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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted covering the region around Lubbock.


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Vacated Hale Co. Pct. 3 commissioner race already draws 3 candidates

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West Texas redistricting wish list may be tough to deliver, legislators say

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Two men badly burned in oil field explosion near Lamesa

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South Plains' 2010 cotton crop looks promising, but rain still needed

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South Plains voters could join water district, adopt new taxes, regulations

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Boil notice dropped for Tahoka, Second water line break in Tahoka shuts off water city-wide

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Smith Unit prison (near Lamesa) inmate shot during escape attempt

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Proposed federal alcohol law could limit West Texas wineries' growth

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Water regulators could set November vote to expand regional district

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Muleshoe police confirm killing, few details

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Levelland hosting Babe Ruth League World Series

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Gaines County Courthouse to Undergo Renovations

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Small-town museums across South Plains preserve heritage with some off-the-wall trinkets

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Hockley sheriff looks back on first year - he may be a good man but he took office in a shameful manner

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Hale County to purchase ePollbooks

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Chairman Of National Cotton Council Optimistic About Cotton Crop

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Family, Investigators seek new leads in Lamesa cold case

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Hale County jail back in compliance

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HD85's Heflin (D-Crosbyton) requests input on redistricting

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Floydada police chief captures violent, armed criminal with brute force, pulls him through a window

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Two 11-year-old girls arrested on vandalism charges in Plainview

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Floyd County authorities seek sex offenders

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Complaint demands $200,000 from Stringer investor

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Hockley County Jail fails to meet state standards

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Lamesa to hold 61st annual rodeo

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Hale Center hoping to become a Certified Retirement Community

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Plainview woman's dad to unveil oil-water separator

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South Plains lags behind state in higher education per capita

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Babe Ruth World Series coming to Levelland

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Ground broken on Levelland event center

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House District 85 Skirmish Instructive of November Battles

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Former Tahoka teacher charged with indecency with a child

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Sundown plans Roughneck Road Race

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Plainview festival leader tried to remove GOP house candidate Landtroop (HD85) from public event (description of event)- full detail on today's Pratt on Texas

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Hale County commissioners accept Koelder resignation

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South Plains sees increase in burglaries, drug crimes

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Plainview church, family part of miracle for Kenyan student

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City Manager: Plainview is "at a good place" financially

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Terry County jail gets failing grades

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New county commissioner appointed in Hale County

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Koelder resigns Hale Co. seat as part of sentence for theft conviction

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Water service restored to Plainview's Rio Concho residents

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Adjunct instructor for Wayland videotapes himself touching 12-year-old girl in alley

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Heflin (D-HD85) uses anti-gunner fear language in Capitol CHL issue

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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 holds hearing in Littlefield

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Trial in Lamb Co. murder & dragging incident delayed until Sept.

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Denver City to open, dedicate new government-owned nursing home

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South Plains College announces registration dates, locations

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Reports: Area political donations too small for aggressive campaigns

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June employment data for the South Plains Workforce Development Area (pdf)

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Hale Co. commissioner Koelder guilty of reduced theft charge

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Lockney High School Construction Underway

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Hale Co. commissioner trial shifts to defense stage, Texas Ranger outlines charges against Koelder

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87-year-old Tahoka man recovering from multiple rattlesnake bites

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Levelland man indicted for aggravated kidnapping

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Plainview hires Idalou man as assistant city manager

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Hockley County S-O rebuilding a year after scandal

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Update: Water still off at Rio Concho, Water service cut off at Hale County mobile home park

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Judge refuses to quash indictment of Hale Co. commissioner Gary Koelder

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Rain brings business back to White River Lake

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O'Donnell celebrates centennial

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Muleshoe man dies in crash with horse

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Wayland's Wilder Field light poles recalled

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Convicted Plainview tax evader's case rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

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Plainview boy pushed from vehicle expected to be released from hospital

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Plainview's Rio Concho mobile home residents face another water shutoff

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NRA Endorses Joe Heflin for District 85 State Representative Re-election

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HD-85's Joe Heflin (Democrat) fined for violating ethics rules, Read Ethics Commission Order & Agreed Resolution here (pdf), Ethics commission lawyer defends fines levied, length of investigations

