Lubbock News

It only took a split second for a light rain to transform into a blinding hail storm Monday night, forcing drivers to scramble and find cover.

Lubbock Power & Light is updating customers of the current situation regarding outages due to tonight's weather event.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11 p.m. tonight for the following counties: Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hall, Hockley, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Parmer, Scurry, Swisher, Terry and Yoakum.

Lubbock police are searching for Russell Eugene Heath, 44, in connection with three bank robberies - two in Lubbock and one in Amarillo.

29-year-old Ross was found guilty of shooting and killing 53-year-old Texas Tech Dean Douglas Birdsall and an 18-year-old Viola McVade on January 31, 2001.

The City of Lubbock welcomes over 173 local Texas chapters of professional firefighters, their families, retirees and auxiliary members from all over the state of Texas June 17-21.

A dust storm usually arrives suddenly in the form of an advancing wall of dust and debris which may be miles long and several thousand feet high.

A spay and neuter promotional program waiving income requirements will be offered by Lubbock Animal Services on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning 8 a.m. Monday, June 17 at the Animal Shelter Adoption Center, 3323 S.E. Loop 289.

NC State's Trea Turner has been named one of three finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, given annually to the top shortstop in the nation since 2004.

Richard L. Wall Jr. displays the tattoo that was done by a fellow sailor with an improvised tattoo needle.

The Lubbock Economic Development Alliance on Monday, June 17, will announce 167 new jobs in the Lubbock community with the expansion of two local businesses and relocation of one new business.

As discussed on Wikipedia Father's Day was founded in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd , who was born in Arkansas .

The City of Lubbock Health Department will hold vaccination clinics for both adults and children at the following locations during the week of June 17, 2013: Vaccines will be available for ages 2 months through adulthood.

In a different era of commercial aviation, before on-time arrivals became so important that aircraft doors closed 15 minutes before departure, planes were almost routinely kept at the gate for passengers who were trying to make a connection or who were just late.

Pat Meeks has been promoted to a vice presidency at Peoples Bank. Larry Allen, the bank's chairman and chief executive officer, made the announcement last week.

"My family didn't know I was doing it," Dixon said. "It was crude and we didn't have all the tools, but we made it work."

If you have any outdoor activities planned this evening, you're going to want to keep an eye on the weather.

Lubbock police are waiting for autopsy results in the Thursday, June 13, death of a former Texas Tech University administrator.

Rooster , center, announces the name of the race winner to Pig , left, and Monkey in the original children's musical "The Great Rat Race," which opens today at Lubbock Community Theatre.

Martinson, a former Lubbock resident who still gets sponsorship from Hillcrest Country Club, lost in a playoff Friday at the Spring Creek Classic in Gordonsville, Va.