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SPRINGTOWNA 10-year-old boy has died after being run over while trying to catch the school bus in North Texas.The Department of Public Safety says the accident happened Monday morning near Springtown,...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for May 13-14
MONDAY, MAY 136:24 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated criminal mischief at the Broadway fountain. The fountain was soaped.8:51 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft at Weymouth...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Amarillo
AMARILLO — American Airlines Flight 1099 going from Dallas to Albuquerque, N.M., made an emergency landing about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.The pilot...
View ArticleTexas swindler Billie Sol Estes dies
GRANBURY — Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was...
View ArticleWreckem247: Texas Tech signee Dee Paul is ready to "make some noise in Lubbock"
Dee Paul has helped the Munday Moguls win state in both football and track and now he's ready to "make some noise in Lubbock."
View ArticleDepeche Mode, Cure, Muse top ACL Fest lineup
AUSTIN (AP) — Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse — this year’s expanded Austin City Limits Festival will feature something of a European invasion with five of eight headliners at least partially coming from...
View ArticleLetter: Restore parks grant program
I was alarmed to learn the Texas Legislature has zeroed out funding for local parks. Since 1979, some of Texas’ most beloved parks, including Bill McAlister Park, have been acquired or developed in...
View ArticleDeath notices
James Walter Benton died May 14, 2013. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 17, at Beaty Funeral Home in Westboro. Beaty Funeral Home of Westboro.Benjamin Lindsey Cave, 93, of Lubbock died May...
View ArticleTejano singer attacked in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — The lead singer of the Grammy-winning Tejano group La Mafia suffered head wounds in an unprovoked attack outside a Houston club.Band co-founder Armando Lichtenberger Jr. said Oscar De La...
View ArticleHouse budget chief: 'We're going to have a deal'
AUSTIN — A deal on a new Texas budget that includes $2 billion for a new state water fund and partly reverses historic classroom spending cuts appeared within reach Tuesday in a possible breakthrough...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 yearsIn a presentation during the past week to a committee of the Board of City Development, Police Chief Thomas Nichols compared the criminal justice system to a critically ill patient.50 yearsThe...
View ArticleCancer survivors support group to meet
SUPPORT GROUPCovenant Health will host a support group for cancer survivors from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Joe Arrington Cancer Center chapel. For more information, call 725-8002.
View ArticleWildfire near Possum Kingdom Lake mostly contained
PALO PINTO (AP) — Experts say a wildfire in a North Texas lake-area community devastated by 2011 blazes has been mostly contained with no damage to structures.Texas A&M Forest Service spokesman...
View ArticleAmerican jet makes emergency landing in Amarillo
AMARILLO (AP) — An American Airlines jet bound from Dallas-Fort Worth to New Mexico has made an emergency landing in Amarillo amid reports of smoke in the plane.An official at Rick Husband Amarillo...
View ArticlePort of Corpus Christi approves $15M for new span
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — The Port of Corpus Christi has approved $15 million to help build a replacement for the Harbor Bridge.Commissioner Judy Hawley says Tuesday’s vote means the area has reached the...
View ArticleMan drowns trying to unload boat at Lake Waco
WACO (AP) — Police say a Central Texas man has drowned while trying to unload his boat at Lake Waco.Waco police on Wednesday identified the victim as 65-year-old Clyde Ives of Gatesville.Police found...
View ArticleHearing for woman on death row for Amarillo murder
HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a hearing to address allegations raised in an appeal from a woman sent to death row for the 1996 robbery and slaying of an 80-year-old...
View ArticleTexas Senate votes to weaken university regents
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Senate gave final approval to a bill creating new limits to the powers of university regents to fire campus presidents and requires them to under undergo ethics training....
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