Lubbock News

West Texas Guar, Inc. of Brownfield, TX is said to owe nearly $4 million to at least two dozen farmers, many of them located in the South Plains region.

Thursa Smith shows off her artwork during the American Senior Idol contest at the Lubbock Senior Center Friday.

Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson sits among students, teachers and parents during a Dr. Seuss event Friday at Williams Elementary in Lubbock.

The Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association, LEPPA, is still millions of dollars away from the final product, but board members say this donation will go a long way.

A 15-year-old Monterey student was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car early Friday morning.

During Thursday night's Lubbock City Council meeting, council members will start the process of replacing former city attorney Sam Medina.

Lubbock Power & Light CEO Gary Zheng's position at the municipal utility company remains in question, Mayor Glen Robertson said Thursday, March 13. With nothing set in stone, Mayor Glen Robertson said he was approached Thursday, March 13, by an unnamed member of the Electric Utility Board's personnel committee about a potential change.

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.