Wreckem247: Red Raiders offer in-state O-Lineman, whose recruitment is just...
On Thursday, the Red Raiders extended an offer to an in-state offensive lineman, whose recruitment is just beginning to take off.
View ArticleShivering Timbers making Lubbock stop on way to SxSW
It would have been easy for folk-rock/Americana band Shivering Timbers to finish its Oklahoma City gig and head directly south to Austin.The final plan, after all, was to drive from Ohio and grab...
View ArticleAs Texas Tech enters final regular-season game, decision on Walker's future...
There will be one certainty when Texas Tech hosts Texas at 3 p.m. Saturday in the regular-season finale.Ty Nurse, Tech’s lone senior, will play his last game inside United Spirit Arena.But whether his...
View ArticlePossible meth lab found on Texas Tech campus
Texas Tech hasn’t officially confirmed that there is an investigation of a meth lab on campus.Officials did confirm an investigation on campus involving campus police and the Lubbock Police Department....
View ArticleDPS arrests Gangster Disciples leader
A high ranking leader with the Gangster Disciples street gang is now in custody thanks to efforts from the North Texas Fugitive Task Force, which includes troopers from the Texas Department of Public...
View ArticleLetter: She thinks Perry doesn't have tea party values
She thinks Perry doesn’t have tea party values State Rep. Charles Perry ran as a tea party conservative and was largely elected by the support, money and votes of those in Lubbock who identified with...
View ArticleLetter: PTA book sale proceeds fund scholarships
Thank you, Lubbock, for supporting our 26th annual LISD PTA used book sale. All the proceeds from this event go to the PTA Scholarship fund. This fund provides financial assistance to at least five...
View ArticleLetter: City needs to continue Godeke library branch
City needs to continue Godeke library branch As a retired library board member, after serving the six years allowed, I am anxiously following the news about the search for a new location. read more
View ArticleHats Off: Lubbock's 'beans and cornbread' tradition set some new records
The 24th annual Mayors’ Beans and Cornbread Luncheon enjoyed more than one record this year. Most significantly, it raised a record $79,642 for Hospice of Lubbock.Another record was the number of...
View ArticleDeath notices
Agustin Arocha Jr., 57, of Lubbock died March 6, 2013. Services are pending with Calvillo Funeral Home and Chapel.David “Shorty” Barr died March 7, 2013. Services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Vincent...
View ArticleTexas and region
AUSTINThe Texas unemployment rate for January rose slightly to 6.3 percent, but remained well below the national rate, according to unemployment figures released Friday.The Texas Workforce Commission...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 yearsLubbock’s is just one of many school districts across the county, which the Justice Department would like to return to local control after years of litigation and court-supervised...
View ArticleWeatherford gets past NMJC, into championship game
JohVonna Darrington had 16 points and 11 rebounds, five teammates joined her in double figures and Weatherford College beat New Mexico Junior College 77-71 Friday, advancing to the finals of the NJCAA...
View ArticleTwo former Lady Raiders square off as coaches for conference championship
ALLEN, Texas – Twenty years ago, one of the more memorable moments in women’s basketball history occurred in Atlanta.Texas Tech made a glorious run to the national championship behind Sheryl Swoopes,...
View ArticleNew phases lining up in Lubbock's evolving water strategy
From pumping well fields in Lubbock and Shallowater in the early 1900s to exhausting Lake Meredith and moving on to Lake Alan Henry last July, the story of how Lubbockites have tapped Mother Nature’s...
View ArticleLady Raider notebook: Nobles remains under doctor's supervision; Brown has...
Nobles remains under doctor’s supervisionDALLAS — Each player on the Texas Tech women’s basketball team added some flare to their white sneakers on Saturday.The number 33 was etched in black marker on...
View ArticleWild hog killed in Lubbock
Lubbock Police officers shot and killed a wild hog after a chase through a residential area Saturday morning. Residents on the 3000 block on 66th, where the hog was shot by officers, said they’ve never...
View ArticleTexas Tech notes: Texas uses heavy rebounding edge to build comeback
Texas comeback built on the boards Jaye Crockett had a simple explanation for how Texas managed to get back in the game Saturday after Texas Tech had built a 34-17 lead with 5 1/2 minutes left in the...
View ArticleKerns: Shaw plans 'Susan Grisanti celebration' March 17 at Uncle Bill's Music...
A bit of this, and a bit of that...With Austin entertaining hundreds of artists during its annual SxSW, we try to keep a hopeful eye out when told about the Lubbock artists making appearances.Junior...
View ArticleHigh school baseball roundup: Frenship rides hot bats to pair of tourney wins
Frenship pounded 32 hits — 12 for extra bases — over two games on the way to beating El Paso Irvin 21-2 and Estacado 13-4 at Matador Field on the last day of the First Bank Classic. The Tigers finished...
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