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Sunday, August 30, 2026
The lead · Aug 30
Driver Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter in Lynn County Crash That Killed O'Donnell Teen
A 44-year-old driver has been charged with intoxication manslaughter and three counts of intoxication assault after an August 15 wrong-way crash on U.S. 380 in Lynn County that killed a 17-year-old O'Donnell student and injured three others, EverythingLubbock reported Friday.
Sources EverythingLubbock · FOX 34
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High School Football Returns: Monterey Edges Coronado, Frenship Rolls in Week One
High school football opened Friday, August 28 across the South Plains: Monterey rallied past Coronado 36-35, Frenship beat Lubbock-Cooper 50-17, Lubbock-Cooper Liberty spoiled Frenship Memorial's varsity debut 49-14, Levelland handled Plainview 49-14, and Seminole outscored Bushland 62-42. Shallowater, Littlefield, Idalou, Post and New Deal also won.
Sources EverythingLubbock · KCBD
Slaton Bakery Honors Dolly Parton in Pink
The Slaton Bakery is honoring Dolly Parton with printed and hand-lettered tribute cookies — in pink, of course — spotted in its case Friday, August 28, KFYO reported, with some designs selling out quickly. The tribute follows Parton's death Tuesday, August 25 at age 80.
Sources KFYO
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Fort Bend Republicans Strip County Attorney Duties as Democrats' Boycott Nears Budget Deadline
Fort Bend County's Republican commissioners voted 3-0 to shift civil legal work to a new division and cut three federally funded associate judgeships, The Texan reported Friday. Democrats Grady Prestage and Dexter McCoy have boycotted since June; a boycott through the September 10 budget vote forces a no-new-revenue rate.
Sources The Texan
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Russian Strike Near Kyiv Kills Thirty-Seven, Most in a Care Home
A Russian strike Saturday hit a warehouse storing drone components in Myla, west of Kyiv, killing at least 37 people — 34 of them residents of an adjacent care home. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it terrible negligence to store explosives near people and opened criminal proceedings. Over 370 evacuated.
America Mourns Dolly Parton as Flags Fly at Half-Staff
Tributes to Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday, August 25 at 80, continued through the weekend: pink lights on the Empire State Building, memorials at Nashville's Walk of Fame, and a push to rename Nashville's airport for her. Flags fly at half-staff nationwide for a week on President Trump's order.
Meta Agrees to Teen Time Limits in Multibillion-Dollar Settlement With States
Meta will impose a two-hour default daily limit, overnight lockouts and school-hour notification blocks on under-18 Instagram and Facebook accounts under a settlement with a state coalition led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, announced Wednesday, August 26 — worth up to $17.1 billion, plus $1 billion to Texas separately.
Sources Fox Business · NPR
Columbia Police Officer Killed in Gunfight; Second Officer Wounded
Columbia, South Carolina police officer Chris DeLong, 29, was killed and officer David Dymock wounded Saturday in a gunfight with a domestic-dispute suspect, who also died. Chief Skip Holbrook said hearts are broken across the department. DeLong had joined the force in 2024.
Walmart Pays Fifty Million Dollars to Settle Opioid Prescription Claims
Walmart will pay $50 million to settle Justice Department claims that its pharmacies filled thousands of invalid opioid prescriptions since June 2013, including from pill-mill prescribers, announced Friday, August 28. The settlement requires a reporting hotline and dispensing monitoring; Walmart admitted no liability.
Sources Fox Business · KCBD
Chevron Blows Up Idle Wind Turbines Near Casper
Chevron scheduled controlled blasts for Thursday, Aug. 27, to topple 11 defunct turbines outside Casper, Wyoming — 240 feet tall, 450,000 pounds apiece, idle for years without a power contract. Parts go to salvage and recycling, with full removal expected by year's end.
Sources Cowboy State Daily · Wake Up Wyoming
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