Lubbock News

The week before Christmas the Houston City Council voted overwhelmingly to regulate the so-called payday and auto title lenders, the largely unregulated industry critics call predatory because it often charges interest rates of 500 percent or more if borrowers don't repay their short-term loans on time.

Nashville-based singer-songwriter and recording artist Christopher Williams will play folk-rock music when headlining a HubCityMusic.com house concert from 7:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Paul Johnson's home at 3707 94th St. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Payment is accepted at the door, or advance payment can be made via credit card, PayPal ... (more)

Comedian Bill Cosby, right, speaks with Texas Tech student Leroy Mitchell Jr. on Tuesday at the Allen Theatre on the Texas Tech campus.

Severe storms could return to portions of the South Plains on Wednesday, with the best potential for the area from near Lubbock and east to along and off the Caprock.

The Lubbock Police Department is cracking down on panhandlers in what they're calling an effort to make the roads safer.

Economic growth is the main reason why two chambers of commerce had a joint press conference Tuesday morning at the First United Bank in Lubbock to express support for the upcoming Frenship Independent School District bond election.

Three children removed from their Lubbock County home will not be allowed to return as authorities investigate the death of their sibling.

The family of a Lubbock man who was killed in an accident on CR 1200 Saturday morning has set up a fund to help with his funeral arrangements.

This slide illustrates where cotton is grown in the United States. Production at a county level is indicated on the legend with darker colors indicating counties with larger production.

Select-A-Seat ticket outlets at The United Family stores in the Lubbock area will not have tickets for purchase to Sir Paul McCartney's June 14 concert at Lubbock's United Spirit Arena.

In this Nov. 9, 1960 file photo, Caroline Kennedy gets a piggy-back ride from her father, Sen. John F. Kennedy, in Hyannis Port, Mass.

Several sources have told KCBD NewsChannel 11 that Coronado's Kent Jackson is leaving to be the new Head Football Coach at Seminole.

Organizers of Literary Lubbock 2014 plan to mix authors with their readers in a wine and dinner program at 5:30 p.m. May 1 at The Legacy Event Center, 1500 14th St. Tickets for an evening with the six featured authors are $65, and tables of eight can be reserved for $520.

Dr. Samuel Prien, professor, director of clinical and research lab, director of IVF lab and director of resident research in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, said his research is focused on techniques to find the best possible embryos for assisted pregnancies.

She never noticed any changes until about five years ago when she visited a doctor for a required yearly physical for her health insurance.

Texas Department of Public Safety officials have identified the 20-year-old California man and the trooper who reportedly shot and killed him Sunday morning during a traffic stop in south Lubbock.

The Lubbock Sheriff's Office has released the mug shots of five people who were arrested in Southwest Lubbock on Thursday, Apr. 17, for 'peddling' without a proper license.

Lubbock, TX April 20, 2014 Owners of collector vehicles in North America now have a different option for researching price changes from different insurance agencies on the Internet.

Two small cities east of Lubbock are dealing with hail and heavy rain shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday evening.

Meredith McClain of Lubbock is a speaker at the National Ranching Heritage Center's "Tall Tales of the Wild West: Germans on the Southern High Plains."