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If the Tech drone show amazed you at Carol of Lights, here’s a look at how it came together and how it almost did not happen

  • James Clark
  • December 8, 2023
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Fred Gray, who fought for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, honored by Texas Tech School of Law

  • James Clark
  • December 4, 2023
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You had a bunch of questions about choosing a power provider — here are some answers

  • James Clark
  • November 29, 2023
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Starting Jan. 5, Lubbock residents will have to pick a power provider – here’s what you must know

  • James Clark
  • November 16, 2023
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Cagle Family in front of Cagle Steaks, Lubbock, Texas

Cagle’s venture ‘out there in the country’ has succeeded for 25-plus years

  • Terry Greenberg
  • October 27, 2023
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One Guy From Italy and Papa V in Lubbock, Texas

Current, former owners of 50th Street One Guy From Italy waging legal food fight

  • James Clark
  • October 20, 2023
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Electric competition town hall meeting in the Maggie Trejo Supercenter

You had a bunch of questions about choosing a power provider — here are some answers

  • James Clark
  • November 29, 2023
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McCasland family at Texas Tech University in Lubbock

As her husband begins leading Texas Tech basketball, Cece McCasland can be a loud, proud Red Raider

  • Terry Greenberg
  • November 2, 2023
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If the Tech drone show amazed you at Carol of Lights, here’s a look at how it came together and how it almost did not happen
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If the Tech drone show amazed you at Carol of Lights, here’s a look at how it came together and how it almost did not happen

  • James Clark
  • December 8, 2023

(Image above, courtesy of Texas Tech) The crowning moment in the celebration of Texas Tech’s 100th birthday was a first for Lubbock – a full-length choreographed drone show during the […]

Fred Gray, who fought for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, honored by Texas Tech School of Law
  • Interesting People

Fred Gray, who fought for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, honored by Texas Tech School of Law

  • James Clark
  • December 4, 2023

(Image: Fred Gray honored by Texas Tech) Two weeks before his 93rd birthday – and decades after representing civil rights heroes Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. – Fred […]

You had a bunch of questions about choosing a power provider — here are some answers
  • The Big Switch

You had a bunch of questions about choosing a power provider — here are some answers

  • James Clark
  • November 29, 2023

(Photo above: Electric competition town hall meeting in the Maggie Trejo Supercenter) You had questions – we have some answers. The Nov. 16 LubbockLights.com story about Lubbock’s upcoming switch to […]

Why is 19th Street road work taking so long? It’s actually on schedule, but frustrating some businesses
  • Roads & Traffic

Why is 19th Street road work taking so long? It’s actually on schedule, but frustrating some businesses

  • James Clark
  • November 22, 2023

(Photo above: 19th St. east of Ave. Q) For businesses and drivers along a busy stretch of 19th Street, a year-and-a-half of a street improvement project is long enough. But […]

Lubbock citizens to vote on marijuana initiative, but city leaders wonder if it’s legal
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Lubbock citizens to vote on marijuana initiative, but city leaders wonder if it’s legal

  • James Clark
  • November 17, 2023

(Photo above: Adam Hernandez speaks to local media after a City of Lubbock press conference concerning marijuana.) Lubbock voters will decide if police should enforce misdemeanor marijuana laws. However, local […]

Starting Jan. 5, Lubbock residents will have to pick a power provider – here’s what you must know
  • The Big Switch

Starting Jan. 5, Lubbock residents will have to pick a power provider – here’s what you must know

  • James Clark
  • November 16, 2023

This story at a glance Starting in March, no one in Lubbock will purchase electricity from Lubbock Power & Light but instead will choose a power provider. January 5 is […]

Blowing grass clippings or leaves into street violates Lubbock ordinance, but people do it
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Blowing grass clippings or leaves into street violates Lubbock ordinance, but people do it

  • James Clark
  • November 14, 2023

A Central Lubbock woman posted a plea to her neighbors on social media just before Halloween. Don’t blow your leaves into the street. Inevitably, they end up in her yard.  […]

Former Lubbock family suing Biden Administration, claiming it’s funding ‘pay-to-slay’ Palestinian terrorism
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Former Lubbock family suing Biden Administration, claiming it’s funding ‘pay-to-slay’ Palestinian terrorism

  • James Clark
  • November 13, 2023

This story at a glance A law named in honor of a Lubbock man is meant to stop American aid from funding terrorism in Israel. Taylor Force was stabbed and […]

Veteran’s Day tale of Red Raider quarterback who interrupted his college football career to help win WW II
  • Veterans & Patriotism

Veteran’s Day tale of Red Raider quarterback who interrupted his college football career to help win WW II

  • Terry Greenberg
  • November 11, 2023

(Photo above: Dick Standefer receives the Bronze Star. All photos courtesy of Mike Standefer, except Canham painting.)   Head coach Dell Morgan wanted to motivate his 1946 Red Raider football […]

For homeowner south of New Home with unreliable water, options are expensive; new law may help others in future
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For homeowner south of New Home with unreliable water, options are expensive; new law may help others in future

  • James Clark
  • November 9, 2023

In August 2022, Chad Raines made a half million dollar investment into a house just south of New Home, south of the Lubbock-Lynn county line. “Love the school, love the […]

New homes in New Home foretell Texas water disaster
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New homes in New Home foretell Texas water disaster

  • James Clark
  • November 6, 2023

New Home, just south of the Lubbock County line, is an example of a coming crisis in Texas, State Senator Charles Perry told Lubbock Lights. The mayor of New Home […]

As her husband begins leading Texas Tech basketball, Cece McCasland can be a loud, proud Red Raider
  • Interesting People

As her husband begins leading Texas Tech basketball, Cece McCasland can be a loud, proud Red Raider

  • Terry Greenberg
  • November 2, 2023

Cece McCasland doesn’t need to hide her Texas Tech gear anymore. The wife of new Red Raider basketball Head Coach Grant McCasland played soccer for Texas Tech a little more […]

Lubbock Christian University, Louisiana school battle over LCU trademark in federal court
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Lubbock Christian University, Louisiana school battle over LCU trademark in federal court

  • James Clark
  • October 31, 2023

Since July, Lubbock Christian University has been in a legal fight over its initials, LCU.  Louisiana College sued Lubbock Christian in federal court – seeking the right to use the […]

Cagle’s venture ‘out there in the country’ has succeeded for 25-plus years
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Cagle’s venture ‘out there in the country’ has succeeded for 25-plus years

  • Terry Greenberg
  • October 27, 2023

More than a quarter century ago, John Cagle told his dad he was opening a restaurant at the corner of 4th Street and FM 179 near the soon-to-be-closed Reese Air […]

Which beer goes best with chicken fried steak? We ask ‘beer evangelists’ in Lubbock
  • Food & Drink

Which beer goes best with chicken fried steak? We ask ‘beer evangelists’ in Lubbock

  • James Clark
  • October 26, 2023

Chicken fried steak and beer. If we caught your attention, please join us on a unique Lubbock journey. Lubbock Lights pondered a story for this day – Chicken Fried Steak […]

Why Lubbock constantly needs people to serve on boards, commissions
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Why Lubbock constantly needs people to serve on boards, commissions

  • James Clark
  • October 25, 2023

Karen Mitchell and Mary Gerlach volunteered to find volunteers. Lubbock relies on volunteers to serve on boards and commissions shaping public policy and finding people has not been easy. The […]

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