Matt Crow

Several road infrastructure projects were approved by Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization’s transportation policy committee yesterday during the committee’s regular meeting. The eight approved projects for the 2015-18 Transportation Improvement Program are: Continuing to rebuild 34th Street, with special attention to the stretch of the road between Quaker and Indiana avenues; Adding landsca

A Waco native whose actions during the sneak attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor will be honored when a Waco VA hospital is named after him. U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, a Republican from Bryan, introduced a bill last week that, if approved, will name the facility the Doris Miller Veterans Affairs Medical Center...

Producers who wish a briefing on the details of the recently passed Farm Bill have an opportunity to learn more about the legislation and how it impacts their business. The Southwest Council of Agribusiness will host a series of meetings this week related to the new farm bill...

“Millennials” – those Americans identified by social anthropologists as being between the ages of 18 and 33 – currently represent the “Holy Grail” of both the Democrat and Republican parties as the two political groups maneuver to win the White House in 2016...

Lubbock City Councilman Victor Hernandez released the following statement this morning concerning his recent statement concerning  Attorney General Greg Abbott's Feb. 25 visit to Lubbock: "My name is Victor Hernandez and I am the current Chairman of the Lubbock Chapter of Tejano Democrats ...

Man dead, woman at UMC

The Democratic Party could hold their national political convention in the Lone Star State in 2016. Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell announced that Austin is under consideration by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to host the national convention which would bring millions of dollars to Austin and thousands of delegates from around the country...

Lubbock City Attorney Sam Medina's home and one other residence owned by him were the targets of searches this morning by Lubbock Police. Police officers and detectives arrived simultaneously at 6605 Norwood and 2310 61st Street at 7:30am this morning, and were observed going in and out of both locations with a camera...

The nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, located approximately 193 miles from Lubbock, continues its investigation into why a radiation sensor alarm was activated Friday night. Yesterday, an independent monitoring center said  it found radioactive isotopes in an air sensor about a half mile from the southeastern New Mexico plant 26 miles east of Carlsbad ...

Another Lubbock resident is joining the field for the race for a seat on the City Council. Deanne Clark will make her formal announcement tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 21) at City Hall. Clark said in a brief email message to the media yesterday afternoon she’ll declare her candidacy for the District 3 seat tomorrow at 10am at Lubbock City Hall "with family and friends...