Letter: Housecleaning needed at LP&L
Observing an apparent pattern of contentious actions by elected city officials and those of a variety of local government entities, I am reminded common sense and civility have become increasingly...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Ricardo “Jaime” Alvarez, 67, of Plainview died Aug. 9, 2013. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview.Ella Lee Brown, 68, of...
View ArticleLubbock Area Republican Women hosting "Texas Legislative Update"
GOP women set legislative update Lubbock Area Republican women are hosting the “83rd Texas Legislative Update” at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Hillcrest Country Club.The event will feature comments...
View ArticleAssumed names
Assumed Name: Loyal 87; Owner: Joe LealAssumed Name: JWP Electric; Owner: Jerry W. PesterfieldAssumed Name: The Fancy Fox; Owner: Dodi PhillipsAssumed Name: St. Joseph’s Health Care; Owner: Josephine...
View ArticleCommunity briefs
Arts, crafts festival to be held Sept. 14 The 43rd annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Lubbock Garden and Arts Center, 4215 University Ave. They are...
View ArticleBirths
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy and Kelera Hensley of Littlefield, a boy weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces at 1:47 p.m. July 27 at University Medical Center. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Luis Hernandez of Muleshoe, a girl weighing...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:Inside St. John Neumann Catholic Church, a standing-room-only crowd gathered for the 8 a.m. rosary with perhaps twice as many people coming and going outside where the already hot sun was...
View ArticleHigh school volleyball roundup:
WOLFFORTH — Frenship opened the season Monday with a pair of home losses, despite 20 kills from Clarissa Gonzales.San Angelo Central beat the Tigers, 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 30-28, and Abilene Wylie...
View ArticleTexas A&M completes acquisition of law school
FORT WORTH (AP) — Texas A&M University has completed its purchase of the private Texas Wesleyan School of Law in Fort Worth.A&M officials in College Station say the deal closed Monday. The new...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for Aug. 12-13
Aug. 12 12:39 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer investigated a traffic accident without injuries in the R13 Doak parking lot.Aug. 13 12:50 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a non-student for public intoxication...
View ArticleShallowater schedules centennial celebration
Shallowater will mark the 100th anniversary of its origin during a celebration from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, with activities centered primarily around the Community Club House and its park area...
View ArticleWind farm coming to Pantex plant
AMARILLO (AP) — America’s only plant for disassembling and assembling nuclear weapons on Tuesday became a construction site for what will soon be home to the largest federally owned wind farm.Ground...
View ArticleFaith Briefs
Afton Baptist to mark 125th anniversary Afton Baptist Church will celebrate its 125th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 18. There will be singing, worship and a barbeque luncheon.For more information,...
View ArticlePrivate schools starting soon
Private schools plan for reopening soon Private schools in Lubbock will welcome their students to another school year well ahead of their public school counterparts. Lubbock Christian School, 2604...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Bennie Anderson Jr., 63, died Aug. 8, 2013, in Snyder. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in the Wright Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Wright Colonial Funeral Home of Snyder.Odessa M. Diebel, 79,...
View ArticleVoters to decide on $217M Astrodome bond issue
HOUSTON — The fate of a plan to renovate the Houston Astrodome, an iconic stadium that’s fallen into disrepair since it was shuttered four years ago, will be in the hands of voters this fall.Harris...
View ArticleBirths
Mr. Colten White and Ms. Victoria Wampler of Lubbock and Midland, a girl weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces at 8:29 p.m. July 27 at University Medical Center. Mr. Paul W. White II and Ms. Larasa K....
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
25 years ago:Texans would rather have a fellow Texan as president than a Texan vice president who is likely to be ignored, U.S. Sen. John Tower said today.50 years ago:Postal officials were given a...
View ArticleCivil Filings
99TH DISTRICT COURTJUDGE WILLIAM C. SOWDERPerry Scott against Brass Maze Pizza No. 51 LLC and CiCi’s Pizza No. 51, suit on other civil
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