Healthy Lubbock honored
The Department of State Health Services 2013 Cardiovascular Health Promotions Award was presented to Healthy Lubbock by the Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, along with the CVD &...
View ArticleTexas Legislature debates road funding
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Legislature convened Monday to debate new funding for roads and bridges by diverting money from the state’s Rainy Day Fund.A deal debated in the House on Monday evening would...
View ArticleWreckEm247: Will the Red Raiders add more talent from the state of Georgia in...
The Red Raiders inked five players from the Peach State in February. With an impressive visit, Texas Tech could add another Georgia prospect in 2014.
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In a story about Texas Tech’s first Masked Rider in the Saturday, Aug. 3, edition of the Avalanche-Journal, Joe Kirk Fulton should have been listed as studying agriculture.Just Between Friends, which...
View ArticleQuick Opinion: Kliff Kingsbury's fun side in his approach to coaching.
One of the things Texas Tech football fans have learned about new head coach Kliff Kingsbury is his approach to coaching has a fun side. His bringing in a disc jockey and karaoke for the first day of...
View ArticleLetter: Imagine Lubbock's overreach
Re: The letter “Imagine Lubbock’s good leaders,” A-J, June 4.Most Lubbock citizens are respectable and want Lubbock to prosper, in a free enterprise manner, without public/private partnerships that...
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Pecan production seminar planned A pecan production seminar is being offered by the Lubbock County Extension Agents with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Aug. 7,...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Services for Wilma Rachel Baggett of Lubbock will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel. Resthaven Funeral Home.Manuel Cervantes, 61, of Big Spring died Aug. 3, 2013, at a local hospital....
View ArticleTexas and region
AMARILLOPolice said a forklift operator has died following a Texas Panhandle traffic accident when the equipment collided with a pickup truck.Amarillo police said Monday’s accident killed 50-year-old...
View ArticleAssumed names
Assumed Name: Confidence Cutz; Owner: Damon Jonathan WilbornAssumed Name: Levelland Hide Company; Owner: John W. Sollis IIIAssumed Name: UHL House Leather; Owner: UHL RossAssumed Name: UHL House...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:Florists from Texas and New Mexico will gather today and Sunday for the 35th annual West Texas-New Mexico Florist Association convention being held at the Memorial Civic Center.50 years...
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Sundlie named LCU pitching coach Former Lubbock Christian catcher and graduate assistant coach Justin Sundlie was named Monday as the new pitching coach for the Chaparrals.Sundlie, who spent last year...
View ArticleMan gets 5 years in Austin hike-bike trail death
AUSTIN (AP) — A driver has been sentenced to five years in prison over a wreck that claimed the life of a man walking on a Central Texas trail and left another pedestrian hurt.A judge in Austin on...
View ArticleFort Hood trial brings together attacker, victims
FORT HOOD (AP) — After years of delays, the trial of the man who carried out the Fort Hood shooting seems likely to unfold as a faceoff between the gunman and his victims.Starting Tuesday, Maj. Nidal...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for Aug. 5
Aug. 512:13 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer arrested a non-student for driving with an invalid license in the 1200 block of Flint Avenue. The non-student was transported to Lubbock County Jail.3 p.m. — A...
View ArticleMaj. Hasan: Evidence will show 'I am the shooter'
FORT HOOD (AP) — The Army psychiatrist who faces the death penalty for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood has told jurors that “the evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter.”Maj. Nidal...
View ArticleWreckEm247: Carrollton Hebron defensive end Daniel Wise plans to decide soon
Many recruits made it a point to choose a school this summer and many more still plan to decide before Week 1. Among them is Carrollton Hebron defensive end Daread more
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