Lubbock News

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.

A woman free on bail after being charged with child abandonment earlier this year has been indicted on a charge of endangering a child.

A Lubbock woman facing a murder charge in the shooting death of her former husband was released from Lubbock County Sheriff's custody, though she remains hospitalized.

Authorities say a man stole a car parked at Kmart at University Avenue and 66th Street around 2:30 p.m. Police say the child, a young girl, was sitting in the passenger seat when the car was taken.

At 11 a.m., Intellicast reported wind gusts of up to 30 miles an hour in Lubbock, and it feels like it.

Members of the Lubbock Fire Rescue Hazardous Materials Team from Engine 4B, Truck 4B, and Engine 17B received unit citations Tuesday morning.

Allegations of bid rigging and other improprieties concerning Lubbock Power & Light and its director were listed in a recent report by The Ashcroft Law Firm, a Missouri-based company LP&L hired in November to perform an investigation.

Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury kept up his reputation as one of the hippest coaches in the game by appearing at South by Southwest this weekend in Austin, starring in a one-on-one panel with USA Today's George Schroeder.

Pay It Forward began on a windy afternoon in Central Lubbock near the intersection of Clovis Road and North University Avenue.

It's a city-funded nonprofit that was established to spur economic development in North and East Lubbock.

The numbers also show that Lubbock County continues to rank among the counties with the highest cases of child abuse or neglect reported to Child Protective Services in Texas, leaving child protection advocates struggling to make sense of why the numbers are so high and how to slow the rate of abuse.

A Lubbock teenager's trial on aggravated robbery charges enters its fourth day Tuesday, March 12 - a day that might wind up testimony on both sides.

The first entrance to Lubbock-Cooper Independent School will see a wider road within a few months, while construction continues for two nearby bridges.

The Texas Department of Public Safety conducted a traffic stop Saturday on US 84, yielding illegal drugs valued over $54,000, and a pistol.

Court Appointed Special Advocates is eager to host a free Lunch and Learn at First Bank & Trust on 98th on Monday, March 10 from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided to people who attend the informal gathering to visit with a child advocate and one of the judges who hears the foster care cases.

Hundreds of loyal fans turned out to watch the Lubbock debut of the "Veronica Mars" movie on Sunday afternoon at Premiere Cinemas.

If I can be forgiven a little piece of hometown news the halls of power in Lubbock, Texas, are abuzz with the notion that the city has a fair shot at landing Tesla's new $5 billion "Gigafactory" building the lithium-ion batteries that power its cars and those of some other automakers as well.