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Saturday May 18 | KCBD-TV Lubbock

Hale County Crime Stoppers holding Color Me 5K

This year the Hale County Crime Stoppers will be adding a splash of color to their 5K run to hopefully raise more money for their reward program.

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Related Topix: Plainview, TX, Lubbock, TX

Sun May 05, 2013

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Courts granted relief for seven men once condemned

Since Texas resumed executions in 1982 - six years after the death penalty law was reinstated in the state - seven men won back a portion of their lives through successful appeals.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Prison, Lubbock, TX

Thu May 02, 2013

KCBD-TV Lubbock

Hale County officer found not guilty of assault

Captain Derrick McPherson was indicted in December 2012 after Plainview police say he hit another officer while attempting to subdue an unruly person.

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Related Topix: Plainview, TX

Wed May 01, 2013

WOAI

Mistaken identity sends local reality show winner to jail

Local reality television show winner, Kim Spradlin, became an overnight celebrity when she won Survivor last season.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

TMZ.com

'Survivor' Champ Kimberly Spradlin -- ARRESTED at the DMV ... In Major Police Mix-Up

Kimberly Spradlin -- the chick who won " Survivor: One World " in 2012 -- was arrested in Texas this month and spent 8 hours in jail ... FOR A CRIME SHE DIDN'T COMMIT ... TMZ has learned.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Wayland fires CFO James E. Smith over alleged financial irregularities

Wayland Baptist University, in the midst of an investigation over financial mismanagement issues, confirmed Thursday, April 25, it has fired Chief Financial Officer James E. Smith.

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Related Topix: Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX