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25 years ago:Lubbock County Jail inmates continued to evade authorities late Sunday night after escaping earlier in the day from an area of the jail under construction.50 years ago:Lubbock school...
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Mr. and Mrs. Scurry of Plainview, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at University Medical Center. Mr. Galicia and Ms. Luna of Lubbock, a boy weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces at 5:04...
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72ND DISTRICT COURTJUDGE RUBEN G. REYESCropmark Direct LLC against Mark Neusch, suit on accountMisty Tiller and Jonathan Tiller against Bar G. Trucking, XCL Trailers Inc., Trotter Farms and Panhandle...
View ArticleHunt scores twice as LHS topples first-place Lake View
Soccer Abebe Hunt scored two unassisted goals and Lubbock High knocked off District 7-4A leader San Angelo Lake View 3-1 on Tuesday.Lubbock High took a 1-0 lead when Alexis Loredo scored off a free...
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Schneider to speakat foreign clinic Monterey girls basketball coach Jill Schneider has accepted an invitation to Amman, Jordan, to serve as a keynote clinic speaker for basketball coaches in that...
View ArticlePalo Duro grad donates millions to Tech
When Terry Fuller was 10 on autumn Saturdays in 1965, his parents, Don and Marjorie Fuller, would put him on a passenger train in Amarillo bound for Lubbock. At the other end was his uncle, Bill...
View ArticleTexas Tech police arrest 1 in connection with missing person investigation
Texas Tech police calls for Feb. 2611:57 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft report at Stangel Murdough Residence Dining Hall. A calculator was reported stolen.2:42 p.m. — A Tech officer...
View ArticleProposed $60M border security surge pushed back until September
AUSTIN (AP) — The lieutenant governor’s plan to spend $60 million to quickly ramp up security along the Mexican border won’t likely happen until September, raising accusations by his primary opponents...
View ArticleEx-Spearman teacher pleads guilty to improper relationship with student
A former Spearman High School teacher pleaded guilty to having an improper relationship with a student stemming from messages she sent the student online, documents obtained Thursday show.Melissa...
View ArticleTexas officials jailed on meetings violation
WESLACO — Four top officials of a South Texas city and a former top official spent the afternoon in jail after they were charged with violating the state Open Meetings Act.read more
View ArticleWTHBA hosts 2014 Home & Garden Show
WTHBA hosts 2014 Home & Garden ShowAll booths for West Texas Home Builders Association annual show sold out months in advanceThe West Texas Home Builders Association is proud to host the 2014 Home...
View Article2014 Parade of Homes®, June 14-29
2014 Parade of Homes®, June 14-29The sites have been selected and the builders named for the West Texas Home Builders Association’s 2014 Parade of Homes®, June 14-29.read more
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WASHINGTONA divided Senate on Thursday derailed Democratic legislation that would have provided $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation’s veterans. The bill fell...
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25 years ago:Attorney General Jim Mattox has ruled that information surrounding the testing of water wells for pollutants by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is public information and must be...
View ArticleCracks in concrete force closure of $60 million Allen high school stadium
ALLEN — A North Texas school district is indefinitely closing its $60 million football stadium after cracks were found in the building’s concrete.The Allen Independent School District said Thursday...
View ArticleBrainard, Moore lead South Plains easily past OC
LEVELLAND — Roosevelt graduate Jasmine Brainard scored 23 points and Frenship graduate TaSheena Moore added 21 as South Plains College closed the regular season with 79-58 victory Thursday against...
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Two Warriors boxersreach state semifinal FORT WORTH — Lubbock Warriors boxers Adam Castillo and Eric Hernandez both won decisions on Thursday to advance to semifinal matches today in the Golden Gloves...
View ArticleTexan incompetent for trial in pentagram incident
FORT WORTH (AP) — A North Texas man charged with carving a pentagram into his 6-year-old son’s back has been declared incompetent for trial.Prosecutors in Tarrant County on Thursday announced Brent...
View ArticleLubbock County Sheriff's Office investigating fatal shooting
One person is dead and a woman is injured following a shooting late Thursday night, Feb. 27, in South Lubbock.Deputies responded to the shooting around 10:30 p.m. in the 3200 block of County Road...
View Article2nd person gets life term for East Texas slaying
GILMER (AP) — A second person has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2012 beating and burning death of an East Texas man.A judge in Gilmer on Thursday sentenced 20-year-old Sarah...
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