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Shopping slipped for the second straight month in Lubbock, though the city remained better positioned than others around the state.

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Controversial former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be a political science professor and diversity recruiter at Texas Tech, the university’s chancellor told The Avalanche-Journa

Alberto Gonzales, an embattled attorney general who resigned in 2007, accepted a position in the Texas Tech University System to talk candidly about his political experiences and to reach out to minority students, he told The Avalanche-Journal.

The late Michael Jackson and Lubbock native son Buddy Holly have more in common than successful music careers, local musicians and industry professionals said Tuesday as millions of fans formally said goodbye to the King of Pop.

When he graduated from Coronado High School a decade ago, Dustin Hucks was, in his words, "one of the kids in the hall."

Lubbock Police are investigating a dead body in northeast Lubbock.

Lubbock Police were investigating a dead man found Monday in a Northeast Lubbock field.

For Dexter Baker, planting wheat is the only option that would work for 450 acres of land he can no longer afford without government assistance.

A Vietnamese film crew is spending a week in Lubbock - an unlikely place to learn about a pivotal event that happened in their homeland half a world away.

A monthslong campaign for higher police pay withered ahead of budget talks that will begin Wednesday.

The threat of evening thunderstorms on the South Plain didn't stop more than 20,000 people from celebrating Independence Day in Lubbock during the daylong 4th on Broadway celebration.

The courthouse lawn was filled Friday with people from near and far who kicked off their Fourth of July celebrations at the Lubbock Apartment Association Street Dance.

The ring is simple. Mixed white and yellow gold with a tiny diamond, it's not worth much in the eyes of the world. But it meant everything to Marie Burnam the year her father gave it to her.

Child abuse victims are more than just a statistic.

Dressed from head to toe in surgical scrubs, a student at Texas Tech's Health Sciences Center bends over a patient before turning to his peers and asking, "Do you think he'll live?"

South Plains residents may have to wait three to five years before they get easier access to state assistance programs such as Medicaid and food stamps, but online programs that would open access are in the works, according to social service workers.

A young farmworker hit Wednesday by a truck in a Lubbock field is expected to recover with only a scar on his face as a reminder of the ordeal, his cousin said Thursday afternoon.

Busted gambling vendors in Lubbock have given taxpayers a roundabout break.

The head of Lubbock's community marketing organization said Tuesday the search for a new executive director for the convention and visitors bureau may be wrapped up in as little as two weeks.

Carl Isett hoped to reform the Texas Department of Transportation.

Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday.

Three lightweight, wireless devices have given Lubbock resident Frank Jones grace - something multiple sclerosis stole from him several years ago.

When the owners of property a few miles north of Lubbock County refused to give up their land believing there was hidden gold, prospectors hoping to start a new town had to look somewhere else.

Texas Tech tuition and fees will likely be set today near a mark agreed upon earlier this year, two university officials said.

• Glenna Goodacre Boulevard from Avenue R to Avenue U. Crews will be reconstructing streets, and the street may either be closed or under restricted access. The work is expected to take about nine months

The children in the Heart of Lubbock Neighborhood know him as Grandpa Joe. He gives them books, takes them to robotics and ballet classes and buys them ice cream with what remains of his tax refund.

Motorcycles rumbled through the Depot District Saturday afternoon as law enforcement officers from around the state converged in Lubbock to support the family of a fallen comrade.

Michael Jackson’s family wants a private autopsy of the pop icon because of unanswered questions about how he died and the doctor who was with him, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturda

Young pet owners are invited to submit essays about their furry, scaly or slimy friends for Maxey Community Center’s Pet Essay Contes

An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty Friday to murdering his ex-wife and beating his son last summer in a Lubbock motel room.

The summons "let there be light" no doubt is appreciated by all who like to see.

Three suspects were arrested and charged with the murder of a Lubbock County man following a fatal stabbing that took place early Wednesday morning, Sheriff's officials said.

Back-to-school preparations for Texas families will be a little cheaper this year. Most school supply items will be part of the sales tax holiday weekend Aug. 21-23.

What started as a bar-side disagreement ended with one man in critical condition with a life-threatening stab wound to the neck early Tuesday outside another Lubbock night spot.

Texas Tech officials in Amarillo are working to create a unique hotline for women who have questions about how medications can affect pregnancy or nursing.

Lubbock posted the lowest unemployment rate in the state in May, but its annual and monthly job growth numbers tell a different story.

WASHINGTON - The former crown prince of Iran on Monday urged foreign leaders to condemn more forcefully the Iranian regime's crackdown on more than a week of mass protests in his homeland over the alleged rigging of the June 12 presidential election.

Family, friends and colleagues on Friday remembered a guard who was gunned down at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last week as the victim of an evil and barbaric act that contrasted starkly with his love for life.

Since its release in April, nearly 1 million Texans have the newly redesigned state driver license or ID in their wallets.

A cement truck that overturned at a major Lubbock intersection on Thursday snarled lunch hour traffic, while the effort to resurrect it entertained about a dozen onlookers.

It wasn't the first time the Hub City hit triple-digit heat this year, but Monday's hot weather could signal the end of the severe storm season and the beginning of high temperatures for the summer, according to the National Weather Service.

A prominent Lubbock orthodontist apparently shot his wife and mother-in-law to death with a rifle and then used the weapon to kill himself in a case that stunned the community early this year, autopsy reports The Avalanche-Journal obtained on Monday indicate.

A state district judge will spend a morning hearing arguments on whether parks can include dog adoption centers.

Two weeks ago, the Lubbock division signed one of the biggest contracts in its history with the city of San Antonio — providing the nation’s seventh-largest city with a company supported software program that will run its municipal cou

Late storms tumbled power lines and damaged trees on Sunday evening across the South Plains, bringing large hail and winds of more than 80 mph to some parts of the region.

In a white house on Mac Davis Lane, Edward Johnson has made his best memories.

Levelland landed a $3.3 million federal grant late last week for the city's planned industrial rail park, and officials there are more than ready to spend the money.

AUSTIN - Last week a San Antonio man was sent to prison for six years and three months after pleading guilty to running a mortgage scam that bilked lenders out of nearly $1.7 million. In February, his wife and crime partner received a similar sentence.

A trip in an ambulance can be one of the most important rides of your life.

Although it met the textbook definition several months ago, the World Health Organization declared for the first time Thursday the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza a global pandemic.