Lubbock News

In a regular meeting of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority on Wednesday in Plainview, its eleven member board voted to resume pumping water from Lake Meredith during the summer peak consumption, which lasts through about mid-September.

Rudy Zapata was overwhelmed when he arrived in McAllen and saw the children and adults in need of basic necessities.

A trailer with six tanks holding hydrogen chloride parked at the Bayer CropScience facility in Lubbock following a leak that forced the evacuation of about 200 families in 2013.

Lubbock police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with an aggravated assault that happened at Applegate Shady Acres on July 4. Police have identified Jesus Coronado, 31, as a suspect in the shooting of Billy Earl Terrell Jr. Terrell remains in serious condition at UMC as of Wednesday afternoon.

The 11-member cities that comprise the authority, including Lubbock and Amarillo, haven't drawn from the lake since 2012.

Texas DPS troopers were called to a two-vehicle accident just east of Lubbock around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

During a meeting Monday night, the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District Board of Trustees named Keith Bryant, current Bullard ISD Superintendent, as the lone finalist in the district's search for a new superintendent.

Kyle Wargo, left, talks about House Bill 5 from the perspective of the Region 17 Education Service Center.

Newly elected Councilman Jeff Griffith was on the dais before he took the oath of office in front of the public - a unique sight for a first-time council member.

The theme of this year's 4th on Broadway parade may have been "Stand Up For America," but one Lubbock resident said his constitutional rights were violated at the event.

Meagan Wied, a food blogger, measures olive oil for a broccoli and basil pesto spaghetti at her home in Lubbock.

A Lubbock County grand jury indicted a 36-year-old Lubbock man Tuesday for posting a sex tape he made of an ex-girlfriend and posting it online without her consent because he was upset about their breakup.

Lubbock police are offering a $1,600 reward for information that helps locate 3 auto theft suspects.

Fans of Renee Fleming will not have to wait for her Sept. 9 live appearance with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra to enjoy her talent.

In fact, Jan Johnson, vice president of TNT Fireworks in Lubbock, told A-J Media about 80 to 90 percent of all the TNT booths are staffed by volunteer organizations.

The recent showers that mean good news to the agriculture world show the same promise for small-scale home gardens.

Lubbock police praised a telecommunications company for its help in an ongoing child pornography investigation that's led to one arrest.

Lubbock Power & Light will pay its now former CEO, Gary Zheng, about $700,000 after the Electric Utility Board voted to fire the embattled executive without cause Monday morning.

Keith Bryant was named the lone finalist in the search at a special school board meeting Monday that lasted two minutes.

Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson says the Electric Utility Board made the right decision on Monday when they officially fired LP&L CEO Gary Zheng.