Lubbock News

On Thursday night, Lubbock citizens made their case directly to members of the North and East Lubbock Community Development Corporation.

She says there were four driving forces behind the petition and that her latest effort is to, what she calls, "give the citizens back their voice."

A 27-year-old Lubbock man faces multiple felony charges after a leading police officers on a chase Wednesday evening, March 12, that ended in his arrest at a neighborhood in west Lubbock.

A West Texas-based Celtic ensemble called Roan Inish Damhsa will host its sixth annual St. Patrick's Day Ceili from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Triple J. Chophouse & Brew Co., 1807 Buddy Holly Ave. A ceili is an interactive show for all ages that promotes awareness of the Celtic heritage and culture on the South Plains.

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A woman is recovering in the hospital Wednesday night after Lubbock police say she drove her SUV into a playa lake.

Lubbock Cooper's Collyn Heinrich signed a full ride rodeo scholarship with Odessa College at Odessa High School on Wednesday afternoon.

The United States Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus performs at the Allen Theatre Wednesday in Lubbock.

A wall of dust as tall as 1,000 feet and 200 miles wide that roared across parts of West Texas and New Mexico is yet another sign of how rain-starved the region is.

Follow Krista Pirtle's Twitter live from the Tech-OSU men's game at the Big 12 Championships in Kansas City Dr. Dan Berman, left, and Dr. John Turner shake hands after cutting the ribbon Wednesday for the opening of West Texas ER.

Police have a suspect in custody following a short police chase that started just before 6 p.m. near the Target on Marsha Sharp Freeway.

Local gas bills could be about $3 higher within a few months, pending a Lubbock City Council decision Thursday, March 13. "The rate increase is based on our need for system reliability and improvement, infrastructure replacement requirements for safe and reliable service and growth of our system," she said.

Lubbock police arrested a 25-year-old man after investigators discovered his report Tuesday, March 11, that his 6-year-old daughter was taken during a car theft was untrue.

Warmer temperatures and dry conditions are both key ingredients for a grass fire and the South Plains is already seeing fires spark up in the area.

Lubbock fire officials are investigating an early morning fire in Northwest Lubbock that damaged three homes.

Are you going to be at tomorrow's Meet & Greet Ms. Park Ranger? Because I'm sure as HELL not! I'm Randy Neugebauer, I OWN this district and I approve this district ! Rep. Randy Neugebauer may still be occupying Texas' 19th Congressional District after all these years in a R+19 PVI-rated district by the Cook Political Report.

A rash of residential robberies that swept Lubbock in October 2012 was a vast departure from the robberies local police were used to investigating, the case's lead detective said in court Tuesday, March 11. The weeklong string of nightly robberies - ranging from home invasions to accosting victims in driveways - had far more similarities than ... (more)

The South Plains Advocates for Freedom will launch an information petition drive Wednesday, March 12, to encourage citizens to sign on to the document calling for Lubbock's City Council to "take actions to stop government overreach," said organization spokeswoman Mikel Ward.

TxDOT is the early planning stages of the route which would run from Highway 84 near Shallowater south to Wolfforth and then east to Highway 84 near Slaton.

A Lubbock County jury took only 30 minutes Monday to approve a life sentence for Renee Valencia in connection with a 2010 murder outside a now-defunct Depot District night club.