South-Plains News

Door prizes were awarded at the Christmas in July celebration at Lubbock University Medical Center on Friday.

But, after he introduced his fiancA© to the kids he worked with at the Children's Home of Lubbock, he was fired.

Caprock Canyons State Park has a new tourism shuttle, the Doodlebug. Named for the passenger train that in the 1930s transported its riders to various destinations along the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railroad, the Caprock Canyons Doodlebug will shuttle visitors on scheduled tours following the same route along the 64-mile Caprock Canyons ... (more)

That is what Martin Aguirre, chief executive officer of Workforce Solutions South Plains, said of Tuesday's signing of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to help connect employees with employers.

The food bank held a community volunteer day last month, and organizers say it was a success.

Shallowater ISD is set to open the doors of a brand new high school next month, the result of a $19.5 million bond.

Terry County's vineyard acreage has grown significantly in recent years. The county easily leads the South Plains in grape production.

The people here say Galvan's Restaurant serves up some of the best food on the South Plains, and, it's the only Galvan's around.

Caprock Canyon State Park is offering a modern way to see a natural wonder, but with a nod to the past.

The 9th Annual Casas For CASA Raffle and Charity Fundraiser, benefiting CASA of The South Plains, concluded on Saturday evening.

But before you've had time to see if you can close the zipper all the way, you feel a twinge of pain behind your knee.

Steven Pacheco helps trim trees at the South Plains Food Bank Apple Orchard on Tuesday.

Muslim women may view the men in the next room on a television, as both groups pray for the fourth time that day in the Mosque, before a Ramadan dinner at the Islamic Center of the South Plains in Lubbock on Wednesday.

Heavy winds and their damage are something South Plains people know all too well.

There is developing news in the controversy surrounding West Texas Guar. A lawsuit has been filed against nearly 300 farmers, many of them working and living right here on the South Plains.

Two recent cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome were confirmed in residents of the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, bringing the year's total in Texas to three.

"Scattered thunderstorms moving into western Oklahoma today will combine into a thunderstorm complex overnight," the National Weather Service said in an advisory Wednesday morning.

U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, right, and Texas Tech Director of the National Wind Institute John Schroeder look at a mobile storm monitoring unit during a press event in May 2013 to announce the introduction of legislation to aid with windstorm damage.

Xcel Energy is investing $106.7 million in new substations and high-voltage transmission lines in the Plainview area, the utility announced Monday.

As of Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service was forecasting a chance of thunderstorms, featuring small hail and winds of about 50 mph, beginning at about midnight and extending through the morning.