Lubbock News

A horrifying beast rises from the South Pacific. Its mouth is a dripping, writhing mass of tentacles.

With tickets in hand and dreams of cash running through their heads, the wait for many here on the South Plains is underway.

Lubbock Meals On Wheels is one of the recipients of the 2013 Goodfellows campaign, which accepts donations from readers to benefit charitable organizations.

The 7-year-old Salvation Army of Lubbock volunteer was busy stocking them on a table marked "Boys 12-14" and offering his suggestions to the families who stopped by his booth Tuesday morning, Dec. 17, in a former United Supermarket location.

Texas State Rep. John Frullo, from left, Rep. Charles Perry, State Senator Robert Duncan and .U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer gather for the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Legislative Appreciation Luncheon at the Texas Tech McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center Tuesday.

Lubbock County sheriff's deputies arrested a Lubbock man Tuesday, Dec. 17, who was sought for a November convenience store robbery.

Family members remember a former Lubbock judge and World War II veteran as a strong believer in the law and a devoted family man.

Move over John Madden and your lilly-livered Turduken feast. Are you man enough to tackle a "Turkraken" this Christmas? Photos of a culinary abomination dubbed the "Cthuken," a reference to horror writer H.P. Lovecraft's octopus-head creature the "Cthulhu," went viral yesterday.

Federal authorities have filed a motion to revoke the supervised release of an Amarillo man who served prison time in a counterfeiting scheme and later failed to report to a Lubbock halfway house.

A turducken is a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey. A Cthurkey is an octopus stuffed inside a turkey and garnished with crab legs and bacon.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, participated in a congressional hearing meant to address concerns of fraud in the Affordable Care Act's health care navigator program.

Amanda Harper, 15, explains why she is raising money to help build a well in Africa Thursday at her home in Lubbock.

The Lubbock man who pled guilty to his role in 3 armed bank robberies has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

United Supermarkets, LLC announced today a donation of $61,034 to Lubbock Meals on Wheels as a result of combined funds raised at Lubbock United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos locations through the 22nd annual "Easy As Pie" campaign.

Elias Rene Luna, 24, is being held at the Lubbock County Detention Center on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery and misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana, failing to identify as a witness and no evidence of insurance, according to jail records.

A 66-year-old Shallowater man died Sunday night, Dec. 15, in a single-vehicle accident about 20 miles northwest of Lubbock.

The Salvation Army of Lubbock and the Marines are distributing toys from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting Monday, Dec. 16, until Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the former United Supermarket at 5001 Marsha Sharp Freeway.

Buffalo Springs Lake attorney Don Graf termed negotiations with city of Lubbock Officials on a water supply contract "broken off" following a one-hour meeting Wednesday at Lubbock's Municipal Building.

For Reps. Four Price, Drew Springer and other members of the Texas House of Representatives, the Christmas tree on the chamber's floor is more than a holiday decoration.

Dyllan McNeil, 17 left, Mikhail DePrefoutaine and Drake Gosnell, 16 top, look for a punk CD's at Ralph's Records in south Lubbock Friday.