Wreckem247: Texas Tech is in good standing for Brenham offensive lineman
Brenham offensive tackle Austin Schlottmann picked up an offer from the Red Raiders last week and now Tech could be the team to beat.
View ArticleSiegel to remain as Texas Tech men's tennis coach
Tim Siegel announced Tuesday he will forego his previously announced retirement and remain as the Texas Tech men’s tennis coach for the foreseeable future.The longtime Tech coach, who just completed...
View ArticleLubbock County commissioners OK project improving Horseshoe Bend
An almost $950,000-project nearly three years in the making to repair a southeast Lubbock County road is set for completion by mid-August, Lubbock County Commissioners said Tuesday, May...
View ArticleWreckem247: Where do things stand with Texas Tech's most highly recruited...
It was a major recruiting victory for the Red Raiders new staff when they were able to get blue-chip WR Devin Lauderdale to recommit and sign. Where doread more
View ArticleResidents of Spanish Oaks face uncertain future, nonprofits offer help
More than 90 people remain displaced and area nonprofits are trying to provide relief after an apartment fire that left eight apartments torched and filled with smoke Monday, May 27, in East...
View ArticleBirths
Mr. Jeramie Coy and Ms. Briana Marshall of Spur, a boy weighing 6 pounds, at 2:29 p.m. March 19 at University Medical Center.Mr. Eric Sandoval and Ms. Julia Juarez of Lubbock, a boy weighing 7 pounds,...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 yearsThe first ripples of the Safe Drinking Water Act are beginning to wash ashore in Lubbock and city water officials are predicting an accompanying tidal wave of cost.50 yearsSaturday will be the...
View ArticleLISD elementary teacher to begin two-year term on TCTA committee board
Corbin to begin term on TCTA committee Donna Corbin, teacher at Bowie Elementary in the Lubbock Independent School District, was elected in January to serve as chair of the Texas Classroom Teachers...
View ArticleLISD board calls special meeting about superintendent search
LISD board meeting on superintendent The Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees will have a special meeting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the boardroom in the School Administration...
View ArticlePerjury case dropped against former South Texas DA
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — A perjury case against a former South Texas district attorney has been dismissed.The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports the case against former Nueces County District Attorney...
View ArticleTrial begins in Central Texas in 1975 slaying
SAN MARCOS (AP) — The capital murder trial has started in San Marcos for a man charged in the slaying of a 20-year-old woman who was raped, strangled and drowned in her bathtub in 1975 after going home...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for May 28
Texas Tech police calls for May 28TUESDAY, MAY 283:53 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer issued two non-students Lubbock County citations for possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop in the...
View ArticleJudge delays Hasan's request to represent himself
FORT HOOD (AP) — A judge says a report shows that an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage has the mental capacity to represent himself at his murder trial.But the...
View ArticleBorder States Electric names Gary Daniel south central region manager
Gary Daniel has been named south central region manager for Border States Electric.Daniel joined BSE in 2010 as an alliance manager in the company’s Amarillo location and was promoted to south central...
View Article'Problematic' limits alleged on Texas voting maps
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Minority rights groups say Gov. Rick Perry’s narrow summer mandate to the Texas Legislature appears to block any changes to disputed political boundaries.Federal judges in San...
View Article'Problematic' limits alleged on Texas voting maps
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas Democrats signaled Wednesday that a two-year fight over disputed political boundaries won’t end if Gov. Rick Perry succeeds in getting the Legislature to permanently adopt...
View ArticleWounded Lubbock veteran, family getting new home
In Iraq, Shawn Walton put his life on the line for America; as a result of an improvised explosive device in 2007, he lost the only career he ever wanted and now lives with a disability.But on...
View ArticleCommunity Health Center of Lubbock adding new location
City health center adding new location Officials from the Community Health Center of Lubbock announced the “Build A Healthier West Texas” capital campaign Wednesday, May 29, at the future home of a...
View ArticleC-47, B-25 airplane rides help commemorate D-Day anniversary
The Silent Wings Museum, 6202 N. I-27, will commemorate the 69th anniversary of D-Day with a free one-day event to remember those killed on June 6, 1944.There will be opportunities to view the...
View ArticleChavez hits first career home run, hopes to parlay clutch postseason into...
Adrianna Chavez took a momentary pause after rounding first base on Friday night and glanced back at her coach.Did the ball just do what she thought it did?The shouts and thundering footsteps emerging...
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