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20 underage drinkers arrested in Plainview

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Levelland volunteer fire chief Brewer dies after cancer battle

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A group of good Samaritans helps push Scurry County EMS through flood waters

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Farmers Rejoicing Over Record Rainfalls

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Abernathy girl selected Miss Rodeo Texas Princess

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Plainview man arrested after woman, boy thrown from vehicle

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South Plains communities soaked, more than 10 inches of rain fell in O'Donnell

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New Details in Muleshoe shooting death

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One person killed in Littlefield apartment building fire

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Man not guilty in Hale Center cattle-selling scheme trial

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Levelland surgeon charges dropped from felony to misdemeanor

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Sudan team roper on pace to return to world championship

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Brownfield ISD turning detention center into pre-Kindergarten

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Officials hoping to make progress in Hale Center bomb scare case

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Update: 2nd Terry County escapee found in Brownfield, One Terry County Escapee Back in Custody

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Brownfield, other areas, get medical grants

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Statewide search issued for two men that escaped from the Terry County Jail

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Two men escape from Terry County Jail

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Controversial Andrews waste site to get notice of violation

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TCEQ takes action on 5 local violations

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Littlefield city council proposes budget, jobs cut and taxes raised

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Levelland surgeon out on bond after being accused of punching his wife

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Residential turbines going up over the Texas Panhandle

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Lamesa man dead and brother-in-law in jail after shooting

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Littlefield Fire Fighters at risk of being jobless because of city debt

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Storms in Lubbock and surrounding areas leave 1,500 in the dark

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Plainview students among those evacuated from Capitol

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May employment data for the South Plains WDA (pdf)

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Escaped Swisher Co. Inmate Busted In Central Texas

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Texas cotton crop 100% planted, outlook exceptional, more

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Commission to redraw rules for Andrews waste site

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Irrigation systems at the heart of water-use efficiency on dairies

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83 mph winds rip through Lynn County, knocking 18-wheeler over

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RIP: Hale County's famous son Jimmy Dean dead at 81

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Alcohol Issue Back on Ballot in Andrews

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Andrews couple found shot at home

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Andrews Hospital Administrator Resigns

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Denver City family seeks help in finding accused killer

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State, West Texas leaders to discuss issues facing rural areas at Plainview confab

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Six dead after three two-vehicle crashes on South Plains

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Investigators searching for suspects in Hale Center bomb scare

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City of Littlefield faces financial turmoil over debt status

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Hispanic population boom won't help South Plains in redistricting

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Two Gaines County teens die in two-vehicle crash near intersection

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Plainview cotton growers riding temperature roller coaster

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Hale County Commissioner Gary Koelder's trail rescheduled

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Wind and lightning cause power outages around the South Plains

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Abernathy's natural gas power generation plant begins

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Following stabbing, lawmen discover pipe bomb near Hale Center school

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Texas Rangers take the lead on Hale Center bomb investigation

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Suspicious package detonated in Hale Center, Jr. High evacuated, elementary on lockdown in Hale Center

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Museum near Lubbock, in Crosbyton, says it has 'real' chupacabra

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Brownfield man charged with attempted murder of 12-year-old

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Andrews On Track To Construct Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility

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Connemara Bancorp to buy Amherst bank

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Air Force Academy Cadets soar across the South Plains

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Promote Andrews Campaigns Against Toxic Waste in Texas

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Hockley Co. putsch successful, Kevin Davis now sheriff

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Controversial Plainview High School yearbook title leads to a resignation

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ATF, Texas Rangers, Plainview SWAT personnel execute warrant in southeast Plainview

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Business turns useless cotton waste into useful hydro-mulch

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Ag producers want financial safety net in farm bill

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Floydada hit by hurricane force storm Monday morning

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Southwestern Public Service Company wants Texas electric rate hike

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Andrews: Celebrating a century

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Floydada woman’s guide to wildflowers will be available at Old Settlers Reunion

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Tulia woman charged in infant's suspicious death

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South Plains rural roads buckling under strain of progress

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Plainview man arrested for sexual assault of a minor

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Andrews dump might get other states' radioactive waste

