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View ArticleFrenship sweeps through unbeaten at First Bank Classic
WOLFFORTH — Hunter Douglas and Chace Sarchet drove in four runs apiece and Frenship blasted Andrews 21-1 Saturday, extending its winning streak to 16 games and putting an exclamation point on a perfect...
View ArticleFrenship research project ends with sidewalk chalk; library hosts railroad...
Community building available to rent The Lubbock County Precinct 1 Community Building, 115 Park Road, Patterson Park, is available for family and community events, meetings and classes.The community...
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CANYONPalo Duro Canyon State Park has reopened following a wildfire that scorched about 15 acres and closed the site for a day.The Texas A&M Forest Service said the park reopened to visitors...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:Less than a week after remarks by President Bush about Lubbock put the Hub City in the center of the American consciousness, the waves of publicity that swept over the city have quieted...
View ArticleTitans advance to national semifinals
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Lubbock Titans home school girls basketball team captured the Class 4A girls varsity division championship on Wednesday at the 2014 National Christian Homeschool Basketball...
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Thompson set forSWC Hall of Fame Former Texas Tech basketball star Carolyn Thompson, the school’s career scoring leader, will be inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame on April 7. The...
View ArticlePolice identify driver in fatal South by Southwest accident
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A suspected drunken driver fleeing police crashed through barricades at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, slamming into a crowd outside a nightclub and killing a man on a...
View ArticleTexas Tech pro day set for Friday
Texas Tech football will holds its annual pro day on Friday at the Football Training Facility and Jones AT&T Stadium.The event is closed to the public.Those participating hoping to catch the eyes...
View ArticleMcLEAN-JONES
Monte and Misty McLean are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rylee, to Justin Jones. Justin is the son of Mike and Melissa Jones, all of Lubbock. The bride-to-be graduated from...
View ArticlePARCHMAN-TONSI
Mr. Danny Parchman and Ms. Diane Parchman of Lubbock are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tami Shea Parchman, to Zachary Steven Tonsi. Zach is the son of Steven and Marla Tonsi all...
View ArticlePLOTT-TILLEY
Al and Ida Blessen of Lubbock are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Allison Plott, to John Blake Tilley, Jr. Blake is the son of John and Julie Tilley of Palestine, Texas....
View ArticleMcKENZIE-SMITH
Jimmy and Jana McKenzie of Lubbock, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jordan McKenzie, to Jayce Smith, both of Ft. Worth. Jayce is the son of Russ and Kim Smith of Lubbock. The...
View ArticleFIELDS-COLLINS
Rebecca Diane Fields and Kyle Andrew Collins were united in marriage on Sat., March 15, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, TX. The Honorable E. Scott Frost officiated the...
View ArticleFloydada-born Don Williams continues solid second act
Floydada-born Don Williams continues solid second actDon Williams, “Reflections” (Sugar Hill)Don Williams is on a roll, once again. After talk of retirement — he even embarked on a farewell tour in...
View ArticleGO! Rails
Musical side project Crosses ††† comes to Lubbock on March 22 Crosses ✝✝✝, the musical side project of Deftones singer Chino Moreno, Far guitarist Shaun Lopez and Chuck Doom will stop in the hub at 8...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Andra Madry Adams, 58, of Sweetwater died March 11, 2014. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, in Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel in Big Spring. Nalley-Pickle & Welch...
View ArticleDad of slain Houston woman charged with tampering
HOUSTON — The father of one of two women who were killed and their bodies dumped next to a trash bin on the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston has been charged with evidence tampering in both deaths,...
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DALLASA new study has found that the market for illicit sex is a $99 million-a-year industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.The study by the nonprofit Urban Institute policy research group for the...
View ArticleGirl Scouts plan Women of Distinction recognition
The Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains has chosen four recipients of its annual Women of Distinction Awards, which will be presented at 11:30 a.m. April 1 at McInturff Conference Center, 602 Indiana...
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