Swisher County News

John Sharp, who is running for U.S. Senate, is spending time in the Texas Panhandle today.

A 2-month-old boy died in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday in Swisher County about four miles south of Happy.

A storage building and a Dollar General store on Maxwell Street in downtown Tulia were destroyed by fire this morning.

A decade later, the only physical evidence that remains of one of the most controversial drug investigations in state history are whited-out lines in a Swisher County docket book.

Freddie Brookins Sr., left, leaves the Swisher County Courthouse with Randy Credico, who works with the New York-based William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice , to greet the media gathered outside on June 16, 2003.

The Amarillo Globe-News today has a feature commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Tulia drug stings , which informs us that, to this day: Many Tulia residents and those associated with the July 23, 1999, raid by numerous law enforcement agencies shy away from talking publicly about the incident that catapulted the Swisher County town of about ...

Police investigate a reported kidnapping out of central Lubbock. The victim says he was assaulted and then came to more than 70-miles north of the city.

According to the Amarillo Globe News, prosecutors consider seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Tulia woman in November.

Prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Tulia woman in November.

Traffic is running smoothly and all roads are open after Thursday's severe weather.

The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued an urban/small stream flood advisory for Potter and Randall counties until at least 1:45 a.m. Friday.

Strong thunderstorms briefly dropped a tornado north of the Swisher County town of Kress, about 14 miles south of Tulia, the National Weather Service in Lubbock said.

A tornado watch until midnight tonight has been issued for the following counties: Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall and Childress counties.