Amarillo News

The Amarillo Area Corvette Club is gearing up to host the 10th annual Wheels Xtravaganza car show to benefit several local charities.

Roberto Rodriguez / Amarillo Globe-News Elizabeth Thomas, Regional Services Program Coordinator at the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, talks about the new battery recycling program the city is participating in, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Veterinarian Dr. Katie Dickinson gives shots to Foxy, a Golden Retreiver belonging to Leslie Hathcock of Amarillo.

"Muttfest is our largest fundraising event for the Amarillo SPCA," said Muttfest Committee Member Mary Ramirez.

After a family member of an Amarillo resident was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 16, family and friends began searching for a way to contribute to finding a cure.

It's Asian Pacific Month and the year of the snake, because the panhandle has such a large Asian population, the Amarillo zoo is joining the celebration.

Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 0542 of the Amarillo Fire Department will be out in the community Friday and Saturday collecting donations to help children and adults in the Panhandle living with neuromuscular disease.

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N7542A performing flight AA-1099 from Dallas Ft.

An Amarillo man has been indicted on federal money laundering and multiple weapons charges linked to illegal gambling operations and $7,500 in bribes paid to an unidentified law enforcement officer.

A Shamrock man who was severely injured when he was mixing explosives in his trailer last year pleaded guilty Friday to possessing two machine guns.

Amarillo Crime Stoppers is asking for your help to locate this week's Fugitive of the Week: Raul Cortina Gaytan.

Though food and beverage consultants from, The Group 86 can't say what specifically makes a business successful or not, recently, they've noticed popularity in locally owned restaurants.

B usinesses from across the P anhandle set up shop for the day-long event. L ocal businesses ranging from restaurants and insurance providers, to health and wellness facilities and tech companies, used the event to network.

In the 1950s, in America, cars were all about jet-age this and rocket-power that.

Cyclists gathered together Wednesday for the ninth annual Ride of Silence to honor cyclists that have lost their lives on public roadways.

Vineyard manor, a 3-story building on 1201 S. Polk, is now open for commercial businesses and affordable housing.

AMARILLO, Texas Today Xcel Energy filed a proposal with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to increase its fuel cost factors to reflect higher prices for fuel especially natural gas which, if approved, will result in higher fuel charges on Texas retail customer bills beginning June 1. Lower natural gas prices over the past four years have made ... (more)

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a hearing to address allegations raised in an appeal from a woman sent to death row for the 1996 robbery and slaying of an 80-year-old Amarillo man at his apartment.

The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District Board on Tuesday, May 14, reminded area groundwater well owners and operators they have until June 1 to report groundwater production for calendar year 2012.

Bennigan's will add 100 jobs to the Pampa economy when it opens there in Pampa, restaurant chain officials said.