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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...

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Commercial 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...

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Death 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,...

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Other 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...

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Area 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...

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No. 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...

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From 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...

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Coastal 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...

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Lubbock 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...

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Defense 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...

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Homeless 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...

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Fewer 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...

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Red 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...

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Tigers' 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...

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Wreckem247: 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.

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AG: 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...

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Death 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...

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NM 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...

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Attorney 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...

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Texas 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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