Lubbock News

Longtime Texas Tech football fans remember defensive tackle Gabe Rivera fondly. His fierce pass-rushing earned him the nickname "Senor Sack."

Even though Capt. Robert Parker was serving others as an emergency responder in Lakeland, Florida, he said he felt that God was calling him to a greater purpose - one that makes an eternal impact on the lives of those he works with.

Researchers also will discuss how environmental and cultural clues fit into the picture of culture and the time period being investigated.

Two men and a boy were arrested early Friday morning on suspicion they used violence to rob a 22-year-old woman.

Chris Wooden doesn't want his unborn son living or going to school near a facility that stores hazardous materials.

On the corner of 28th Street and Ivory Avenue in East Lubbock stands an old schoolhouse.

A 59-year-old man from Farwell was killed after he drove onto the railroad tracks and a train, driven by a Lubbock man, collided with him.

The Truckin' Along U.S. Route 62/82 garage sale is set for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Starting next week, San Antonio-based Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital will staff a satellite location in an unused office on the first floor of the main campus of Covenant Health in the professional office building.

Michael Clintsman speaks to the Lubbock City Council on Thursday. He, along with other members of a smoke-free group, are calling for an ordinance against public smoking.

After making room in the budget for the possible purchase of the troubled Omni Building last month, the Lubbock City Council officially voted to move forward with the buy Thursday evening.

Jennifer Burke, city coordinator for the "Living Proof Live" event, described Moore as a speaker who's "very in-depth" but "very easy to understand."

A Lubbock firefighter remains on paid administrative leave Thursday pending the results of a criminal investigation.

State Rep. Charles Perry has yet to withdraw his name from the Nov. 4 ballot but the race to replace him in House District 83 has another hopeful.

Lubbock Democrats will be meeting at their party office headquarters at 11 a.m. Thursday to express their concern about Greg Abbott's decision "to keep secret the locations of facilities storing hazardous and potentially lethal chemicals."

The Buddy Holly Center and American National Bank are eager to present Jenni Dale Lord as part of the Summer Showcase, the weekly Thursday night concert series held in the Meadows Courtyard.

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.