Lubbock News

Opening statements are set to begin in the case the State Bar of Texas has brought against a Texas attorney who has helped wrongly convicted ex-inmates get state compensation.

By the time he was 5, he was helping out in his family's small grocery business at Tell, 12 miles southwest of Childress.

Jordan Barncastle had 6 pts and 7 rebounds Shauntal Nobles had 7 pts and 8 rebounds Chynna Brown had 19pts and 7 rebounds with 2 3-ptrs Monique Smalls had 7 pts and 2 rebounds Christine Hyde had 5 pts and 2 rebounds Kierra Mallard had 4 pts before she was injured Kelsi Baker had 3pts and 2 rebounds Points in the paint 16 Points off turnovers 6 2nd ... (more)

Fathers and daughters make their way around the dance floor during a father daughter Valentine's Day dane on Sunday at The Legacy in Lubbock.

Sgt. Steve Bartley, 35, of the Muleshoe Police Department was released from University Medical Center after he was shot twice responding to a domestic disturbance call late Friday night.

Including this year's nine award recipients, the YWCA has honored 194 Women of Excellence since 1989.

Wintry weather is on tap for the southern Plains today with snow, sleet, freezing drizzle and even some ice from western Texas to the Mississippi Valley.

Jerry D. "Bud" Holmes has been appointed president of Happy State Bank's Lubbock market.

Godwin, the 88-year-old self-taught painter, has created more than 100 paintings, which have appeared in the Ranching Heritage Center, Texas Capitol and the White House.

As the annual budget talks begin city bureaucrats are now crying it's either tax increase or services cut.

Joel Bruckenstein and David Drucker, producers of the 7th Annual "T3" Technology Tools for Today Conference today announced the gifting of generous conference "scholarships" for students enrolled in the financial planning curriculum at Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Dallas.

The Texas Tech Alumni Association in January named Vicki Vannoy Nixon, of Lubbock to its national board of directors.

Lubbock police on Friday released surveillance camera images of a man investigators believe stole two bottles of high-end vodka from a Central Lubbock liquor stole on New Year's Day.

In the first weeks of 2012, few people have been happy about the state of the U.S. tomato market.

The World Famous Harlem Globetrotters brought their ridiculous basketball skills and amazing athletes to the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock on February 9. Championship Bull Riding returned to City Bank Coliseum on February 4 featuring 2011 PRCA rookie of the year and Lubbock native Chandler Bownds.

Lubbock police were called to the 5500 block of Marsha Sharpe Freeway at about 4:10 a.m. Thursday morning where a man had been struck by a vehicle, police said.

One thing Texas legislators learned long ago - and they are seeing it again with the yearlong redistricting battle - is lawsuits against the state can take a long time, even years, to decide.

Wasting little time Thursday morning, the Lubbock City Council voted unanimously to keep all four city pools open this summer in light of Stage 2 water restrictions.

For many years, Lake Meredith was Lubbock's primary source of water. But the drought from this past year, and the lack of previous precipitation has dried up the lake completely.

Health inspectors checked up on dozens of Lubbock restaurants this week to make sure the food your family is served is safe to eat.