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Parents & Principal angry about Plainview yearbook cover, poem

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Floydada ISD wins technology innovation award

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Lamb County man gets 20 years for hiding the body of his dead roommate

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Spade man may testify in own trial tied to dragging death

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Sudan gets $150,000 for downtown - waste of taxpayer money, no offense, but these grants are mostly a waste

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Plainview mobile home residents maybe forced to move due to landlord's unpaid water bill

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Lamesa group asks ag chief to cotton classing renovation

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Two South Plains census workers die in crash near Midland

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Delbert McDougal to receive honorary degree from Wayland

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How did prison guard get accused of faking U.S. citizenship?

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Seagraves family takes B.U.S.T. to Oprah Winfrey Show

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Hale County to conduct recount following close runoff race for county judge

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Time capsule due to resurface in 2058 for Wayland Baptist U's 150th

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Fight in South Plains College classroom sends one to the ER and one to jail

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Former prison guard found guilty of Plainview murder

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Closing arguments today in Plainview prison guard murder trial

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California woman's Terry County suicide shrouded in mystery

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Prominent Plainview doctor, Horn, surrenders his medical license

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Ex-prison guard's murder trial begins in Plainview, Defense targets officers' credibility

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Wayland students, employees bare feet for Day Without Shoes

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Prison guard no longer locked up after last week's indictment and arrest

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Prosecution to open murder trial of prison guard Christopher Sanchez

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Law enforcement responds to concerns of preferential treatment in Post stabbing case

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March South Plains Workforce Development Area Report (6.2% unemployment)

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Prosecutors request to deny bond for arrested Garza Co. prison guard

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New Levelland Rail Park to have a broad impact on Region

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Floydada parents enraged over elementary teacher's class activity

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Lamesa Chamber VP resigns, apologizes

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Hockley County taking applications for a new sheriff

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Littlefield man pleads guilty to criminal solicitation of murder

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Andrews site could get more radioactive waste

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Plainview Woman Jailed In Murder Plot

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Plainview Christian High School wins state art contest

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Former Chief Deputy of Hockley County sentenced to 10 years

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Suspended Hockley County Sheriff will not be reinstated - a raw deal, this was something the voters should have decided. A South-American style coup d'etat in Hockley Co.

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Closing arguments begin in trial of suspended Hockley Co. Sheriff

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Former Hockley Co. deputies testify for defense

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Railway Improvement Upgrades Underway

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ATF agents say suspended Hockley Co. sheriff 'careless' - One wonders if the jury is aware of how bad the ATF's reputation is?!

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Hockley County rests in the civil trial of former sheriff

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Day 5 wraps up in trial of suspended Levelland Sheriff

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Kinney's attorney cites conspiracy

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After a 70 year absence, college football coming back to Wayland Baptist Univ.

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Trial of suspended Levelland Sheriff goes into second week

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Andrews Alcohol Initiative Reaches Beyond County Lines

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Perjury accusation made in Hockley County Sheriff trial

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Community reacts to Hockley County Sheriff trial

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Arrested deputy says Sheriff Kinney led him astray

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Hockley Co. attorney says former Levelland Sheriff was warned Deputy was "dirty"

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February employment data for the South Plains WDA (pdf)

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Lamesa resident pleads innocent to child porn

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Defense claims law out to get Hockley Co. sheriff Kinney

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Hockley Co. Sheriff: Friendship clouded judgment

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Update: Tahoka woman gets 10 years for dragging death case, Tahoka woman faces 20 yrs. in prison for failure to stop and render aid in 2008

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Jury selection begins in high profile Levelland drug ring case

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Wayland Baptist University founder’s oldest granddaughter dies

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No vote on alcohol in Sundown; organizer will try again

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Andrews could face another alcohol election

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Plainview area continues to exceed 10-year average in moisture

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Broadband coming to some rural areas

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Eight in custody after Levelland drug bust

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Annual survey finds drier pre-plant moisture conditions in South Plains

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Towns join to build animal shelter to deal with growing problem

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Dawson Co man indicted in Lubbock court for child pornography

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Judge denies delay in Hockley Co. trial of former sheriff Kinney

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Wellman-Union ISD teacher indicted for relationship with student

