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Imagine Lubbock will present its plans to members of the city council, chamber of commerce and other guests.SECTION A
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Mr. John Reyna and Ms. Kristen Benton of Lubbock, a boy weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces at 12:38 p.m. July 19 at University Medical Center. Ms. Rivera of Slaton, a girl weighing 10 pounds, 5 ounces at...
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AMARILLOA Texas Panhandle federal jury deliberated another day without reaching a verdict on whether the American Quarter Horse Association wrongly bars cloned animals.Jurors reported themselves...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers' last bid on transportation bill
AUSTIN — The Texas Legislature is coming back for the last day of the special session to try to pass a key transportation measure.read more
View ArticleAdams leads U.S. past Russia
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Texas Tech basketball player Luke Adams scored 20 points, leading the United States past Russia 93-64 Tuesday in the final game of pool play at the 22nd Deaflympics.Adams made 5 of 10...
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Considering there are more than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities in America, Texas Tech’s ranking of 47th in the nation among universities conferring bachelor’s degrees to Hispanic students is...
View ArticleDeath notices
Laurel Celese Earnest, 56, of Lubbock died July 29, 2013. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Dickens Cemetery. Sanders Funeral Home.Nina Ruth Short Gammill, 98, of Lubbock died July...
View ArticleEl Paso tramway manager retiring after 44 years
EL PASO — Few people have had a better view of the transformation the El Paso region has undergone in the past four decades than Humberto Quinonez.High atop the Wyler Aerial Tramway, Quinonez is about...
View ArticleOne of elderly men held captive dies
HOUSTON — One of three men found malnourished and held against their will in a dungeon-like garage of a Houston house has died.A Houston police statement Tuesday said 79-year-old William Merle...
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DALLASThe Texas Department of Public Safety said a violent gang member on the agency’s 10 Most Wanted list has been captured in Dallas thanks to a tip.DPS on Tuesday announced the arrest of 27-year-old...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 yearsIt was business as usual on Saturday, although 270 bank employees now work for NCNB Texas National Bank instead of First Republic Bank.50 yearsGary Sage, Lubbock’s 1963 Soap Box Derby champion,...
View ArticleDallas man gets another wrong water bill topping $66K
Wrong water bill tops $66,000 — again DALLAS — A Dallas man says he’s shocked to have been swamped with a nearly $67,000 erroneous water bill a few months after a similar computer error.Tom Hoffman...
View ArticleSouth Texas man lured 13-year-old girl he met on Facebook to motel
SAN ANTONIO — A South Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years of probation for luring a 13-year-old girl he met on Facebook to a motel where the pair allegedly had sex.read more
View ArticleDallas woman sentenced to 22 years in prison for sledgehammer slaying
DALLAS — A Dallas woman has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for the sledgehammer beating death of a man in his North Texas apartment.read more
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for July 30
July 3011:25 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a theft at the student recreation building. A pair of women’s Nike running shoes were taken.1:56 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer documented a medical...
View ArticleAcclaimed author John Graves dead at 92
AUSTIN — Author John Graves, whose 1960 book "Goodbye to a River" and authentic depictions of rural Texas made him one of the state's most celebrated and beloved writers, has died. He was 92.read more
View ArticleWreckEm247: Texas Tech offers Fort Bend Austin twins Trevin and Trevon Woods
Fort Bend Austin twins Trevon and Trevin Woods have been playing basketball together their whole lives, and soon enough they will debut on the Division 1 scene.
View ArticleREALTOR Terry Peacock brings customer's perspective, personal integrity to...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 times in their lifetime. REALTOR Terry Peacock has nearly reached that mark in just a fraction of his lifetime. A 30-year career in...
View ArticleMan faces murder charge in July 24 shooting
A Lubbock man is facing a murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting Wednesday, July 24, of a 36-year-old man.Ebedmelech Henry, 36, was being held Thursday, July 25, at the Lubbock County...
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