Sage and Grace Boyle, image courtesy of Annie Chalex Boyle. Grace Boyle was born a dozen years ago with heart murmurs from a hole in her heart. Though the hole […]
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 […]
Lubbock shooting range taps into rising popularity of shotgun events with corporate and charity events
Hub City Clays, image courtesy of Colt Blackwell Colt Blackwell grew up in Lubbock around guns all the time. He was even named after a gun company – Colt. So […]
‘We’ll take whatever the lake will give us.’ Lubbock area lakes come alive for fishing as the weather warms up
A 2023 catch at Lake Alan Henry, image courtesy of the Texas Sharelunker website Queston Evans takes advantage of the local parks, fishing at Mackenzie Park and Mae Simmons “more […]
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 […]
Mistakes made battling state’s largest wildfire will hopefully help going forward, says report
Hemphill County, courtesy Investigative Committee on The Panhandle Wildfires Firefighting planes could have been waiting. They weren’t. Volunteer firefighters couldn’t refuel their truck to return to battling blazes when their […]
Reducing traffic deaths? Roads that charge your EV while you drive? Collision alert systems? That’s the vision (and more) for future for Interstate 27
Interstate 27 highway shield in the foreground with a combination AI generated image of a futuristic highway and the Lubbock skyline in the background. The trip from Laredo to Dalhart […]
Lubbock’s Abraham Enriquez and his mom, Betty Cardenas, have conservative vision for America’s Hispanics
Abraham Enriquez, courtesy photo Abraham Enriquez and his mother, Betty Cardenas, believe Hispanics in America are inherently conservative and the two are spreading their message aiming to contradict Hispanics’ historic […]
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 […]
Could Frenship’s new high school be a traffic nightmare or will a secondary route in and out be developed?
Frenship Memorial High School under construction In 16 months, Frenship ISD will open Memorial High School northwest of 50th Street and Milwaukee Avenue. At least for now, the school only […]
See a video introduction of police chief finalists in Lubbock
Lubbock announced four finalists in the search for a new chief of police on April 15, holding a public reception for them Thursday evening. Use the video player to […]
Banana Nut Old Fashioned? Beet-a-Rita Sour? Welcome to the world of Lubbock mixologist ‘Cousin’ Morin
JuanSamuel “Cousin” Morin, photo by Olivia Raymond Cousin pulls liquor, tinctures and a bright purple concoction onto the bar top after saying, “I’m going to make you a drink.” It’s […]
Head to Levelland then turn north
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story ran on Lubbock Lights on August 7, 2020 Mount Rushmore National Memorial has long been a bucket list thing for me. Those […]
Will Prop. A be good or bad for Lubbock? People on both sides make their arguments and question each other
Signs in favor and against Prop A, composite image Joshua Shankles and Kelly Rowe disagree on the marijuana initiative on the city of Lubbock’s May 4 ballot. Rowe – Lubbock […]
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 […]
There are solutions to fix Texas’ water problems, but there’s a price tag also
Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River, image from City of Lubbock As Texas continues to grow, the challenge of finding enough water to support the growth continues. In West […]
