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Peoples Bank promotes two officers Prosperity Bancshares, the holding company that owns Prosperity Bank posted first-quarter results last week, including an 11.7 percent increase in diluted earnings...
View ArticleCommercial construction permits
Contractor Location Project ValueMike McKay All Saints, 3222 103rd St. 2,538 square feet $48,000Fred Koetting, General Contractor Womble, 5802 Spur 327 1,000 square feet $130,000Goertzen Construction...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Mayme McDaniel Allen, 75, of McKinney died April 20, 2013. No services will be held.Ray Ashley, 71, of Austin and formerly of Lubbock died April 24, 2013. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday,...
View ArticleOther Views: The Illinois jobs crisis
The Illinois jobs crisis Laugh all you want about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign to recruit businesses from Illinois to the Lone Star State. We don’t know whether Perry will succeed in prompting a...
View ArticleArea Opinions: Texas needs statewide texting ban
Texas needs statewide texting ban Distracted driving is a growing hazard on Texas roadways and has prompted 26 Texas cities, including San Antonio, to impose their own bans on texting while...
View ArticleNo. 2 LCU softball sweeps pair from U. of Southwest
Katera Eltsosie and Amanda Longorio each tossed complete games and allowed just one run, and the No. 2 Lubbock Christian softball team swept a doubleheader from the University of the Southwest, 2-1 and...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 yearsEnterprise zones-districts which feature economic incentives to stimulate business and housing were the subject of a training seminar for area civic leaders conducted here Wednesday.50 yearsA...
View ArticleCoastal researchers tinker with sea snail brains
CORPUS CHRISTI — In one part of Riccardo Mozzachiodi’s research, a California sea snail, no larger than a fist, is put into a paralyzed state, split open, and its brain is removed.Then a student...
View ArticleLubbock High softball tops Amarillo, wins first playoff series since 1997
Anissa Martinez was 3-years-old the last time the Lubbock High softball team advanced out of the bi-district round of the playoffs.After the senior Lady Westerner helped pick off three baserunners and...
View ArticleDefense begins Monday in Texas courthouse shooting
GALVESTON (AP) — The defense is set to begin in the trial of a man charged with killing a bystander near a Southeast Texas courthouse in gunfire that left his daughter and her mother wounded.Jefferson...
View ArticleHomeless Purple Heart medals get Texas museum home
FREDERICKSBURG (AP) — Virtually unknown sailors Howard Donald Seibert and Orville E. Kimball share the common fate of being killed in the Pacific in World War II.And now the Purple Hearts earned by the...
View ArticleFewer travelers, less flights hurt El Paso airport
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — City officials are scrambling to find ways to attract more travelers and flights to El Paso International Airport as the economic downturn has led to a decline in passengers and...
View ArticleRed Raiders avoid sweep with 9-3 win over No. 11 Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. — Todd Ritchie and Devon Conley each had key, two-out, two-run hits, and Dominic Moreno tossed five innings without allowing an earned run as the Texas Tech baseball team avoided a sweep...
View ArticleTigers' Vanderburg excited for last shot in Austin
Frenship golfer Jack Vanderburg’s performances at the state tournament have been trending in a favorable direction. After finishing toward the bottom during his freshman year at state, Vanderburg has...
View ArticleWreckem247: DFW safety added three offers on Monday, including one from Texas...
Bishop Dunne Catholic safety Payton Hendrix added three new offers on Monday, including one from the Red Raiders.
View ArticleAG: Domestic partner benefits violate state constitution
The state Constitution prohibits government entities from recognizing domestic partnerships and offering insurance benefits to those couples, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote in an opinion on...
View ArticleDeath notices
Patsy Kay Daniels, 64, of Big Spring died April 27, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Nalley-Pickle and Welch Rosewood Chapel. Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral...
View ArticleNM court allows Pecos River hearing to proceed
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s highest court gave a green light Monday to the state’s top water manager to decide proposed water rights transfers to help increase flows in the drought-stricken Pecos...
View ArticleAttorney general rules same-sex marriage benefits unconstitutional
AUSTIN (AP) — Local governments and school districts that offer marriage benefits to same-sex partners are violating the state constitution, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott stated in an opinion...
View ArticleTexas and region
Texas & RegionGALVESTONA Houston man admitted Monday that he opened fire last year outside a Texas courthouse and shot his daughter for what he says were lies about him sexual assaulting her, but...
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