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Whether you called Lubbock home , or spent your formative college years there , an uncommon connection appears to link so many creative and people and eccentrics in West Texas.

Bunch O Balloons by the Plano-based entrepreneurs at Tinnus Enterprises took the internet by storm this summer when its video of a small child simultaneously filling dozens of water balloons in mere seconds went viral on the internet.

The Well will be drilled to an approximate depth of 6,400 feet , to test the Strawn Sands, Caddo Lime, Marble Falls, Barnett Shale and Ellenberger zones.

The Midwestern State cross country squad is picked to finish as runner-up in the race for the 2014 Lone Star Conference Championship according to league coaches, sports information directors and selected media members as released Thursday afternoon.

The market continues to lose ground and is set to snap a seven-day winning streak after miners fall in sympathy with a sliding iron ore price.

Those in attendance of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse discussion break into small groups.

When she was 16 weeks pregnant, a sonogram showed Holcomb's daughter Aarya Mason was going to be born with a birth defect - gastroschisis.

Founded in Seagraves in the early 1900s, the Simpson Inn Alehouse is not only still standing, but it is still operating as originally intended.

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The number of abortions in Texas went down 13 percent since new restrictive laws went into effect, a study released today has found.

West Texas summer heat is doing at least one good thing for Graham: driving away a troublesome vulture infestation.

Residents of Lubbock can likely expect recommendations for another bond election along with board appointments and addressing the city's housing and development needs at Thursday's City Council meeting.

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.

Following the most successful athletic and academic season in school history, the West Texas A&M Athletic Department invites members of Buff Nation to join us for the annual WT Athletics Kickoff Luncheon scheduled for Thursday, August 21st at I Don't Know Sports Bar & Grill in Amarillo beginning at 11:45 a.m. Tickets for the event are $15 and ONLY ... (more)

The number of abortions in Texas decreased by about 13 percent statewide and 21 percent in the Lower Rio Grande Valley following the passage of strict abortion regulations that went into effect last November, according to a report that academic researchers released Wednesday.

A West Texas man has avoided a possible death sentence after accepting a plea deal in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife and her brother.

A man who listed a West Texas trial and criminal defense law firm as his home address was charged with murder after a body was found there early Wednesday.

Roxie Poe pulls several still-warm, resplendent blue and brown, glass-infused jewelry pieces out of the kiln in her garage.

Police answering a call about an after-hours disturbance at a West Texas law office have discovered a man's body and detained another person for questioning.

The successful test of the key support level technically puts Diamondback in a secondary buy range for investors who bought at the 76.82 buy point .