Quick Opinion: Texas Tech's new recruitment center in Austin.
Texas Tech has opened a new recruitment center in Bevo’s back yard. It’s in an Austin shopping center and joins recruitment centersTech has in Dallas and Houston. The centers help Tech establish a...
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CONWAYA traffic stop on Interstate 40 in the Texas Panhandle has led to the seizure of more than $1 million in heroin and the arrest of a driver from California.The Texas Department of Public Safety...
View ArticleProsecutors rest in Fort Hood shooting trial
FORT HOOD — Military prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, but whether the soldier plans to do...
View ArticleStealth dorms move in and families move out
Mike Wong bought his home in Central Austin in 1996, a time, he said, when there were families in the neighborhood and kids on the street. But now, the families have moved out, and students have moved...
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Rape Crisis Center needs volunteers The Lubbock Rape Crisis Center is looking for volunteer advocates. It’s holding an OAG-certified 40-hour training program, and sessions will be held from 5:30 to 9...
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W.E. “ED” Ballinger, 87, of Hale Center died Aug. 19, 2013. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel. Resthaven Funeral Home.Lottie B. Garrison, 89, died Aug. 19, 2013, in...
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LCU hires senioradministratorLubbock Christian University has announced the hiring of Becca Walters as senior woman administrator and director of new media.Walters is coming to LCU from Cumberland...
View ArticleWreckEm247: Coahoma (Miss.) Community College offensive tackle picks up Texas...
Texas Tech extended an offer to Coahoma (Miss.) Community College's Sylvester Townes on Tuesday and looks to land a visitread more
View ArticleTexas businessman in cocaine ring gets 8 years
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — A South Texas man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for using his furniture store and trucking company to smuggle drugs to Georgia and South Carolina.read more
View ArticleNo defense from suspect in 2009 Fort Hood shooting trial; Hasan called no...
FORT HOOD (AP) — The soldier on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood rested his case Wednesday without calling any witnesses or testifying in his own defense.Maj. Nidal Hasan is acting as...
View ArticleTexas Tech police calls for Aug. 20-21
Aug. 2010:45 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer documented a medical call at the media and communications building. A faculty member was suffering stomach pains. He was taken by EMS to Covenant Medical...
View ArticleFailing air conditioner causes death of 10 dogs
EL PASO — A malfunctioning air-conditioner has led to the deaths of 10 dogs that were being transported to West Texas to train with customs officers.The handlers for the German shepherds and Belgian...
View ArticleHasan: 'Illegal war' provoked Fort Hood rampage; shooting wasn't in heat of...
FORT HOOD (AP) — The Army psychiatrist on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood says the deadly attack was provoked by American soldiers being deployed to “engage in an illegal war.”Maj....
View ArticleDebate on term limits, out-of-state travel could return in Austin
AUSTIN – In mid-April, as the Texas Legislature considered a large volume of bills, Gov. Rick Perry summoned Rep. Lyle Larson to his office to talk about a couple of measures the San Antonio Republican...
View ArticleNo defense from suspect in 2009 Fort Hood shooting
FORT HOOD — The soldier on trial for the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood refused to put up a fight Wednesday, resting his case without calling a single witness or testifying in his own...
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CONROEAs many as 20,000 marijuana plants have been discovered on several plots in a heavily wooded area north of Houston.Conroe police on Wednesday announced discovery of the $10 million worth of...
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Bertha “Judy” L. Adams died Aug. 18, 2013. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. today in Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel. Resthaven Funeral Home.Billy Ray Carlton, 63, of Lubbock died Aug. 20, 2013. Services will...
View ArticleProsecutor: No question Hasan was Fort Hood gunman
FORT HOOD (AP) — Military prosecutors asked jurors on Thursday to unanimously convict the soldier accused in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, insisting that evidence left "no question" that he...
View ArticleAmarillo: son arrested in fatal stabbing of father
AMARILLO (AP) — Police say an Amarillo man has been arrested on a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of his 61-year-old father.Randall County jail records show 35-year-old Shawn Michael Hooten was...
View ArticleTech wind institute named in Top 10 Most Awesome College Labs
Texas Tech’s National Wind Institute has been named one of Popular Science’s “Top 10 Most Awesome College Labs of 2013.”The article ranks labs on how well they incorporate research with adventure. It...
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