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Odis V. Sims Jr. and Edith R. Sims Odis V. Sims Jr., a retired Air Force officer who made a second career in Plainview, and Edith R. Sims, who grew up in Hale County and returned here with her husband, were ...

Kindergartners will not be the only ones with butterflies in their stomachs today, the first day of school.

Ethan Morman, son of Rusty and Emma Morman, traveled to the Houston/Galveston area in June 2008 to participate in Education in Action's Lonestar Leadership Academy, a program that takes natural leaders and ...

In the past nine years, there have been four homicide cases in Lubbock County involving women believed to be prostitutes.

Gregory "Taz'' Alan Garner, 42, of Phillipsburg, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at his home near Phillipsburg.

Flexible schedule not for everyone Many area schools have considered the Optional Flexible Year Program but are not involved for 2008-09 for a variety of reasons.

I'm not exactly sure how it ended up there since I don't remember me or Nancy buying it, but there's a bag of Wint-O-Green lifesavers in our candy drawer at home.

The National Automobile Dealers Association is promoting September as Child Passenger Safety Month.

With the classic music playing, the new square in Slaton was packed with car enthusiasts and those who just wanted to remember simpler times at Slaton's 13th Annual Car Show.

A Lubbock pedestrian is hospitalized after an accident in southeast Lubbock Friday.

In chasing down Larry McDonald for a story about his volunteer work with the city's annual July Fourth fireworks show, I discovered his wife, Karla, hard at work in her yard.

The next Lubbock County Constable Precinct Two was announced Wednesday. The Lubbock County Republican Party says former Slaton police officer Joe Pinson will run unopposed in November.

Hamburgers and Cokes, the flash of chrome and the shriek of tires spinning on pavement will be parts of a day-long event Saturday when the 13th annual Rock n Roll Nostalgia Car Show and Cruise is staged in ...

Diana Valencia of Slaton recently won the Texas Lottery's 'Weekly Grand' scratch-off game.

The Texas FFA Convention is back in Lubbock this week and it's bringing a lot of new people into the Hub City.

The largest crowd organizers said they've ever seen at Mackenzie Park - estimated at 70,000 - listened to three hours of music, topped by fireworks Friday evening ending the Centennial 4th on Broadway ...

United Supermarkets said Thursday it will begin converting its fuel stations from Conoco to Phillips 66 brand gasoline starting Tuesday.

The Community Foundation of Abilene is accepting applications for the Jesse M. and Bernice M. Pyeatt Scholarship.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Story last updated at 5/27/2008 - 1:06 am Two of Lubbock's top public safety officials say they are not in support of consolidating the county's dispatch system under one roof, as ...

A man who was behind the wheel when his car ran over his 1-year-old daughter faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter.