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A former Peninsula basketball star was extradited to Georgia last week to face allegations he murdered a rapper at the request of a Russian mobster.

First United Methodist decided to start the center to combat what the church determined to be a diminishing quality of life in the Lubbock area.

Friday afternoon, Adams opened up and announced the schools that have made his first cut.

Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law Director, Health Law Program and J.D./M.D. Program Texas Tech Univ.

Texas Tech sophomore JaCorian Duffield has advanced to the national title meet in track and field for the second year in a row.

Patrick Metze has posted Speaking Truth to Power: The Obligation of the Courts to Enforce the Right to Counsel at Trial ) on SSRN.

It's official, Los Lunas High School has a new football coach and he's coming from West Texas.

A proposal to allow "super graphic signs" on a handful of downtown Lubbock high-rises faces a towering hurdle in Lubbock's City Council - if it makes it that far.

Hanford Republican Andy Vidak shares a Texas Tech sign with family friend Weston Anderson, who currently attends Vidak's alma mater.

Texas AgrilLife Extension and Research Services recently hired Barman as an entomologist.

The 83rd legislative session is almost over. Well, maybe. The regular session will end with the scheduled call of sine die on Monday, May 27, but there remains a lot of unfinished business.

Texas Tech Interim President Lawrence Schovanec speaks during the State of the Texas Tech University System luncheon Wednesday.

Michael Irvin Jr., a 6-foot-2, 195-pound wide receiver from Plano Prestonwood Christian Academy had a breakout freshman season for the Lions , hauling in 39 receptions for 367 yards and four scores.

The Big 12 is delaying the start of its baseball tournament in Oklahoma City after this week's deadly tornado.

Oklahoma is arguably the most prepared state in the country when it comes to tornadoes.

Safety in academic and other nonindustrial chemical research laboratories will be the focus of a yearlong investigation by a National Academy of Sciences committee, which held its first meeting last week in Washington, D.C. The study will consider how safe lab practices can be promoted in academic and government labs, explained H. Holden Thorp, ... (more)

Delvon Simmons started all 13 games for Texas Tech 's defensive line in 2012, but he's looking for a new home in 2013.

Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources officials announced Zachariah Hurley was selected for an internship in Washington, D.C., for the summer 2013 academic semester.

Delvon Simmons, a Rivals five-star defensive tackle from the Class of 2011, is back on the market.

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Saturday that the regents' vote Friday applies to in-state, undergraduate students enrolled in 15 semester credit hours at Texas Tech, its health sciences center and at Angelo State University in San Angelo.