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 […]
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How Rose Wilson changed Lubbock: ‘The fight for equality became personal to me after that trial’
Rose Wilson, image by Olivia Raymond In Lubbock in 1955: Elvis Presley played the Cotton Club. Monterey High School opened its doors. Rose Wilson moved to town. There was immediate […]
These boots were made for world history, and they came from Lubbock, Texas
Image of Willie Lusk Jr., courtesy of city website (boots in the background from Lubbock County Historical Commission Facebook page) Willie Lusk is a name you likely don’t know but […]
Don Caldwell, ‘once-in-100-year man’ for Lubbock, passes away at 79
Don Caldwell, image by L. Scott Mann At 2:22 Friday morning, Terri Caldwell posted online, “It is with a shattered heart I announce the passing of the love of my […]
As Don Caldwell fights to rally from critical illness, friends staging concert to help with medical bills
Don Caldwell, courtesy image. Editorial note: It is with great sadness, we learned the news on Friday morning (5/24/2024) that Don Caldwell passed away. Our prayers go out for his […]
Delicate and rare clocks from all over the nation needing surgery come to Lubbock’s Clock Doc
John Paul Batrice, the Clock Doc. John Paul Batrice came to Lubbock from Nazareth, Israel to become a doctor. Batrice was young and so was the medical school at the […]
How 14 pennies decades ago became priceless for Lubbock attorney Don Richards
Photo above: Charles and Don Richards. This is another in a series of columns on people who are making a positive impact in our community … in other words, A […]
A Lubbock Light: Horses help Janet Tornelli-Mitchell give back to Lubbock
This is the second in an ongoing series of columns on people who are making a positive impact in our community … in other words, A Lubbock Light. Janet Tornelli-Mitchell […]