South-Plains News

A Memorial Day 5K and one mile fun run will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, May 27, at Mackenzie Park, 601 Municipal Drive.

Lorraine , left, and Dean , son of the town's ultra conservative mother, find themselves falling for one another in the jukebox musical "All Shook Up," on stage at the Cactus Theater.

With more than 70 years as a Boy Scout under his belt, Arlan Womble cherishes the life lessons the organization instilled in his life.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for portions of the South Plains until midnight and includes Garza, Kent, Dickens, Motley, Cottle and King Counties.

Texas cotton planting intentions may be affected by the replanting to cotton of freeze-damaged wheat acreage, but a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert doesn't expect the change to be significant on dryland wheat acres.

In 18 counties across the South Plains, voters will be casting ballots on a range of issues from school board seats to city council elections and the sale of alcohol on Saturday, May 11.

A few showers and thunderstorms are possible across the South Plains this evening.

Michele Petty, 2012 Democratic candidate for Texas Supreme Court Justice, will be in Lubbock Thursday, May 9, at the Texas Democratic Women of the South Plains meeting.

Calvin Trostle, extension agronomist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension called the series of freezes between late March and early May much worse for wheat than a normal year.

Frenship High School has received a Silver Award for academic excellence in the 2013 Best High School Rankings released by U.S. News.

Here's what people in the South Plains can do to help those affected by the fertilizer plant explosion in West.

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook advising of the possibility of thunderstorms, some possibly severe, through Wednesday, May 8, across the South Plains.

The AARP Foundation has announced a $40,000 grant to the South Plains Food Bank to support its provision of food to seniors through mobile pantries in 20 Lubbock-area counties.

The new DNA lab, emergency operations center and expanded driver license office of the Lubbock region's new Department of Public Safety headquarters are set for completion by year's end.

South Plains courts seldom sentenced men to death in the years before a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision temporarily struck down executions as unconstitutional.

He maintained he did not know she was home, but she discovered him during the burglary.

Longhorn Steakhouse has joined the restaurant row lineup at the former McGavock Nissan dealership property on South Loop 289.

The fate of North Texas settlers lay indirectly in the hands of men whose faces they would probably never see unless they were Indian captives.

Raquel Rivera and Miguel Rodriguez perform with El Ballet Folklorico Nuestra Herencia during the Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday at the Panhandle-South Plains Fair Grounds Saturday.

An advertisement sign on display during Lemonade Day Workshop event at Betenbough New Home Center Thursday.