Smyer News

Dorothy Jo Boggus remembers her grandfather's blacksmith shop as a magical place at a time when horses could be found tethered to a hitching post three blocks east of where the George H. Mahon Federal Building is now.

Gordon Clark Bohannon of Levelland, Texas, the former Chief Deputy of the Hockley County Sheriff's Office, pleaded guilty this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

A Lubbock family has a sense of relief after 76-year-old Charles Gean Caraway was found in Hockley County.

Roughly twice the number of local school children have missed class this year compared to last year as two strains of flu virus take their toll, according to local officials.

Outdoor events celebrating Juneteenth in Lubbock were canceled Saturday following heavy rains and a forecast for more storms during the day.

Severe thunderstorms are blanketing parts of West Texas, dropping baseball- and golf ball-sized hail and prompting the issuance of some tornado warnings.