Lorenzo News

Once towed into the air by a small airplane, Osoba navigates the glider by following thermals, columns of rising warm air, to stay afloat and propel forward.

Oakland firefighters tackled a three-alarm blaze that jumped from the roof of one Victorian building to an adjacent one Friday, a fire official said.

Until I traveled to Italy with Yvonne and Lorenzo Almanza, I never much paid attention to the Italian city that hosts our destination airport.

Mark Schoepf, a cotton producer, puts a lock on his fuel storage tank, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in Lorenzo, Texas.

While heavy winds knocked out power Thursday in parts of Lubbock, electricity lit up the sky with severe lightning as storms brought strong gusts and over an inch of rain to some locations in the city.

The victim, who was reading a book and oblivious to the incident, cried when police recovered her wallet and confronted the suspect.

West Texas cotton producer Mark Schoepf never dreamed the price of farm diesel would skyrocket so.

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A 53-year-old Athens man was arrested on Mother's Day for allegedly threatening his wife and grandson with a handgun during a domestic disturbance. via Athens Daily Review

“We understand that this community has to come up with a sustainable long-term plan for the capture of stormwater”

The four school districts serving the city of El Paso are being charged thousands of dollars a month in stormwater fees, and at least one has refused to pay a $42,000 bill in protest. via El Paso Times

A Clovis man is in stable condition but is suffering from some major injuries. He was hit by an SUV when it crashed through his home and hit him, this as he lay asleep in bed. via MyHighPlains.com

“It shows she took the time to cut things out and to place them in a book”

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Story last updated at 3/11/2008 - 3:23 am Jimmie Tucker of Lorenzo has been filling the blank pages of scrapbooks with the memories of others for the past seven years. via Lubbock Avalanche

Daryl Brown, left, and Timothy McCown Reynolds take to Edward Einhorn's adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's religious satire 'Cat's Cradle.' An Untitled Theater Company #61 presentation of play with music in two acts ... via Variety

Posted: Updated: Two teens are hospitalized following an accident in Lorenzo. Police say the teens were riding in a pickup truck around 9:45 p.m. Thursday. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

“Jim was one of the first in the country to develop partnerships with major taxicab companies capable of providing the required facility, insurance, maintenance and certified driver training”

One day 33 years ago, a 20-year-old man plunged into a lake near Corsicana, struck an underwater stump and broke his neck. via Houston Chronicle

“We check on our registered sex offenders, and any offender that we have on our case load that has a restriction with minors, we make sure that they have their porch lights out that they're home for the evening.”

Halloween night is now less than 24 hours away but there are some porch lights that will be dark Wednesday. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

A creature of habit, Wendy Ballard loved to watch soap operas, read romance novels, smoke cigarettes and drink Schlitz beer. via KWTX

“They are reclusive, they're on the fringes of society. So no one seems to know them.”

A creature of habit, Wendy Ballard loved to watch soap operas, read romance novels, smoke cigarettes and drink Schlitz beer. via El Paso Times

“They are reclusive - they're on the fringes of society. So no one seems to know them.”

Among the older, shabby houses of northeast Houston's Fontaine Place, Wendy Ballard's cottage stood out. via Houston Chronicle

“I'm saving lives. You don't have to pay me to do that”

Wanted: Rural residents who want to save lives and receive free training to learn how. via Lubbock Avalanche