Hockley County News

A former Hockley County deputy is waiting to be sentenced after pleading guilty Thursday for his involvement in this summer's methamphetamine drug bust in Levelland.

Levelland officials expect its rail park to open in less than a year. City leaders and community members planned to gather this morning to break ground on the $8.9 million project that encompasses 300 acres on the eastern edge of the city and four miles of track to connect the park with rail lines created for the Levelland/Hockley County Ethanol.

There are two more guilty pleas in the huge July 10th drug bust in Levelland. It's the same bust that netted two former Hockley County sheriff's deputies.

Three more defendants admit guilt in the same drug bust that netted two former Hockley County Sheriff's Deputies.

Two defendants charged with participating in a multistate drug-trafficking ring pleaded guilty on Thursday to methamphetamine charges in federal court.

Bobbie Neal McMillan, of Brownwood, was surrounded by his family when he went to be with the Lord on Oct.

A Lubbock family has a sense of relief after 76-year-old Charles Gean Caraway was found in Hockley County.

Funeral services for Zella Slaughter, 91, will be 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 at First Baptist Church Levelland with Dr.

The twin engine aircraft that crashed outside of Fort Worth Tuesday afternoon has West Texas ties.

COURTESY: The Levelland & Hockley County News-Press Authorities on Friday arrested a Brownfield man who allegedly assaulted a teenage Sundown girl in June.

DPS released information about a deadly crash in Hockley County. It happened around noon Wednesday, 10 miles south of Levelland on Highway 385.

The city of Levelland sealed the deal for an $8.6 million rail park on Tuesday to compete in smaller markets that wouldn't fit in either Amarillo or Lubbock, economic developers said.

A judge has put off Monday's court hearing concerning ousted Hockley County Sheriff David Kinney.

The suspended Hockley County sheriff said he won't resign and plans on fighting civil charges of incompetence and abuse of power.

Suspended Hockley County Sheriff David Kinney is taking his fight to the streets - or at least the courthouse lawn.

There's a clean spot on the wall behind suspended Hockley County Sheriff David Kinney's desk.

"Whether this assignment of mine is lengthy or short, I pledge my full effort at making this office one that we can be proud of for years to come," acting Hockley County Sheriff Kevin Davis said.

A Levelland woman is still cleaning up after a weekend fire. A photo from the Levelland & Hockley County News-Press shows Audrey Washington's destroyed building located in the 400 block of Avenue L in Levelland.

Prosecutors are laying the groundwork to use audio tapes of former Hockley County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Bohannon.

Prosecutors are laying the groundwork to use audio tapes of former Hockley County Sheriff's Deputy Gordon Bohannon.