Coronado lands three on first-team All-District 2-5A
San Angelo Central and the Midland schools dominated the top honors on the All-District 2-5A team.Senior Josh Sawyer from Central was named the league Player of the Year while sophomore Davis Martin...
View ArticleJet with President GW Bush makes emergency landing
DALLAS (AP) — A private jet that had former President George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing Saturday night.The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the jet was flying from...
View ArticleResidents hopeful for Texas town, Premont schools
PREMONT (AP) — Robert Allen stood at the foot of Premont’s iconic Cowboy sign on U.S. Highway 281, straddling some invisible line between the town’s oil-boom heyday and a future not thought possible...
View ArticleMan rescued from Plano golf course pond dies
PLANO (AP) — A man has died after being rescued from a North Texas golf pond at a time when the course was closed.Plano Fire-Rescue Capt. Peggy Harrell says the victim was located early Sunday at The...
View ArticleMan gets death over 1975 slaying in San Marcos
SAN MARCOS (AP) — A Central Texas man has been sentenced to death for the 1975 slaying of a woman who was raped, strangled and drowned.Investigators in San Marcos say DNA evidence helped lead to the...
View ArticleLubbock Economic Development Alliance to announce 167 new jobs
The Lubbock Economic Development Alliance on Monday, June 17, will announce 167 new jobs in the Lubbock community with the expansion of two local businesses and relocation of one new business.These...
View ArticleJet with GW Bush makes emergency landing
DALLAS (AP) — A private jet that had former President George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing Saturday night.The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the jet was flying from...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Clarence Dwayne Cox, 75, died June 15, 2013, in Lubbock. Private services will be held at a later date. Resthaven Funeral Home.Virginia Dowd, 79, formerly of Amarillo died June 12, 2013, in Memphis....
View ArticleLetter: She wants Williams replaced
She wants Williams replaced I write in protest of the Walter Williams columns. Please consider replacing his work with another writer who doesn’t constantly harp on the topic of how stupid and evil...
View ArticleNuclear weapons plant to improve fire safety
Amarillo nuclear plant to refine safety AMARILLO — Pantex, the country’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant, has completed main construction on a $35 million project that is to improve...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for June 14-16
FRIDAY, JUNE 142:29 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer documented damaged property in the C4 parking lot. A student reported damage to her vehicle’s tire rim and the lower portion of the fender.4:11 p.m. — A...
View ArticleSenator disappointed in governor's vetoes
AUSTIN – Compared to previous legislative sessions, Gov. Rick Perry didn’t veto many bills this year, but two of the 26 measures he rejected were authored by Sen. Kel Seliger and the Amarillo...
View ArticleState bar to honor Lubbockites
The State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, held June 20-21, will include exceptional service awards, according to a press release. The following Lubbockites will be honored:— Wendy A. Humphrey and Laura...
View ArticlePedestrian in serious condition after weekend accident on East Fourth Street
A 22-year-old man remains hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a car early Sunday morning.Jesse Ramirez Jr. was walking in the middle of a traffic lane in the 2200 block of East...
View ArticleHealth briefs
Mended Little Hearts seminar set June 25 The next Mended Little Hearts free seminar will be June 25 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Knipling Education Conference Center. Family members and caregivers of...
View ArticleDeath notices
John O. Adams, 77, died June 15, 2013, in Grove, Okla. Services are pending with Mark A. Jones Funeral Directors of Seagraves.Alan Len Beard, 52, of Amarillo died June 13, 2013. Services will be 10...
View ArticleTexas Democrats complain about ethics, voting maps
AUSTIN — Democrats in the Texas House on Monday derided Gov. Rick Perry’s veto of funding for the state’s ethics watchdog and complained about Republican opposition to making any changes to the state’s...
View ArticleLocal sports briefly
Flying Queens sign SPC grad Hearn Sydney Hearn, who helped South Plains College to a 25-6 basketball season, on Monday signed with Wayland Baptist, her hometown school.Hearn, a 5-foot-10 center,...
View ArticlePoll: Texans favor Cruz over Perry for president
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz starts as the Texas favorite in a fantasy 2016 Republican primary for president, swamping Gov. Rick Perry and a number of other big-name candidates in the latest University of...
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