From The A-J's Pages
25 years ago: Brook Sugg, born Aug. 8, 1980, is 8 years old today, 8/8/88.50 years ago:The Address: 4616 Canton, Ave., Lubbock, Tex. U.S.A. This is now home for Cosme Rodriguez, 23, his sister Mrs....
View ArticleHot Damn Run set for Saturday
The 2013 Hot Damn Run will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Canyon Lakes No. 6, 22nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The cost is $5 for West Texas Running Club members and all...
View ArticleStandby lawyers want off Fort Hood trial
FORT HOOD — Defense attorneys helping the Fort Hood shooting suspect demanded their removal from the trial on Thursday, saying the judge was forcing them to violate professional rules of conduct.read more
View ArticleSuspect in Dallas shooting rampage was special ed teacher, Mavericks dancer
DALLAS — Officials say a man accused in a shooting rampage that left four people dead is a former Army staff sergeant who more recently worked as a teacher and hip-hop dancer for the Dallas...
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MusicFRIDAYMagic Moments of the ’60s and ’70s — 7:30 p.m., Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. $20-$40. 762-3233.Mark Wallney and Mike Pritchard — 5:30 p.m., Melt Lounge, 1711 Texas Ave. Free....
View ArticleRangers to place memorial cross at pioneer Goodnight's grave
The Former Texas Rangers Association is scheduled to present a memorial cross at the grave of former Ranger and pioneer Col. Charles Goodnight at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the grave site about 40...
View ArticleTexas and region
WACOA Central Texas day care operator has been arrested in the death of a baby who died of an overdose from an over-the-counter drug meant to keep the girl asleep.Waco police on Thursday announced...
View ArticleFour dead, four wounded in Dallas-area shootings
DALLAS — Authorities have charged a former teacher and Dallas Mavericks entertainer with capital murder in the fatal shootings of his estranged wife and another woman.Police said in a statement...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Lidia Espinosa Cedillo, 84, died Aug. 6, 2013, at her residence. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Calvillo Funeral Home.Edward Tillman Courtney, 72, of Morton...
View ArticleQuick Opinion: A landscape boulder protects a home from a speeding driver.
Lubbock police said a driver they were pursuing crashed into a 5,000-pound boulder in the yard of a Lubbock home Tuesday. The homeowners planned wisely to protect their house, which is on a corner,...
View ArticleOur View: Effects of drought on Texas lakes show need to protect resources
The blistering effects of recent years of drought on the 109 lakes that provide water to Texas residents should help make the State Water Infrastructure Fund of Texas an easy sell to Texas voters in...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:A man whose charred body was discovered Friday morning in his burned mini-van in Lynn County has been identified as a 63-year-old Lubbock resident.50 years ago:Lubbock voters will go to...
View ArticleLufkin man arrested for 47th time
LUFKIN (AP) — A 51-year-old Lufkin man is back in a familiar place.Jail.Records show when Angelina County sheriff's deputies Wednesday arrested John Richard Burch Sr., it was his 47th arrest.read more
View ArticleEast Texas slaying suspect says he did it
LUFKIN (AP) — A man charged with capital murder for the weekend slayings of his ex-girlfriend and her daughter says he's responsible for the East Texas killings.Kevin McKelvey turned himself in and was...
View ArticleFederal judge rules lawyer competent in $600 million laundering case
EL PASO (AP) — A federal judge has ruled an El Paso lawyer and former Carnegie Mellon University trustee is competent to stand trial on charges he conspired to launder up to $600 million for a Mexican...
View ArticleMost area lawmakers say rural areas treated fairly in legislative session
AUSTIN – Last Monday, before the state Senate Finance Committee sent the transportation funding bill to the Senate floor for final passage, Sen. Kel Seliger made it clear why he would vote against...
View ArticleKearney & Associates welcomes new agent
Kearney & Associates, REALTORS® is pleased to welcome Jamie Overton to the staff as a new agent.Jamie was in Lubbock and spent her first 16 years in Idalou before moving to Lubbock. After...
View ArticleJamaica Calendar
Jamaicas, or social gatherings, are held by Catholic churches. Jamaicas typically involve food, music and games.SUNDAY■ Our Lady of Grace, Lubbock, 3111 Erskine St., noon-8 p.m.
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