Lubbock News

Lubbock police are searching for 40-year-old Benita Rochelle Johnson, who is wanted for fraud and identity theft.

Lubbock police are searching for a man and a woman in connection with a Wednesday morning murder in South Lubbock.

Anonymous Tech fans took out a full-page ad on page A7 of today's Avalanche-Journal for an open letter asking Chancellor Robert Duncan, President Duane Nellis and the Board of Regents to award Leach the rest of his $2.6 million salary for 2009.

Ronald Meadows, an assistant attorney general in the Child Support Division's Lubbock office, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Child Support Division's Lubbock region, which covers 86 counties.

Over the last three years, Texas country singer/songwriter Matt Kimbrow has worked to get his name out on the local music scene.

Cousins Marie Gonzales and Anthony Aguirre found it is possible to locate many other cousins, with some of them possibly once or twice removed.

When the next municipal budget is implemented, some residents could be saving more than just a buck in stormwater fees while others may see a bigger bill each month.

As of Wednesday afternoon, nine cases of the disease have been reported in Texas.

Five people were indicted by a Lubbock County Grand Jury for on Tuesday, charged with aggravated kidnapping.

Lubbock police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old man stabbed in the chest early Wednesday morning in South Lubbock.

The Lubbock Senior Center has its Senior Night Out from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 2001 19th St. Games include Pictionary, Scrabble, cards, horseshoes, Wii, washers and more.

Lubbock police are searching for an overnight stabbing suspect. Police say they were called to a home at 89th and Avenue U around 12:40 a.m. where officers found a victim stabbed in the chest upon arrival.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, a member of the Endangered Species Act Congressional Working Group, Tuesday applauded the U.S. House for passing the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act to make the listing process more accountable and transparent.

The Small Business Administration's West Texas office has done 153 loans that have totaled about $88 million so far this year.

One person was in custody Tuesday afternoon after Lubbock police arrested a man who reportedly fled on a stolen motorcycle.

Including the roughly half an inch that fell Tuesday morning, Lubbock has received 11.34 inches of rainfall to date.

In October 2015, a gap in funding for federally qualified health centers could affect local community health center services available to patients.

Local Bar and Grill, located on Broadway in Lubbock, sells unique dishes, such as porkbelly tacos.

Gov. Rick Perry's recent activation of National Guard troops to support the Texas-Mexico border is obvious posturing, but the troops nonetheless will provide a useful presence.

William Jayson Ellison will spend the next six years behind bars for a driving-while-intoxicated offense last summer in which he caused a traffic accident in Southwest Lubbock.