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Midwestern State was picked to finish sixth in the race for the 2014 Lone Star Conference championship Tuesday when the league released its annual preseason poll, as picked by the league's coaches and sports information directors as well as select media members.

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Aries Capital is pleased to announce that Leonard Smith, senior vice president, from the firm's Houston office has completed a $4.8 million loan for a new MainStay Suites hotel in Midland, Texas.

Sir Paul McCartney's summer has been a long and winding one. After falling ill while touring Japan in May, McCartney postponed the Texas dates of his U.S. tour, which was slated to kick off in the West Texas music mecca of Lubbock in June.

"I had no one to tell me how to deal with it," Gaddy said. "I looked for help, but it just wasn't out there.

The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday did not immediately release the name of the man who died in the crash in Nolan County.

The amount of homeless children across the Ark-La-Tex is staggering. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released numbers from 2013 and pinpointed reasons why each state lacked more than others as far as fixing the problem.

Man you are dumb as a box of rocks - your balls go further in West Texas, because the elevation is on average 10 x higher than in East Texas, Amarillo is 3700 feet - Longview, Texas is about 370 Man you are dumb as a box of rocks - your balls go further in West Texas, because the elevation is on average 10 x higher than in East Texas, Amarillo is ... (more)

The prepayment amount of $1,676,777 terminates the Loan between the Company and Yorkville.

Recently, I strolled out of my office one day about 1 p.m. to find lunch, and the transition from air-conditioned building to swampland caused my glasses to fog up.

The Santa Fe-based Georgia O'Keeffe Museum has opened its first regional office in Dallas as it expands fundraising efforts.

Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips Consolidated Independent School District administrators expect the district's $16 million football stadium to be completed just in time for the first high school game Sept.

A West Texas A&M student who just two months ago became a U.S. citizen came home Thursday night to find her entire apartment up in flames.

Anonymous donor helps to fly med school graduate with terminal cancer home to see his family before he dies just days before his 32nd birthday An anonymous donor helped to fly Joshua Gaines home to West Texas to see his family before passing away Gains was set to start his medical residency at Cleveland Clinic but later he learned he had cancer and ... (more)

It was a sunny and clear Saturday morning, back on February 1st, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia was cleared to land at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, at approximately 9:16 a.m. Eastern Time .

Crockett County has a unique history to share. It was named in 1875 to commemorate the illustrious David Crockett of Alamo fame.

Lubbock rain totals for the past four months are in the double digits at just over 11 inches.

Old McDonald never had a farm like this. Today's growers increasingly depend on smart technology both in and out of the field, as well as a timely rain.

Over the last few weeks, travel has entered my mind, and Independence Day also got me thinking about our nation.

The Bridgeport city council approved three of four action items on its agenda and discussed the merits of mosquito spraying at its meeting Tuesday night.The council unanimously agreed to install a light at the Community Service flagpole in Harwood park.They also approved a three-year, $17,000 airport maintenance agreement with Vaisala and a ... (more)