Potter County officers unite to shave heads for cancer patient
AMARILLO — Potter County Sheriff’s Lt. Lisa Dawson couldn’t figure out whether to laugh or cry Wednesday morning, April 10, so she did a little bit of each.“The support and the love that I have with my...
View ArticleBorger police raid smoke shop, charge man with delivery of controlled substance
AMARILLO — Borger police, working with various agencies, raided a smoke shop Wednesday afternoon, April 10, and charged a Pampa man with delivery of a controlled substance, a department release...
View ArticleTeachers on Rise honors 3 educators
Amberlee Reed, Micah Painter and Brenda Parker have been honored as Teachers on the Rise winners for March.Lubbock Independent School District students nominated Reed, a first-grade teacher at Wright...
View ArticleMissing man found, arrested
Lubbock police have canceled the alert for a man missing since Sunday, April 7.Sgt. Jonathan Stewart confirmed that Rafael Flores Adame, 40, was arrested by Lubbock police at a local Wal-Mart for...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for April 10-11
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 108:50 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries in the 3100 block of 9th Street.9:30 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident...
View ArticleBreak causes low water pressure in Lamesa
A water leak on Thursday morning, April 11, lowered water pressure to an unknown number of residents in Lamesa. City crews repaired the line within four hours — water was not shut off to residents.
View ArticleEl Paso honors officers killed in 2012
EL PASO — The El Paso Police Department has awarded its highest honor to two officers killed in the past year.Police Chief Greg Allen awarded the department’s Police Cross posthumously to officers...
View Article2 killed, dozens of passengers injured in bus crash near Dallas
IRVING — At least two people were killed and more than 40 were hospitalized after a charter bus careened off a North Texas highway and flipped onto its side Thursday, April 11, drawing a large...
View Article35th annual Lubbock Arts Festival opens this week
Friday, April 12, marks a pair of arts anniversaries — the 35th anniversary of the Lubbock Arts Festival and Elizabeth Regner’s 10th year in the position of executive director of the Lubbock Arts...
View ArticleEx-Lubbock living center employee pleads guilty in 'sexting' case
A Cameroonian citizen formerly employed at the Lubbock State Supported Living Center pleaded guilty Thursday, April 11, in federal court to a production of child pornography charge.Njeazeh Roderigue...
View ArticleWreckem247: Tech offers Ala. athlete, who could become a shut-down corner
The Red Raiders look to continue upgrading the defensive backfield in the 2014 class and recently extended an offer to an Ala.read more
View ArticleGo! Notes
McCartney confirms seven dates on American tour Paul McCartney is slowly putting together an American concert tour, but look for tickets to be placed on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 12, for the...
View ArticleLISD to show new meal payment tool
Parents are getting a new tool to track how their students spend their cafeteria money at Lubbock Independent School District campuses.LISD will demonstrate the free software tool, called...
View ArticleSouth Plains College names 2013 Jerry Barton Service Award Winner
South Plains College announced the Levelland Young Professionals group as the winner of the 2013 Jerry Barton Service Achievement Award during its annual Service Club Luncheon on Wednesday, April 10....
View ArticleSplit council rejects call to put Dumbauld on paid leave
City Manager Lee Ann Dumbauld won’t be placed on paid administrative leave, a split Lubbock City Council decided Thursday, April 11.But the city will “lawyer up” in response to the city manager’s...
View ArticleGO! Theater Box
“Damn Yankees” — Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13. A 1955 musical comedy with music and lyrics composed by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; and a book by George Abbott and Douglas Wallop, adapting...
View ArticleTexas and region
HOUSTONHouston’s University of St. Thomas reopened after bomb threats closed its campus most of the day.School officials said Houston police and university security people swept and cleared all...
View ArticleTwo killed, dozens injured in bus crash near Dallas
IRVING — At least two people were killed and more than 40 were hospitalized after a charter bus careened off a North Texas highway and flipped onto its side Thursday, drawing a large emergency response...
View ArticleOur View: Let's keep dangerous conditions like that from happening again
Lubbock residents who looked outside when they got up Wednesday morning saw snow falling. That was an unusual event in Lubbock for April 10, but a much ruder surprise awaited those who had to drive to...
View ArticleSenate GOP calls for $6 billion take from Rainy Day Fund
AUSTIN — The politically forbidden piggybank of the Texas Legislature may soon be cracked wide open. And surprisingly, Republicans are holding the hammer.Abandoning resistance to seek financial solace...
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