Lubbock News

On the first Friday of December, the Buddy Holly Center invites the community to participate in Lubbock's First Friday Art Trail, an event held on the first Friday of every month in venues around the city.

Lows will drop to 3 above in Muleshoe to 7 in Lubbock, which will break the old record of 8 set in 2005.

Nativity sets from from america and around the world sit on display at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meeting house Friday.

As the temperature drops, area playa lakes could freeze over, but, Lubbock Fire Rescue is warning people to keep off.

Stephanie Maughan looks for an ornament on the Giving Tree at Honey Elementary School Thursday.

Austin Carrizales could likely run unopposed in the upcoming spring primary and then face Republican incumbent Tom Head in the general election.

Michael Martin Murphey will stop in Lubbock at the Cactus Theater on Tuesday, Dec. 10, as part of his Cowboy Christmas Tour.

As snow and freezing rain blanketed normally sun-swept North Texas, residents accustomed to warmer temperatures appeared to heed warnings on what one hardware store manager called "Ice Friday," staying off nearly impassable roadways and out of the skin-stinging cold.

A finance professor for 30 years with articles published in more than 25 academic journals, Scott Hein received the 2013 Eppler Award from the Lubbock Economics Council on Thursday, Dec. 5. "Dr. Hein is a very prominent economics and finance professor, and his research is well known," said Russell Dabbs, president of the council.

A federal judge has sentenced a Lubbock man to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to distribution of marijuana and possession with intent.

Lubbock County Judge Tom Head has decided the Lubbock County Courthouse and other county offices will open at 10 a.m. today, Dec. 6. This decision was made due to anticipated hazardous driving conditions in the morning and the need for employees to ensure their children's safe arrival at school, according to a news release.

A 34-year-old Lubbock man was killed in a two-vehicle wreck caused by bad weather Thursday morning one-mile west of Smyer, according to Texas Department of Public Safety officials.

Thursday's arctic blast has been responsible for school closures, office closures, event cancellations and more than a hundred area accidents.

A Lubbock police officer wounded in the line of duty in October said the recognition he has received has been undeserved.

Lubbock Meals On Wheels is one of the recipients of the 2013 Avalanche-Journal's Goodfellows Campaign, which accepts donations from readers to benefit charitable organizations.

Inclement weather forecast for the Lubbock area forced the Texas Department of Transportation to cancel today's partial unveiling of the state's top 40 destinations, according to a TxDOT news release.

LISD officials say that they will not be dismissing early because many students are left without appropriate supervision or transportation is an early dismissal were to take place.

The Lubbock public schools Tri-ethnic Commission will follow up on three citizen complaints and how to deal with future ones when it meets tonight in regular session.

The Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center will host a reception on Friday, December 6, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. for the opening of the 2013 Star/Cross/Angel exhibit.

Lubbock Crime Line officials want residents to know that the season of giving could be the season of receiving if they have information on a crime.