Lubbock News

Lubbock and the surrounding areas dealt with a dust storm, hail, a tornado warning and rain Thursday, May 23, but no serious damage had been reported by late Thursday, May 23.

The limo arrivals on the first night of The Bachelorette are always fun to watch because you never know what kind of antics the guys will employ in an attempt to get a first-impression rose.

Cross contamination is one of the top violations health inspectors find when reviewing dining establishments.

The police scanner blared, "The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a tornado warning for eastern Floyd County and western Lockney County." The scanner said, "Abandon mobile homes and vehicles for more substantial shelter, avoid windows.

John Johnson, with Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, explains how the traceability program.

A wall of dust reportedly reducing visibility to a quarter mile was approaching Idalou and Lubbock from the northeast Thursday afternoon, May 23.

KCBD NewsChannel 11 provides a number of FREE resources to keep you up to date with the very latest for the First Alert Forecast Center.

The Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees recognized several outstanding high school students from Monterey, Coronado, Estacado and Lubbock High for their academic and athletic accomplishments this year at their meeting on Thursday morning.

Lubbock police are searching for a suspect in connection with a Wednesday morning shooting at the Falcon Cove apartment complex in the 6500 block of Temple Avenue.

Last week, Gov. Rick Perry invited Sens. Rodney Ellis, Robert Duncan and other legislators to the signing of the Michael Morton Act, a measure aimed at preventing wrongful convictions in Texas.

A proposal to allow "super graphic signs" on a handful of downtown Lubbock high-rises faces a towering hurdle in Lubbock's City Council - if it makes it that far.

People can text "REDCROSS" to 90999 to make a $10 donation or call 1 REDCROSS or visit www.redcross.org to give more.

Texas AgrilLife Extension and Research Services recently hired Barman as an entomologist.

Texas Tech Interim President Lawrence Schovanec speaks during the State of the Texas Tech University System luncheon Wednesday.

A women's flat track roller derby contest will feature the West Texas Roller Dollz against The Red River Roller Derby team from Wichita Falls at 7 p.m. June 8 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center's exhibition hall.

Today's column expands upon a question from an A-J reader about a choice of trees for our area.

Many locations across Central, South and East Texas have reported thick smoke and haze in the air.

Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge Wednesday they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the convicted murderer should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend,... The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts ... (more)

It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement.

Investigators say a man was shot in the stomach, around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, at Harvard Street and Chicago Avenue.