Lubbock News

Michael Clintsman speaks to the Lubbock City Council on Thursday. He, along with other members of a smoke-free group, are calling for an ordinance against public smoking.

After making room in the budget for the possible purchase of the troubled Omni Building last month, the Lubbock City Council officially voted to move forward with the buy Thursday evening.

Jennifer Burke, city coordinator for the "Living Proof Live" event, described Moore as a speaker who's "very in-depth" but "very easy to understand."

A Lubbock firefighter remains on paid administrative leave Thursday pending the results of a criminal investigation.

State Rep. Charles Perry has yet to withdraw his name from the Nov. 4 ballot but the race to replace him in House District 83 has another hopeful.

Lubbock Democrats will be meeting at their party office headquarters at 11 a.m. Thursday to express their concern about Greg Abbott's decision "to keep secret the locations of facilities storing hazardous and potentially lethal chemicals."

The Buddy Holly Center and American National Bank are eager to present Jenni Dale Lord as part of the Summer Showcase, the weekly Thursday night concert series held in the Meadows Courtyard.

In a regular meeting of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority on Wednesday in Plainview, its eleven member board voted to resume pumping water from Lake Meredith during the summer peak consumption, which lasts through about mid-September.

Rudy Zapata was overwhelmed when he arrived in McAllen and saw the children and adults in need of basic necessities.

A trailer with six tanks holding hydrogen chloride parked at the Bayer CropScience facility in Lubbock following a leak that forced the evacuation of about 200 families in 2013.

Lubbock police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with an aggravated assault that happened at Applegate Shady Acres on July 4. Police have identified Jesus Coronado, 31, as a suspect in the shooting of Billy Earl Terrell Jr. Terrell remains in serious condition at UMC as of Wednesday afternoon.

The 11-member cities that comprise the authority, including Lubbock and Amarillo, haven't drawn from the lake since 2012.

Texas DPS troopers were called to a two-vehicle accident just east of Lubbock around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

During a meeting Monday night, the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District Board of Trustees named Keith Bryant, current Bullard ISD Superintendent, as the lone finalist in the district's search for a new superintendent.

Kyle Wargo, left, talks about House Bill 5 from the perspective of the Region 17 Education Service Center.

Newly elected Councilman Jeff Griffith was on the dais before he took the oath of office in front of the public - a unique sight for a first-time council member.

The theme of this year's 4th on Broadway parade may have been "Stand Up For America," but one Lubbock resident said his constitutional rights were violated at the event.

Meagan Wied, a food blogger, measures olive oil for a broccoli and basil pesto spaghetti at her home in Lubbock.

A Lubbock County grand jury indicted a 36-year-old Lubbock man Tuesday for posting a sex tape he made of an ex-girlfriend and posting it online without her consent because he was upset about their breakup.

Lubbock police are offering a $1,600 reward for information that helps locate 3 auto theft suspects.