31
FRIDAY, MARCH 299:13 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at the Native Rangeland. A lock was cut off a gate.12:17 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a non-injury traffic...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: Texas Tech, Tubby Smith agree on deal
Tubby Smith is coming to Texas Tech to try to turn around another wayward program.read more
View ArticleDueling Medicaid events pit Perry against Castros
AUSTIN— Texas' top Republican guns, Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, have teamed up to oppose expanding Medicaid services in the state.read more
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