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“Be extremely careful with anything that can start a fire - cigarette butts, low tires on trailers - anything that makes a spark”

The cause of a grass fire that consumed 323 acres on the Crawford Ranch on Tuesday remained undetermined Wednesday. via Amarillo.com

“You know it's dry when a piece of metal can hit a rock and cause a fire”

Potter County Fire-Rescue and the Texas Forest Service extinguished a grass fire about six miles north of the Canadian River on Monday. via Amarillo.com

If you need a little extra help doing your taxes this year, the Texas Comptroller's Office wants to give you a hand. via MyHighPlains.com

“We'll see if water is in the same locations as when the river crested at 37 feet last year before the gauge was moved. If you remember last year when you had all the rain, that water along the Trinity spread out a long way.”

Runoff from heavy rains in North Texas earlier this week have sent the Trinity River over its banks in Henderson and Navarro counties. via Athens Daily Review

“I need EMS over at Indiana Village right now”

Posted: Lubbock Police believe the person behind a north Lubbock homicide left a trail of evidence. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“It's a total shock - a total shock”

Friends found 19-year-old Bradford McIver dead inside his apartment Monday evening. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“Being named to the honor roll recognizes this pledge to our students and community.”

Texas Tech University recently earned a spot on the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. via KOHM-FM Lubbock

The Lone Star Graduate Diversity Colloquium helps students interested in attending graduate school in Texas find graduate or doctoral programs with an emphasis on minority students. via KOHM-FM Lubbock

“There's a lot of cabling involved in something like this”

Crews are gearing up for Lubbock's Centennial Celebration kick-off. The big event is this Sunday starting at 5 p.m. and it's being billed as the largest event to ever be held in the City Bank Coliseum in its 50 ... via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“I'm assuming it would be opening - if it is opening - that it would be outside of three or four months from now.”

The opening of the Corsicana Office Depot has been delayed, part of a nationwide push of openings by the corporation, according to the developer. via Corsicana Daily Sun

“There's a possibility there could be some more injured people. We think another vehicle picked up some of them before our troopers got there”

Sally Ride, the first woman in space, will speak at West Texas A&M University in March. via Plainview Daily Herald

Three people died in wintry accidents Thursday as severe weather slammed Texas. The storms ranged from a sudden heavy snowfall in the Panhandle to severe storms near Houston to scattered parched areas elsewhere ... via KXAM-TV Austin

“In Texas, a pro-punishment state, if I can help the community focus on rehabilitation through educational success and more creative ways to handle juveniles with disabilities, then my project has worked.”

Texas Tech law student Colleen Wisdom recently received the 2008-2010 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. via KOHM-FM Lubbock

Thursday, January 24, 2008 Story last updated at 1/24/2008 - 1:40 am Maternity leave is over, and you have to go back to work. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

“As medical care gets more expensive then you're going to have more people turning to the churches, to say look, I've got some needs, how do we deal with them? And if we have something set up now, then we'll be able to take care of those needs”

Healthcare can be a confusing process. But getting seriously ill and then having to decide the right channels to go through can be even worse. via KVII-TV Amarillo

“He thought he may have had a warrant and he had a weapon in the vehicle”

A Kansas man was apprehended Tuesday evening after leading law enforcement on a high-speed car chase that at times exceeded 140 mph through portions of three counties east of Amarillo. via Amarillo.com

“The decision to sever such a large service area seems foolish ... since Amarillo serves as the area's medical and airline center”

Amarillo-Globe News will no longer have the paper thrown or placed in racks outside of the Texas Panhandle as of Monday, Jan 14. via Guymon Daily Herald

“There are some folks who need the funds to make their financial life easier, but there are many who want to enhance their lifestyle. "I have some who have their retirement funds in place but want to travel, make home repairs or buy a golf cart”

Monday, January 07, 2008 Story last updated at 1/7/2008 - 1:47 am Why do seniors obtain a reverse mortgage? "People apply for a reverse mortgage for all manner of reasons," says Tim Gristy of Reverse Mortgage ... via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Monday, January 07, 2008 Story last updated at 1/7/2008 - 1:47 am The moving process can be a headache for anyone. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal