Births
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Aguirre of Lubbock, a girl weighing 8 pounds, 14 ounces at 3:55 a.m. Aug. 27 at University Medical Center.Mr. Davis and Ms. Roddy of Lubbock, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces at...
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25 years ago:“Shame and Scandal” set the pace, and two 14-year-olds paddling a homemade pontoon craft and singing “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” drew cheers as The Great Yellowhouse Canyon Raft Race...
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Wendl, Sanchez hattricks lead LCU win Brooke Wendl recorded her first hat trick and set a program single-match points record with eight as Lubbock Christian University blasted University of the...
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All games start at 7:30 p.m. unless noted other wiseFriday’s GamesClass 6AOdessa at CoronadoEl Paso El Dorado at Frenship, 8 p.m.Monterey at HerefordClass 5ACanyon Randall at CooperClass 4AEstacado at...
View ArticleLubbock's Hispanic Republicans respond to Sedeño's comments on minority voters
Ysidro Gutierrez wants both sides of the story told.In a Friday morning news conference, Gutierrez, chairman of the Lubbock chapter of the Federation of Hispanic Republicans, countered recent claims...
View ArticlePolice seek Lubbock National Weather Service generator thief
Police seek generator thiefLubbock police are seeking help catching a man who stole a generator Tuesday from the local branch of the National Weather Service on South Loop 289.The suspect is described...
View ArticleLP&L holds off on removing demand cap
Several hundred of Lubbock Power & Light’s commercial customers operating with a demand cap will have one year to prepare for the ceiling to be removed after the Electric Utility Board delayed the...
View ArticleMilitary history honored at Cowboy Symposium
Late 19th-century soldiers did not have an easy life, Cambrie Motley learned Friday morning.“They slept on the ground,” Cambrie, 10, said after watching a program at the 26th annual National Cowboy...
View ArticleFaith briefs
Littlefield church to celebrate centennial Littlefield’s First Baptist Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary Saturday and Sunday, and all activities will be at the church and in the Ministries...
View ArticleLate kickoff makes bar attendance a bit unknown
For Lubbock’s bar owners, Texas Tech football means a room full of customers, but a few bar manager are curious as to how the late kickoff time will impact the usual crowd.Tech’s game on Saturday...
View ArticleHats Off: Auto dealers give new meaning to familiar phrase 'food drive'
West Texas Chevy dealers recently presented a $10,000 check to South Plains Food Bank from their Drive Out Hunger food drive.The food bank and its corporate, nonprofit and individual donors make an...
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The City Council did a good thing by taking about $350,000 from the city’s general fund to restore two Citibus routes eliminated in the original city budget. Many Lubbock residents depend on Citibus to...
View ArticleLetter: Many Tech students couldn't get in game
Looking around outside Jones-AT&T Stadium last Saturday, I saw an awful lot of students who did not get into the football game. Some estimates were as high as a couple of thousand left out. Student...
View ArticlePolice investigating Friday night shooting
Detectives responded to a shooting Friday evening near 66th Street in Lubbock.A Lubbock Police Department sergeant said they received a call of a shooting at 8:47 p.m. Friday.He said the shooting...
View ArticleOdessa rallies to beat Coronado, 42-38
Coronado High School ran out to a 24-7 first quarter lead, but Odessa rallied for a 42-38 win Friday night in Lubbock, scoring the game's only touchdown in the final quarter to seal the win.Come back...
View ArticleRangel: Special election will be watched all over Texas
AUSTIN — It is nail-biting time in West TexasNow that early voting for Tuesday’s special election in Texas Senate District 28 has ended, we’ll soon find out whether the region has a new state senator...
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72ND DISTRICT COURTJUDGE RUBEN G. REYESElizabeth Balderas and Amelia Payan against Jesus Lozoya and Mendota Insurance Co., suit on personal injury auto99TH DISTRICT COURTJUDGE WILLIAM C. SOWDERGary S....
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25 years ago:A group of about 30 Midland High School students held a prayer meeting in a nearby city park Tuesday after school officials refused to let the group meet on school property.50 years...
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Mr. Joe Mando Rubio and Ms. Alexis Hoeve of Lubbock, a girl weighing 8 pounds, 5 ounces at 11:30 p.m. Aug. 28 at University Medical Center.Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Solis of Anton, a boy weighing 6 pounds, 2...
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Tech volleyball teamoff to 5-0 start EDINBURG — Behind Mikia Mills and Jenna Allen, the Texas Tech volleyball team picked up their second win of the UT-Pan American Tournament, sweeping Texas-Pan...
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