Inside the famous Bruno’s Steel House just before auction time. Staff photo. Lynna Bartosh is the new owner of the famous Bruno Steel House in Ransom Canyon – keeping it […]
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You can only have four total pets if Lubbock Council adopts reforms, which includes ending fence program
Image from Shutterstock. The number of pets you can have at home will be cut in half, if proposed reforms are approved Tuesday by the Lubbock City Council. An exception […]
Lubbock planning to have 4th of July parade, fireworks, mayor insists despite Fourth on Broadway announcement
4th on Broadway parade, image by Scott Mann Lubbock is working on a backup plan for a 4th of July parade and fireworks show this year after the nonprofit group […]
Tepper fighting back after he, others, targeted for supporting Lubbock’s Burrows in speaker’s contest
Carl Tepper, image from Facebook page Lubbock’s Carl Tepper is among state representatives targeted in a texting campaign by the Texas Republican Party, pressuring them to drop support for Lubbock’s […]
Hundreds may have lost millions with troubled local company after criminal case extends to Lubbock from San Antonio
Composite image by LubbockLights.com. Background image of Brooklynn Chandler Willy from her website The arrest of a radio host and financial advisor in San Antonio touched on a bankruptcy case […]
Lubbock was largest city in U.S. without Chabad, but that just changed
Rabbi Zalman Braun (left) with a group of students at the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson in Queens, New York. Courtesy photo. Rabbi Zalman Braun and his wife […]
Food fight! LBK Foodies Facebook takeover ends after revolt from some of the 88,000 members
A meme posted online after a dispute on the LBK Foodies private group page. A private Facebook group in Lubbock with more than 88,000 members suffered a “hostile takeover” over […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How many times is Proposition A on your ballot in Lubbock? Four Prop A issues ‘could confuse people’ – we explain all four
Yard signs, both in favor of Prop A, are for different issues (sometimes) on the same ballot. Staff photo. In the November 5 election, Lubbock County voters will decide Proposition […]
Why has Lubbock’s debt neared $1.8 billion? We explain the why and how in detail
The Lubbock City Council recently approved $66 million of debt for the Lake 7 water project – part of an estimated $251 million in debt for that and related projects. […]
‘How much lipstick can we put on the pig?’ Roosevelt voters to decide on bond funding new elementary school and junior/senior high renovations
A small crowd attended the informational meeting of the Roosevelt ISD on an upcoming bond election. Staff photo. Roosevelt ISD superintendent Dallas Grimes sat down with LubbockLights.com to discuss the […]