2014 questionnaire from Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner
2014 questionnaires to the Avalanche-Journal from a Democratic agriculture commissioner candidate Note: Not all candidates answered requests to send us questionnaires. The candidate’s answers are...
View ArticleSmith's solid relief effort, Long's two RBIs lift Tech to sweep of Oral Roberts
While winning games is most important, the early part of a baseball season is spent finding in which roles certain players can thrive.Sunday long relief appears to suit Cameron Smith just fine.The...
View ArticleFrenship soccer teams sweep Lubbock High
Frenship soccer teams sweep Lubbock High Thomas Herrera, Jared Hallman and Brady Galland scored a goal apiece, leading Frenship past Lubbock High 3-1 Friday at Chapman Field in District 7-4A boys...
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AREA GOLFHOLES IN ONESundayat Lubbock Country Club: Johnny Lutrick, No. 2, 135 yards, 9-iron. Witnesses: Larry Barker, Robert Thompson, Steve Warren, Richard Morgan.Fridayat Lubbock Country Club:...
View Article2-alarm Dallas fire leaves 40 people homeless
DALLAS — More than three dozen people have been forced from their homes by a fire at a Dallas apartment complex.Fire officials say the blaze Sunday evening reached two alarms as flames shot through the...
View ArticleTexas dad facing charges after shooting 4-year-old son in chest
ARANSAS PASS — A 33-year-old South Texas man is held on $10,000 bond after authorities say he was under the influence of alcohol while handling a gun and shot and wounded his 4-year-old son.Aransas...
View ArticleTexan charged in hate crime after beating gay man he met online
FORT WORTH — A North Texas man is facing federal hate crime charges after authorities say he severely beat a gay man he met through an online service.read more
View ArticleTexas A&M's new LED display will be largest video board in college football
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M says Kyle Field will have the largest video screen in college football for the 2014 season.A&M officials say the LED video display will be 47 feet high and 163 feet...
View ArticleTexas Tech police investigate indecent exposure incidents
Texas Tech police calls for:Feb. 2110:09 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries and duty upon striking unattended vehicle in the Z4P parking lot.2:51 p.m. — A Tech...
View ArticleTexas college ROTC programs producing fewer officers face cutbacks
HOUSTON — Nearly a third of Reserve Officers Training Corps units at Texas colleges are no longer producing enough officers and are facing federal scrutiny that could lead to cutbacks.read more
View ArticleDeath Notices
Frances Boswell Carter, 73, of Lubbock died Feb. 16, 2014. Graveside service will be 10 a.m. today, Feb. 25, at the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Griffin Mortuary.Betty A. Earl, 79, of Big Spring died Feb....
View ArticleHealth briefs
Registration begins for Goo Run 5K Registration for the Goo Run 5K and Fun Run is now underway. The event will be Sept. 20 at River Parks West in Lubbock. Tickets can be purchased at...
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In a recent story regarding climate change research at Texas Tech, the first name of Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Climate Science Center, was misspelled.A-J Media regrets the error.If we’ve made a...
View ArticleTexas and region
GATESVILLEA Central Texas county is dealing with its worst outbreak of rabies in more than a decade.Coryell County had 26 cases of the disease in animals last year and officials have determined at...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:The list of finalists for the presidency of Texas Tech University dwindled to six Friday as two more candidates — one of whom had been invited to campus — pulled out of the race.50 years...
View ArticleBirths
Mr. Jalor Mann and Ms. Linda Tran of Lubbock, a boy weighing 4 pounds, 9 ounces at 1:28 p.m. Jan. 28 at University Medical Center. Ms. Alicia Guzman of Lubbock, a girl weighing 8 pounds, 15 ounces at...
View ArticleSPC's Hardin gets commissioner job
Former South Plains College women’s basketball coach Lyndon Hardin has been named the first full-time commissioner of the Western Junior College Athletic Conference, according to an announcement...
View ArticleSuspect charged in Austin gunfire, 2 wounded
AUSTIN (AP) — A man suspected of opening fire during an argument on Austin’s popular Sixth Street has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.Travis County jail records...
View ArticleEx-A&M quarterback Richardson accused of DWI
COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Former Texas A&M and NFL quarterback Bucky Richardson has been arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge.College Station police on Sunday morning stopped a vehicle...
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