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 […]
Author: Terry Greenberg
- Terry Greenberg is editor of Lubbock Lights. He worked in the newspaper industry for almost 40 years, 33 of those as editor of eight newspapers in five states. He was editor of the Avalanche-Journal from 2006-2015. He now runs his own media company, Greenberg Media Management. He's a Los Angeles native who loves living in Lubbock, Texas.
‘I didn’t understand why it could only be a guy’ … 50 years ago, Anne Lynch became first woman Masked Rider at Texas Tech
Anne Lynch, the first female Masked Rider, salutes the Will Rogers statue. Courtesy photo. Editor’s Note: This football season marks the 50th anniversary of Anne Lynch becoming the first women […]
As Red Raiders get set to play Arizona schools, it brings back memories of the Border Conference
Editor’s Note: Lubbock Lights Editor Terry Greenberg wrote this story and others for the Texas Tech Centennial website more than two years ago. Tech has given us permission to reprint […]
Lubbock Lights has a vision, and after six months, our readers are validating it
Sally Taylor and Terry Greenberg, Oct. 2023, at Dirk’s for a story about chicken fried steak and beer. Six months ago, we relaunched Lubbock Lights. Back then, I wrote we’d […]
Veteran’s Day tale of Red Raider quarterback who interrupted his college football career to help win WW II
(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 […]
As her husband begins leading Texas Tech basketball, Cece McCasland can be a loud, proud Red Raider
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 […]
Cagle’s venture ‘out there in the country’ has succeeded for 25-plus years
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 […]
Lubbock Lights is back … with a different mission
Lubbock Lights is back. We didn’t go anywhere – we just got to a point where we published very rarely. Five years later we’re launching a local news website taking […]
A trip to Cleveland crystalizes how Buddy Holly, Lubbock and West Texas massively impacted rock ‘n’ roll
I didn’t really understand Buddy Holly’s impact on rock ‘n’ roll before moving to Lubbock in 2006. I learned how he and the Crickets influenced the Beatles and many others. […]
Roosevelt High’s historic postseason run brought back 50-year-old memories of last time Eagles flew to unprecedented heights
Their season ended on a bitterly cold night against Childress in 1971. For 50 years, though, it was the greatest football season in Roosevelt High School history until this year’s […]
Brad Ralston’s building Red Feather Golf & Social Club in south Lubbock. It’s private, expensive … but you can bring your flip-flops
Picture above: Brad Ralston stands on what will be the 10th tee box at Red Feather. Judge Smails and Brad Ralston would not be golfing pals. Smails – from the […]
At worst intersections in Lubbock County, speed … and your judgment … can be a deadly combination
Recently we looked at the top ten intersections in the city of Lubbock for accidents. But what about outside city limits? Here are the top half-dozen – followed by the […]
Where and when are the places to avoid a traffic accident? Probably ones it’s hard to avoid
Editor’s note: When we started Lubbock Lights almost three years ago, we had an idea for a column called Driving in Lubbock … it’s something people love to talk (and […]
Finn Walter returns home to open The Nicolett, a restaurant to ‘define and create High Plains Cuisine’
When Finn Walter attended Lubbock High School, his palate was advanced well beyond his classmates. They hadn’t grown up eating at European restaurants worthy of one or more stars in […]
Rave On: Buddy Holly Hall a feast for eyes and ears … thanks to all who got this stunning showplace done
I walked into the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences for the first time on Saturday night, January 23. After having my temperature taken. Since plans were announced […]
You might say Cameron West was ‘drawn’ to open ‘Dirk’s’ … updated West Texas diner honoring his famous grandpa
Cameron West had this idea in one of the notebooks he keeps — bringing back the West Texas Diner and honoring his famous grandpa. When Dirk’s opens soon on 13th […]