Lubbock News

A rail line in the Texas Panhandle has reopened after storms packing winds strong enough to form a tornado overturned more than 40 BNSF Railway cars.

Artist Emanuel Martinez, who painted a mural in 1994 at First Street and Buddy Holly Avenue in the Guadalupe neighborhood, returned recently to help renovate the mural by removing graffiti and adding new paint.

A colorful array of glass tiles in shapes of windmills, medals and more adorn a 30-foot section of the wall outside the Shallowater Middle School/county library.

Promising movie news for Lubbock movie fans: Cinemark to open "Monsters Univesity" and "World War Z." Premiere Cinemas will open on Friday: "The Bling Ring" and "The Reluctant Fundamentalist."

Rep. Charles Perry is no longer the third most conservative member of the Texas House, a ranking his voting record earned him in the 2011 session.

The State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting,to be held June 20-21, will include exceptional service awards, according to a news release.

A line of heavy thunderstorms that swept across the South Plains Monday night left needed rain and unwanted hail in its wake.

Lubbock leaders considering alternatives for the city's $300,000-per-year leased Godeke Branch Library aren't the only ones looking to have the library out of a southwest Lubbock shopping center.

Jesse Ramirez Jr. was walking in the middle of a traffic lane in the 2200 block of E.Fourth Street, according to a news release from Lubbock police.

An Amarillo appellate court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man found guilty three years ago of having sex with an underage girl.

The Lubbock Economic Development Alliance on Monday, June 17, approved up to $839,000 in incentives over five years to three manufacturing companies to create an estimated 167 jobs in the city.

It only took a split second for a light rain to transform into a blinding hail storm Monday night, forcing drivers to scramble and find cover.

Lubbock Power & Light is updating customers of the current situation regarding outages due to tonight's weather event.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11 p.m. tonight for the following counties: Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hall, Hockley, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Parmer, Scurry, Swisher, Terry and Yoakum.

Lubbock police are searching for Russell Eugene Heath, 44, in connection with three bank robberies - two in Lubbock and one in Amarillo.

29-year-old Ross was found guilty of shooting and killing 53-year-old Texas Tech Dean Douglas Birdsall and an 18-year-old Viola McVade on January 31, 2001.

The City of Lubbock welcomes over 173 local Texas chapters of professional firefighters, their families, retirees and auxiliary members from all over the state of Texas June 17-21.

A dust storm usually arrives suddenly in the form of an advancing wall of dust and debris which may be miles long and several thousand feet high.

A spay and neuter promotional program waiving income requirements will be offered by Lubbock Animal Services on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning 8 a.m. Monday, June 17 at the Animal Shelter Adoption Center, 3323 S.E. Loop 289.

NC State's Trea Turner has been named one of three finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, given annually to the top shortstop in the nation since 2004.