Births
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Longi of Lubbock, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces at 8:09 p.m. May 12 at University Medical Center.Mr. Rogelio Juarez and Ms. Virginia Arias of Crosbyton, a girl weighing 6...
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25 yearsWith little fanfare and no line item probing, the Board of City Development unanimously approved today a $1.3 million fiscal 1989 budget, which had been finalized by the board’s Finance...
View ArticleBoy's body found in yard of empty Fort Worth house
FORT WORTH — The body of boy has been found in the backyard of a vacant North Texas house and police are investigating the death as a homicide.Officials with the Tarrant County medical examiner on...
View ArticleUpdated DPS crime lab opens in Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI — An updated $6 million state crime lab has opened in Southeast Texas to handle evidence for more than 20 counties.Ceremonies were held Wednesday in Corpus Christi at the latest Texas...
View ArticleRecords show Armstrong downsizes in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Disgraced former cycling great Lance Armstrong has downsized.Disgraced former cycling great Lance Armstrong has downsized.The Austin American-Statesman reports Armstrong has...
View ArticleANDREWS-PARSONS
Tiffany Andrews and Joel Parsons were united in marriage at 7:00 pm, June 28, 2013, at the Legacy Event Center. Pastor Rob Lindley officiated the ceremony. Randi Jinkins, a childhood friend of Schertz,...
View ArticlePerry delays announcement on running again
DALLAS (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry says he is delaying an announcement on whether he will run for re-election until after the new special session ends.He had said an announcement would come before July 1,...
View ArticlePerry, filibuster star clash over Texas abortions
DALLAS (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry has invoked the name of Democratic filibuster star Wendy Davis as a rallying cry for tougher abortion limits in Texas.Perry mentioned the former teenage mom and Harvard...
View ArticleGO! Calendar
Music FRIDAYIan Moore — 7:30 p.m., Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. $15 or $20. Rock and blues. 762-3233.Red Dirt Rebel Summer Concert Series Presented by Bud Light Featuring Deryl Dodd and Larry...
View ArticleWhitaker adds two more pieces to staff in Crawford, Maines
It’s almost July, and Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Candi Whitaker is one member shy of completing her staff for the 2013-14 season.“It’s been a journey,” Whitaker said. “The most important thing...
View ArticleSenior season setting up to be memorable one for Shallowater's Black
It’s already been a busy summer for Jarek Black.And that’s a good thing.The standout Shallowater running back has been busy preparing for his future, both the immediate of his senior season with the...
View ArticleCouncil delays performing arts land decision on cost concern
The nonprofit organization aiming to bring an $85 million performing arts center to Lubbock will have to wait two weeks for Lubbock’s City Council to consider donating five acres of downtown...
View Article4th on Broadway events
Wednesday, July 3 Amigos La Raza on the Plaza■ 7:30-11:30 p.m. at the Courthouse Plaza■ Grupo Vida and Grupo Siggno are scheduled to perform.Thursday, July 4 Wells Fargo Street Fair■ Food venders from...
View ArticleEntertainment briefs
‘Annie Get Your Gun’ opens in July “Annie Get Your Gun” — a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, and a book by sister and brother Dorothy and Herbert Fields — will be staged as a...
View Article2 Eagle Pass sisters missing, police seek help
EAGLE PASS — Two sisters who live in a Texas border town have been reported missing and police have asked for the public's help in locating the girls.read more
View ArticleSenior airman pleads guilty in Lackland scandal
SAN ANTONIO — Another former trainer at a South Texas Air Force base has pleaded guilty in a sex scandal with recruits and could be booted from the service.A military judge in San Antonio on Friday...
View ArticleSouth Texan gets prison for smuggling meth
CORPUS CHRISTI — A South Texas man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison for trying to smuggle about 65 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico to Georgia.A federal judge in Corpus Christi on...
View ArticleDallas man gets 10 years for killing girlfriend's kitten
DALLAS — A Dallas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's kitten named Kisses as the couple argued.read more
View Article2 officers wounded in gunfire in Granbury
GRANBURY (AP) — Two law enforcement officers have been shot in the North Texas city of Granbury while in the apparent pursuit of a suspect.Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds says the gunfire happened late...
View ArticleWeekend things to do
Flapjack breakfastApplebee’s will be providing a flapjack breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at the Fourth Street location.Cost is $7 and proceeds will go to Children’s Hope, a residential...
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