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Officials urge Census count to minimize area's population loss

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Smyer girls cool, calm collect title, place in history

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January unemployment detail for the South Plains WDA

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Sentencing set for former Hockley County Chief Deputy

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Candidates in 11 regional counties face runoffs for various offices

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Landowners can learn how to cash in on wind power

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Brownfield businessman sentenced to two years in prison

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Lamesa movie theater preps for 3-D, digital

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Lubbock bomb squad blows up box in Plainview

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Plainview native makes top 24 on 'Idol'

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Sundown resident begins peition for alcohol sales

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South Plains 4-H youth break records in Fort Worth stock show

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Van collides with truck hauling railroad ties in Hockley County

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Most of area’s races contested

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Plainview businessman, Jones County accountant vie for District 85 seat, Q&A

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Levelland man sentenced on drug charges

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Plainview man indicted for attempted capital murder in Lamb County

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Mike Click of Brownfield appointed to Texas EMS Advisory Council

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South Plains College racks up record spring enrollment

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Plainview man shot, killed; N.M. man arrested

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Lynn County Deputies looking for a masked home invader

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Former Ector Co. ISD board president to challenge Craig for SBOE seat - Pratt endorses Randy Rives here

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Desalination A "Go" in Andrews

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International seed company acquires Crosbyton Seed Company

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South Plains farmers welcome wet winter weather

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Post restriction on church activities repealed

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Terry Co. woman pleads guilty to injury to a child

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Health alert: certain fish from Lake Alan Henry contaminated by mercury

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Wellman fined by TCEQ

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DOE Looking to Store Mercury in Andrews site in West Texas

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USDA to hold economic forum

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Lamesa community helps raise money for Haiti

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Court reverses ruling in Plainview police shooting

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South Plains WDA unemployment rate for Dec. up to 5.6% from 5.5% in Nov.

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Ministry Group in Post Wants to Purchase City Landmark, but Religion is holding them back

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Hearing for former Hockley Co. sheriff ends in more confusion

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Andrews man dies while cleaning oil rig

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Massive fire shuts down Highway 214 near Denver City

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District 83 candidates meet in Levelland forum

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Hale Center honors two heroes for saving little boy

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Last-minute decisions fill out slate of candidates for primary

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Landtroop files for GOP nod in HD85 to challenge Heflin

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Libertarian Pekowski Files Application for District 15 State Board of Education

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Underground tanks in Crosbyton lead to TCEQ violation

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False farm loan application costs McAdoo man a felony conviction

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Plainview man arrested following gunfire, three-day manhunt

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Ceremony to jump start West Texas & Lubbock Railway's upgrade

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Lubbock region now up to 8 Swine Flu deaths

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Tulia,Texas man pleads guilty to kidnapping charge

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South Plains crops overcome challenges

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Former Hockley Co. Chief Deputy Pleads Guilty to Drug Ring Charges

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Hurst becomes latest to plead out in Levelland drug bust

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Hale County completes obligations after 2006 voting violations

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Landtroop joins race for HD85 to unseat Heflin, Plainview Daily-Herald story

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Warren appointed as Hale County Republican chairman

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Suspect took $100K in property from in and around Hockley Co.

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Former Post prison clerk pleads guilty

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Charges dropped for wife of convicted Levelland gang leader

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Report shows nearly a quarter of area drivers lack insurance

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Update: Escapee caught in Brownfield on Sunday, Inmate flees from jail in Brownfield

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Floydada Care Center to close, 75 families affected

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Tahoka farmers help family harvest after patriarch's death

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Floydada rehab center is closing; 30 jobs lost

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Andrews signs up to challenge Heflin for House District 85 seat - there may be others too

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Plainview-area cotton farmers represented at conference in India

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Rented school buses carrying Plainview ISD's name used for partying, more

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Plainview girl arrested for threatening to blow up school

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Water district will measure water wells in December

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Former Dawson Co. Commissioner Indicted for Assault on his Wife

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Plainview writer now published quarterly in Stirpes

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Bailey County father increases reward for information in his son's unsolved murder

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Peanut Corp. or America update

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Two more Plainview motels planned by Reddy

