25 years ago:
The Texas Education Agency reported this week that 68.7 percent of the students in the Lubbock Independent School District passed the state mandated basic skills test last year, up 3 percent from the district’s passing rate for the 1987-1988 school year.
50 years ago:
A holiday calm will keynote today’s Labor Day observance in Lubbock and many outlying communities.
75 years ago: