Slaton News

Concern over stray and vicious dogs in rural Lubbock County has prompted commissioners to begin drafting a proposed countywide ordinance that could result in mandatory restraint and registration of dogs and cats.

Police say Robert Holt was shot five times by a Slaton homeowner after burglarizing the home and then opening fire on two people.

Friends of Fred Melcher described the 69-year-oldA injured in Thursday's deadly shootout in Slaton as a generous, hard-working cotton farmer whose trust in 49-year-old Robert Holt was betrayed.

Saturdays are slow news days by nature. Most news services are using skeletons crews.

"That is a time that we see a lot of burglaries, because that is the time people are not home." Lubbock County Sheriff's deputies said 69-year old Fred Melcher entered his home with his friend Edith Ayers when they surprised a burglar.

On person was killed and two were injured today in a shoot-out inside a Slaton house during a burglary, Lubbock County's sheriff said.

Police and sheriff's deputies are at this scene in Slaton. Reports of violence have not been confirmed, but A-J reporter Irie Price is on the scene.

Xfone, a competitive broadband provider, has brought its first Fiber to the Premises customer in Slaton, Texas online as part of the ongoing buildout of its PRIDE network.