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Levelland man receives 10 years in meth-ring case

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Meadow and Petersburg fined by TCEQ

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Seven H1N1 deaths in Lubbock and surrounding counties

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Three more guilty pleas in Levelland drug bust

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Sarver seeks election as Hale County judge

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Plainview computer firm loses lawsuit to Microsoft

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Brownfield man pleads guilty to false organic marketing

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Wayland's Llano Estacado Museum adding to exhibits

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Employment date for the South Plains WDA - 11-20-2009 report

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Levelland to receive big boost with new rail park

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Former Hockley Co. Deputy Pleads Guilty in Drug Case

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Gebo's plans for growth

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Local Farmers Harvest for Neighbor in Need

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Heflin plans to run for third term in Texas House of Representatives

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Levelland to get $8.6M rail park development

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Ed Self to seek re-election to 242nd district court

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Two more plead guilty in big Levelland drug bust

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Plainview first to be certified an Entrepreneur Ready Community in Texas

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Man sentenced to 40 years for child abuse

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Center near Lamesa would help veterans

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Students remember Seagraves senior Alex Brown

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Delwin Jones gets another challenger

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Hale County Commissioner Gary Koelder arrested

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Hale County Commissioners consider action on tax abatement

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Muleshoe ISD appeal denied by TEA

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Two defendants in Levelland meth bust plead guilty

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Denver City teen dies of injuries suffered in rollover

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Wind energy plant to be built in Hale County

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November 2nd in Texas History: The Levelland UFO Case

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Plainview's Williams elected chairman-elect of Texas banker group

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Floyd County woman dies from complications of H1N1

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Legislators get firsthand look at West Texas' economic challenges

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Rural revitalization on South Plains legislators' agenda

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Hale County constable can remain in position despite residency issue

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Democrat to challenge Neugebauer

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Hudson River sludge now in Andrews County

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Disaster funds available to some farmers in Floyd, Hale & Crosby counties

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Rep. Heflin urges West Texans to vote on proposed amendments

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Plainview’s Emily Jones takes on a new adventure

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High Plains cotton farmers see slight delay in harvest after rain

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Missing Denver City boy draws national attention

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Update: Amber Alert for Denver City child canceled - child not yet found!, Amber Alert continues for Denver City boy

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South Plains mayor resigns

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Family suing Plainview cemetery for moving body

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Ex-Lockney cop pleads guilty to sex crime

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New Ginning Technology To Help Cotton Industry

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Jury convicts man of robbing banks in Plainview, Amarillo

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Floydada Punkin Day draws thousands

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Lamesa Ponzi Schemer to be Sentenced

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Nelda Laney's brother killed while bicycling with his sun

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Ex-teacher celebrates 100th birthday - I had the honor to meet and visit with this fine lady when speaking in Brownfield.

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Brownfield man arrested after allegedly assaulting teen

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NWS says South Plains could have intense winter

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Family and friends join search efforts for missing Dimmitt woman

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Ag extension center celebrates century of service

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Sunflowers blooming interest for South Plains' farmers

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Snyder man killed in combat in Afghanistan

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Texas Tech graduate killed in Afghanistan

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Neugebauer on the road again for health care town halls

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Dr. Peeler killed in roadside accident

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Post prison guard caught smuggling in goods

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Richie McDonald playing free concert in Levelland

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Littlefield downgraded, and negative outlook by Fitch

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Plainview woman admits theft of Social Security money

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Floydada opens a "new" old school - Pratt attended all schools mentioned, so blame them!

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Census may help area seniors

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Area could lose money from '10 census

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More Legal Trouble for Bohannon

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Kinney denies allegations that led to suspension

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Suspended sheriff says he will not resign

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Hockley Co. sheriff removed from office

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State petitions to remove Hockely Co. Sheriff Kinney from office

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Brownfield forms committee after controversial HOT money decision

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Demolition crews clear site for new Lockney H.S.

