Adam Hernandez, mayoral candidate, courtesy photo Adam Hernandez said he was in a dark place as a child – a liability to the city he now wants to lead. It […]
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Race for mayor features six candidates; we introduce them all one-by-one
Mayoral candidates. Back (L-R) McBrayer, Renteria, Massengale. Front (L-R) Hernandez, Sanders, Bacon. In December, current Lubbock Mayor Trey Payne announced he would not seek re-election – sparking a six-man contest […]
How women used an old Chinese game to help Lubbock groups supporting women, children
(Image above: courtesy of Mahjong Monday) During the South Plains Food Bank’s annual U Can Share Food Drive, community groups have a few minutes to present checks on television. “We […]
Former Lubbock police chief’s new job: Fixing heavily criticized Texas law enforcement
(Image above: Greg Stevens, newly named director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement) A teenage gunman murdered 19 students and two teachers in a Uvalde elementary school a year-and-a-half […]
Santa Land roots go back to Lubbock’s Yuletide traditions in the 1940s
(Image: Don and Evelyn Copenhaver as Santa and Mrs. Claus. Image courtesy of Kay Copenhaver Woody.) Every year Santa and Mrs. Claus come down from the North Pole to visit […]
Fred Gray, who fought for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, honored by Texas Tech School of Law
(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 […]
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 […]