Lubbock News

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.

Hollywood heroes and the silver screen's rising stars took to Austin's red carpet on Thursday, March 6 for the annual Texas Film Awards .

According to the National Weather Service, the city has had 0.17 inches of precipitation so far in 2014.

In light of Severe Weather Awareness week, KCBD's own expert meteorologists take a look back at the most memorable severe weather moments on the South Plains.

Yellow roses are plentiful in Texas, but so are the hundreds of different species of flowers in the state's abundance of botanical gardens and arboretums.

Reports came out Saturday morning of an elderly woman trapped inside a burning home in the 9700 block of Jordan Ave. Lubbock Fire Department and EMS were called out to the home just after 5:30 a.m., and the fire was put out by 5:45 a.m. The two other occupants in the home attempted to get the woman out of the bedroom after the fire had started, but ... (more)

Nattea Nathan, left, listens to Vanessa Castillo and Carlos Castillo place an order at the recently opened Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers Monday.

In the aftermath of Tuesday's Texas Primary, I was too bummed to write a post on Wednesday.

Four months after his death, the family of a 30-year-old Levelland man who died in police custody say the Lubbock medical examiner's report of his death poses even more questions than answers.

When a child gets sick and is taken to Driscoll Children's Hospital, it's not just the child that is affected, but the entire family.

A fast-moving cold front and some upper level support will trigger light amounts of rain, leading to more gusty winds but little significant rain potential.

A Lubbock County jury deliberated for about two hours Friday, March 7, before convicting Renee Valencia of murder in an October 2010 shooting outside a Depot District nightclub.

Over the years, Texas Tech has received commitments from its fair share of the state's top talent, but on Friday night they picked up one of their biggest pledges yet.