Wilson News

Lubbock, TX This white Christmas may be beautiful, but Mother Nature's white blanket across the South Plains has delayed Christmas celebrations around the country.

12, 2009, at her residence. Services will be 10 a.m. today at Myers & Smith Chapel.

The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a Web chat Wednesday for small-business owners looking for help with year-end tax planning and preparation.

Another casualty of Hurricane Ike, the W.H. Stark House returns with its annual holiday tradition.

The air medical team formerly known as Sherman Texas Lifestar will now officially go by Air Evac Lifeteam.

Ida Pearl Clark, 79, of Plainview died Wednesday, December 2, 2009 in Lubbock. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Seth Ward Baptist Church with Rev.

For Clyde and Sharron Boyd, the key to being a good foster parent is the same as being a good parent.

Services for Willie Shambeck, 84, of Lubbock, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 at Oakwood Baptist Church, with Rev.

Lubbock may have survived because of determined pioneers like Sibil Leftwich. She graduated from Lubbock High School in about 1935, enrolled in Texas Tech, played volleyball, and was the first woman on Tech's rifle team.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner, and Zack Wilson of the High Plains Food Bank in Amarillo is seeing more people asking for help.

With the help of a few special teachers, he worked his way out of hard circumstances to a career as an educator.

The past 12 months have been a tumultuous time in the legal industry. One year ago, federal lawmakers approved a $700 billion bailout for the financial system.

In 1940, Wilson joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and served in a New Mexico camp.

He was a beloved son, brother, father, friend and a very talented guitarist with the heavy metal band A Darker Shade of Grey.

Government must take a bigger role in enticing jobs, securing energy supplies and curbing runaway health care costs, a Democratic challenger for Lubbock's congressional district said Monday.

A Democratic candidate has thrown his hat into the ring for the District 19 House of Representatives seat.

The timing couldn't have been worse. With only a month to go before this year's harvest, Wilson cotton farmer Curtis Gicklhorn finally underwent surgery in September to remove a sore on his left foot that had been ailing him for years.

Rip Griffin has never had a problem with working hard. The new inductee into the Lubbock Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame already had a job by the time he was a member of the club.

The Martins left their 21/2-year-old daughter with a baby sitter for the night. "She's kind of upset she didn't get to come," the father said.

The grounds of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum now has a river, a covered bridge across the river and several miniature waterfalls leading to a reservoir on the north end of the park.