No injuries were reported from the crash of a small aircraft in Rusk County near Elderville about 7 p.m. Thursday. Sgt David Roberts, spokesman for the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed the smal

WASKOM — Two East Texas Baptist University football players were arrested earlier this week after allegedly discharging a firearm in front of an off-duty Waskom police officer’s home.

Seventy-one graduating seniors were honored at the annual banquet.

Chad Gouge plans a future with the military, and he’s already honoring those who ...

Master developer Delbert McDougal’s proposal to allow “super graphic signs” on a handful of downtown Lubbock high-rises could be put on display another day.

The City Council voted Thursday, May 23, to indefinitely postpone a scheduled public hearing and vote on McDougal’s request to appeal a Planning and Zoning Commission decision last month denying his request to incorporate the signs for downtown development.

“We don’t know when or if it will be brought to council,” Mayor Glen Robertson said.

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A mother and her three children were hospitalized with injuries that weren't life threatening after their mid-size SUV flipped onto an Interstate 20 service road, according to a Department of Public S

Soiled can openers.

Food dumped in hand sinks.

Raw chicken getting a little too close to ready-to-eat salads.

There are a variety of potentially stomach-churning mistakes Lubbock restaurants rack up among the most common food-safety violations from the city’s environmental health inspectors, and most are easy to avoid, food safety experts said.

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The Animal Birth Control Clinic serviced 18 pets, providing free vaccinations, flea treatments, heart worm prevention and spay/neuter surgeries as needed.

SAISD trustees sworn in Tuesday; Convergence of planets coming; Subscriptions for Arts at ASU sold; County jail books 19 in 24-hour period

Lubbock and the surrounding areas dealt with a dust storm, hail, a tornado warning and rain Thursday, May 23, but no serious damage had been reported by late Thursday, May 23.

National Weather Service officials issued a hazardous weather outlook report early Thursday morning that included Lubbock and the rest of the South Plains.

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