Four area students selected for service academies
Four selected for U.S. service academies Congressman Randy Neugebauer announced students from the 19th Congressional District of Texas selected for admission to the U.S. service academies. Admission to...
View ArticleLubbock-Cooper sends ambassador to 85th FFA convention
Cooper sends ambassador to 85th Texas FFA convention Lexi Sherman, of the Lubbock-Cooper FFA Chapter, has been chosen as a Texas FFA Foundation Ambassador for the 85th annual Texas FFA State Convention...
View ArticleRick Perry for governor? For president? Both?
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce any day if he will seek re-election next year. But that decision could depend as much on whether he wants to run for president again in 2016 as it...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 yearsEight of Texas Tech University’s nine regents are meeting today in Dallas to review Tech’s legislative appropriations request for the next two years.50 years“All travel guides” are available...
View ArticleDrought parches South Texas graveyards
CORPUS CHRISTI — Twice a week, Maria Reyes Matson visits the cemetery to water the grass carpeting her parents’ graves.It’s an ongoing battle against the lingering drought that turned nearby graves...
View ArticleDeath Notices
John N. Bottoms Sr., 70, of Lubbock died May 30, 2013. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at Freedom Baptist Church.Little Alma Chambers, 78, of Whiteface died May 30, 2013. Services...
View ArticleLetter: Visitor thanks citizens of Lubbock
Citizens of Lubbock:Sixty of us spent the summer of 1965 at Texas Tech training for service with the Peace Corps, and a group returned to Lubbock recently for a reunion. What a wonderful welcome we...
View ArticleFort Hood suspect seeks to represent self at trial
FORT HOOD — A judge could decide soon whether to allow an Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial.read more
View ArticleBuilding of new US-Mexico border crossing stalls
TORNILLO, Texas — Jesse Grado walks cautiously past a welder whose work throws off a spray of brilliant sparks as construction crews lay slabs of concrete for a bridge over the Rio Grande. The leader...
View ArticleBoy, 12, dies after Fort Worth drive-by shooting
FORT WORTH — Investigators say a 12-year-old boy has died following an apparent drive-by shooting at a North Texas home that also left a man wounded.The Tarrant County medical examiner's office says...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for May 31-June 2
FRIDAY, MAY 3111:00 a.m. A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft at the north side bike racks of the United Spirit Arena. A girl’s pink Schwinn bicycle was taken. 3:11 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer...
View ArticleTexas House special committee takes redistricting hearings on tour
AUSTIN – The Texas House Select Committee on Redistricting plans to hold hearings across the state, but the likelihood of Lubbock or any other West Texas community hosting one is slim at least in the...
View ArticleAll-City, All-South Plains baseball, softball nominations requested
All-City, All-South Plains nominations requested The Avalanche-Journal is now accepting nominations for the 2013 All-City and All-South Plains baseball/softball teams.Area coaches can submit their...
View ArticleRosters for high school softball all-star games announced
The Greater West Texas Softball Coaches Association announced Monday the rosters for its annual all-star game, which features four teams composed of West Texas players.There will be two all-star games...
View ArticleSouth Plains College to offer faux finishing classes starting June 10
South Plains College in Levelland will offer an Old World walls class on Mondays from June 10 through July 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the technical arts building, Room 113.The cost of the course is $80 and...
View ArticleTexas Tech Apparel Design & Manufacturing ranks fifth in Southwest
Texas Tech University’s Apparel Design & Manufacturing program was named among the top five fashion schools in the southwest by Fashion-Schools.org.The program, housed in Tech’s College of Human...
View ArticleWreckem247: Jump-ball specialist, wide receiver Dylan Cantrell plans to make...
In the 2013 recruiting class, there wasn’t a player who remained committed to the Red Raiders longer than Whitehouse wide receiver Dylan Cantrell.
View ArticleTech student group organizes peaceful gatherings in support of Turkish people
The West Texas Turkish American Student Association at Texas Tech University invites the community to stand in a peaceful manner as a sign of solidarity for the Turkish people currently protesting the...
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25 yearsNearly 600 students from Lubbock’s Estacado and Monterey high schools received diplomas from their respective school Friday evening in commencement exercises. 50 yearsA joint committee from the...
View ArticleBirths
Mr. Kendrick Meals and Ms. Verdakay Henry of Lubbock, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces at 7:35 p.m. March 28 at University Medical Center.
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