Nosie, before she left for her new home. Staff photo. Angelica Cirerol noticed lots of stray dogs during occasional business trips to Lubbock. “My colleague once stopped the car in […]
Burrows’ speaker bid praised: ‘He understands how you get things done’
Dustin Burrows, courtesy image. Update: On Saturday neither Representative Dustin Burrows nor Representative David Cook won a 60 percent majority of the Republican caucus in the race for Texas Speaker […]
More dogs expected to be put down by city amid hike in dog attacks
Photo illustration from Shutterstock More dog attacks over recent years mean Lubbock will probably euthanize more dogs at its facility off Loop 289. Lubbock Animal Services (LAS) is not officially […]
UPDATED: Lubbock’s Dustin Burrows files to become next speaker of Texas House of Representatives as Phelan steps aside
Lubbock State Representative Dustin Burrows filed paperwork to become the next Texas Speaker of the House, LubbockLights.com learned Friday morning. Current speaker Dade Phelan, representative from Beaumont, announced Friday morning […]
Lubbock company pumps the water and oil America needs; adds $10 million ‘first-of-its-kind’ testing facility
Troy Pickering at SIMFLO and SitePro announcement. Staff photo. When you turn on the water or go to the gas station, you expect things to work. Many of the custom-made […]
Win election but don’t file campaign finance reports? Then you lose if Tepper’s proposed legislation becomes law
Carl Tepper, image from Facebook page There’s a proposal to stop certain people from taking office in Texas even if they win an election. The proposal in the next legislative […]
Lubbock health facilities still affected by national saline shortage
Saline in an IV bag. Shutterstock image. Lubbock continues to overcome problems from a nationwide saline shortage made worse when Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina two months ago, shutting down […]
Are you aware of latest ways scammers want to cheat you? Read this to learn from experts who put on ‘reverse boiler room’ in Lubbock to fight back
An AARP reverse boiler room in the Overton Hotel & Conference Center to fight back against fraud and scam calls. Staff photo. Thirty-five or so volunteers gathered Friday in the […]
Daughter of Lubbock education icon E.C. Struggs hits roadblock trying to add family home to Lubbock’s historic landmarks
Judith Struggs in front of the home she wishes to get designated as a historic place E.C. Struggs made an impact in Lubbock as an educator – mostly when Lubbock […]
City got ‘mulligan’ from feds on protected burrowing owls, but local conservation group and city disagree on how to go forward
Burrowing owl, East Lubbock County. Photo by Terry Greenberg. Federal officials gave Lubbock a warning in April about killing prairie dogs in the Canyon Lake System, that stretches from Berl […]
Famous Steel House auctioned off; but did it get the asking price of $1.59 million?
The Steel House in Ransom Canyon went up for auction. Staff photo. The famous Robert Bruno Steel House in Ransom Canyon was auctioned Tuesday evening for $775,000. It’s not quite […]
Lubbock Symphony Conductor David Cho passionately pursues music full of hope for city he loves
David Cho in the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences. Photo by Olivia Raymond The clock moves from 6:59 p.m. to 7 o’clock. As the second hand lands […]
Why do Lubbock boards lack equal representation by council district and can it be fixed?
Mayor Pro-tem Christy Martinez-Garcia (right) speaks during Oct. 22, 2024 City Council meeting. Also pictured, City Councilman David Glasheen (left). Lubbock’s City Council District 1 – covering north and northeast […]
Lubbock soon to have four Bolton Oil Change locations and other companies moving in too
Bolton Oil Change, coming soon, 6605 Milwaukee Avenue Bolton Oil Change is adding two more locations since LubbockLights.com broke the story in July of the company returning to Lubbock after […]
Part of the reason we’re named Lubbock Lights honors ‘51 UFO mystery; here’s the story of how answer died with investigator
Edward Ruppelt (foreground) images of Lubbock Lights incident (background) Edward J. Ruppelt said he knew what caused the 1951 Lubbock Lights but took the secret to his grave because of […]
We celebrate our first birthday with impressive growth and a year of filling gaps in local news coverage
Lubbock Lights is a year old this month. We have a lot to celebrate: Our website page views have grown 45 percent from our first six months to our second […]
