South-Plains News

Exceptional drought has returned to Texas. Last year at this time, nearly the entire state was free of any drought stage.

High ozone levels could make it difficult for people with breathing problems in parts of Texas on Friday with near triple digit temperatures forecast in the central and northern regions of the state, according ...

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension regional crop reports for July 9: SOUTH PLAINS: Soil moisture was short to adequate.

Local authorities are warning citizens to be extra cautious of who is knocking on your door.

It's been little more than six months since we first reported on The Hearts and Hooves miniature horses being attack by two pit-bulls. The attack happened while the horses were in their pens at home.

Recognizing Texas' Two-Step Caucus method of choosing presidential delegates left many Democratic voters unhappy, as state party leaders met here Monday to study changes to the confusing system.

One bowling alley is striking out in Lubbock, leaving more than one hundred people wondering why and looking for a place to continue their league season.

Lubbock's 100 year history is a rich one that has directly impact on world events - namely World War II.

The first White settlers arrived on the South Plains in 1879. They settled in the area of what is now the Lubbock and Crosby County line.

On the Fourth of July more than 100 years ago, settlers from across the South Plains would flock to downtown Lubbock to eat barbecue and socialize.

NewsChannel 11's Brittany Pieper has more on this unique museum. Lubbock's town planners, looking into the future, built wide, straight streets to accommodate the new automobiles of the 20th Century.

There are thousands of South Plains residents who have served in the Armed Forces during other conflicts and time of peace and those who fought for freedom.

The South Plains Regional Chapter of the American Red Cross has announced the completion of staff positions and is planning a Champions Breakfast on Sept.

"We heard all kinds of noise going on out here we didn't know what was going on." Penny Ramone's father built this barn with his own two hands, but after Thursday's storm, it is without a roof.

Cotton experts say high-energy prices make this year's South Plains, cotton crop one of the most expensive ever to be planted.

Wes Reeves with Xcel says about 9,000 customers lost electricity as the company experienced a major transmission outage that supplies power to the sub-stations. Xcel says at least 20 sub-stations were affected.

A cluster of fast-moving thunderstorms moved through portions of Texas for the third straight night Tuesday, damaging emergency vehicles in the Panhandle and West Texas.

Severe weather may be to blame for leaving thousands of area residents "in the dark" last night.

More storms have swept across parts of Texas, leaving some damage behind. - In Hopkins County, east of Sulphur Springs, deputies say storms caused a 16-foot hole in a county road.

In more than four decades of farming, South Plains cotton producer Rickey Bearden says he's never seen an early growing season like this one.

In the past month, the world's largest contiguous cotton patch has endured blast furnace-like conditions as unseasonably high temperatures and strong winds have sucked moisture from soil and whipped plants with blowing sand.

All of Bearden's dryland acres are a total loss, just a month after they were planted.

'I've been here a long time and I seen it blow, but not like this,' he said.