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Smith adds G Scott for next season New Texas Tech basketball coach Tubby Smith signed his third player for the upcoming season Monday when he added Copperas Cove’s Cory Scott.Scott, 6-foot, 2-inch...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for June 3-4
MONDAY, JUNE 311:29 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft at the Chitwood Residence Hall bicycle rack. Two bicycle tires were taken.TUESDAY, JUNE 41:30 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer...
View ArticlePanhandle adds new weather data center to send data to Texas Tech
AMARILLO — The first Amarillo-area station for feeding weather data into a broad network came to life Friday, May 31, and its creators dedicated it Monday, June 3.Located about 9 miles southwest of...
View ArticleTexas Tech to host mass casualty exercise
Texas Tech University, in conjunction with the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County and University Medical Center personnel, will host and participate in a mass casualty exercise.The event is scheduled for...
View ArticleTexas agencies urge conserving water
AUSTIN – Like parts of West Texas, the central and southern regions of the state have been soaked in recent days.San Antonio alone received nearly 10 inches of rain on May 25, nearly equaling the...
View ArticleLubbock police release identities in Saturday motorcycle, car crash
Lubbock police on Tuesday, June 4, released the names of two men injured in a motorcycle and car crash Saturday in east Lubbock.Eddie James Mitchell, 50, received life-threatening injuries and Zachary...
View ArticleTexas Legislature redistricting committees release hearing schedule
AUSTIN – The Texas Senate Select Committee on Redistricting is also hitting the road to hear from citizens in two communities how the Legislature should tackle the historically contentious...
View ArticleLubbock Parade of Homes begins Saturday
The West Texas Home Builders Association will host the 2013 Parade of Homes from Saturday, June 8, through Sunday, June 23.The event showcases the work of area builders and developers in unique custom...
View ArticleLubbock Christian University, Hospice of Lubbock partner to develop campus park
Lubbock Christian University and Hospice of Lubbock partnered to develop the South Plains Children’s Memorial Park as a service to the community.The site is designed to be a quiet place for families...
View ArticleSPC to offer nurse aide class in Muleshoe
South Plains College Muleshoe Center will offer a certified nurse aide class June 17 through July 18. The class will meet 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 621 W. Second St. Enrollment...
View ArticleWreckem247: Is Texas Tech still in the top four for Dallas Skyline defensive...
Dallas Skyline defensive end Victor Evans had the Red Raiders in his top four last week but a weekend visit to Texas could have shaken things up.
View ArticleRetired Texas Tech professor to testify before House science panel
Ernst Kiesling, executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association and retired professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech University, will testify at a joint hearing of two U.S. House...
View ArticleWreckem247: Oklahoma City Douglass offensive lineman Mildren Montgomery talks...
Oklahoma City Douglass versatile offensive tackle Mildren Montgomery talks about his commitment to Texas Tech.
View ArticleDeath notices
Steffany Allmand, 45, of Lamesa died June 3, 2013. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. today, June 5, at Northside Baptist Church in Lamesa. Combest Family Funeral Homes.Gerald A. Bench, 91, of Brownfield...
View ArticleTexas and region
ARLINGTONA carjacking in a North Texas neighborhood has left an elderly woman dead and police looking for the attacker.Arlington police said the incident began around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday as 83-year-old...
View ArticleCatholic churches hosting Jamaicas throughout summer
The following is a list of jamaicas, or social gatherings, in area Catholic churches. Jamaicas typically involve food, music and games.Sunday, June 9■ St. Theresa, Lubbock, 2202 Upland Ave., 11 a.m.-6...
View ArticleHutchison says governments should invest in higher education
DALLAS — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison called Tuesday for more funding for research universities amid a debate over whether higher education budgets should be cut.The Republican said federal...
View ArticleWhatever became of that school finance ruling?
It’s now June, and there is still no final decision in the sweeping lawsuit involving more than two-thirds of Texas school districts that arose after the Legislature eliminated roughly $5.4 billion...
View ArticleBirths
Mr. James Ford and Ms. Bryanna Cox of Lubbock, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces at 10:33 p.m. March 28 at University Medical Center.Mr. and Mrs. Synegard of Lubbock, a boy weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces...
View ArticleCivil Filings
99TH DISTRICT COURTJUDGE WILLIAM C. SOWDERCES Performance LLC against Carlton E. Smith and Robert Stewart, suit on other civil/contract(s)
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