Lubbock County News

They'll lower the Stars and Stripes for the last time today outside the small brick country school that has been this tiny farming town's gathering spot for 56 years.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says Travis Shane Penney, 22, most recently resided in Killeen, but had a permanent address in Lubbock County.

The only candidates running for U.S. House District 19 talked health care, job growth and President Obama in a question-and-answer session Friday with The Avalanche-Journal. U.S. Rep.

Thousands fewer Lubbock County residents went to the voting booths for early voting than in the last presidential-year party primary in 2008.

Seven inmates who are or were assigned to the William G. McConnell Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice face additional prison time if they are convicted of crimes allegedly committed inside the prison.

Scott Dunn's father, Jim Dunn, wants the public to know he is at peace now that his son has been found.

Smoke was visible for miles across South Lubbock County as Woodrow Volunteer fire crews battled a scrap-pile blaze Thursday afternoon at Sunburst Farms on South Martin Luther King Jr.

Lubbock Police Chief Roger Ellis, District Attorney Matt Powell and Lubbock County Medical Examiner Sridhar Natarajan speak during a press conference on Wednesday in Lubbock to announce remains found last Friday where those of Roger Scott Dunn.

LCR EXCLUSIVE!!1.Voted to raise property tax rate 14 times,seven for Lubbock County and seven for Lubbock County Hospital District.2.Voted to "giveaway" over $4 MILLION in hospital revenue in county employee bonuses.3.Voted to rent a "luxury box" at SBC Jones Stadium costing taxpayers over $35,000 yearly in lease,food and beverage costs to ... (more)

Last week, Lubbock County Commissioners lifted the burn ban, but county officials want to make sure residents still understand the rules.

Bill McCay is a symbol of what's wrong with local republicans. McCay is now using a false claim that county projects were completed with no tax increases.

Justin Padilla, 19, Isaac Garcia, 18, and Joe Lopez, 18, were charged with a state jail felony charge of organized crime and three counts each of misdemeanor vehicle burglary about 2 a.m. Monday in the 3800 block of 36th Street, according to Lubbock police and the Lubbock County Criminal Detention Center.

The journey from the first days of kindergarten to the last days of the 12th grade probably has seemed like a long one for most of the seniors in Lubbock County's 11 public high schools.

Prime time television shows have conditioned people to believe crime scenes and human remains can be studied and cases can be solved in 45 minutes with commercials.

Neighbors were shocked but had their suspicions after police found a bag of human bones buried in a nearby apartment's backyard Friday morning in the 5800 block of 24th Street.

Meet the candidates: Brian Studer and Bruce MacNair. Now meet the object responsible for choosing the winner.

' City council candidate Bruce MacNair watched the coin rise into the air Friday.

A Lubbock County jury took less than an hour Friday to convict Allen Lee Boling of capital murder in the January 2011 beating death of Russell Don McKinney.

Bass lines out to Brown on the 100th pitch from Flattery to end the game. 5-1 KS, and Tech is officially eliminated from Big 12 tourney pix.

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