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Judge grants evidence hearing in Bohannon case

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Four families displaced by storm damage in Plainview

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Many speak out against mercury storage in Andrews

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Girl Scout camp Rio Blanco will close next summer

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Covenant lays off nine in Plainview

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Autopsy confirms cause of death in man dragged across county lines

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Girl Scouts face possible loss of Camp Rio Blanco

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Another major drug bust in Levelland, 12 arrested

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Giant Denver City sinkhole collapses

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Brownfield stores get booze boost

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Detention hearings Monday for dozen-plus Levelland drug bust suspects

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HOT money a hot topic in Brownfield

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Judge rules in favor of Bohannon during detention hearing

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Chief deputy's detention hearing reveals more details in drug ring

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Ex-Hockley Co. deputy pleads not guilty in drug case

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Decade after notorious Tulia drug raid, subject still a taboo in town

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Hockley County Sheriff's Deputy out of jail

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6 sought in Brownfield murder

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More developments on some suspects in Levelland drug bust

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Arrested lawman's family says innocent until proven guilty - certainly

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Sheriff's deputies fired, suspended after arrest in Levelland

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USA vs. Bobby Froman et al. Indictment - read documents here

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Andrews County Commissioners approve gas plant abatement

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Levelland community comes together in prayer

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Details of Deputy Bohannon's request to drop indictment in Levelland drug bust

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2 deputy sheriffs & 21 others arrested in drug ring

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Indictment details alleged relationship between deputies and drug ring leaders more

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Hockley Co. deputy sheriff arrested in federal drug raid

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Fight over flags in Levelland

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Hotel owners fight 225% tax appraisal hike in Lamesa

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Hockely Co man indicted in scheme to kill his wife

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Update: Abernathy celebrates 100th birthday, Abernathy's centennial celebration

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Lamesa man pleads guilty to stealing nearly $14 million

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Could City of Plainview file charges against PCA?

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Lamesa man charged with money laundering

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Tahoka school board member and city councilwoman arrested for organized crime

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Hale County Commissioner Pleads Guilty Friday

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Family Attacked By Bees in Anton

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Sunday storms leave South Plains cleaning up debris

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Levelland ready to spend $3.3 million on industrial park

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Levelland Leaders Interact with Residents Via Twitter

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Wellman-Union ISD school booster, 36 year old woman, confesses to having sexual relations with minors

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Peanut Corp. of America's subsidiary in Plainview also files for bankruptcy

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Dible becomes city manager of Tulia

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Littlefield Man Arrested for Murder Solicitation, pipe-bomb for wife, more

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Waste Control Specialists to begin storing waste from Tennessee company

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Andrews election observer reports no irregularities in election

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Floydada woman remembers "Jay Walking" with Leno

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The South Plains has three new confirmed cases of H1N1 or Swine Flu

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One case of Swine Flu confirmed in Andrews County

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Andrews County, Waste Control meet on next bond steps

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Levelland bidder nets Sheryl Swoopes items from auction of storage unit

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Andrews soldier's death leaves overflowing store of memories

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Lockney Teen Pleads Guilty To School Fire

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Belongings of Man In Trouble With Feds To Be Auctioned Off

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Plainview ethanol plant now in bankruptcy

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Dawson County celebrates hospital's grand opening

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Lubbock, area dealers likely spared ax from GM

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Levelland McDonald's Worker Turns In Thousands Inside Lost Wallet

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Andrews County citizens pass WCS bond by three votes

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Brownfield mayor Waters not removed from office

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Hit & Run In Morton Leaves Woman Dead

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Arsonist to face more charges for brush fires

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Storm Damage in Floyd and Cottle Counties

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Spring rains may not be enough to overcome drought, save crops

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Close up video of two South Plains tornados Wednesday

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Toxic Waste Coming to West Texas, Part 3

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Toxic Waste Coming to West Texas, Part 2

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Toxic Waste Coming to West Texas, Part 1

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Dawson County Commissioner Resigns After Arrest

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Train hits semi in Plainview, another train derails in Lubbock

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Update on former Terry Co. D.A. involved in single vehicle roll-over

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Federal authorities find weapon in White River

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FBI dredging White River in search of murder weapon

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Hale Center Raising Funds for New Ambulance and EMS Equipment

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Missing Denver City woman found severely dehydrated, but alive

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ABC's Extreme Makeover: American Dream has winner from area

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Floydada chamber finds itself homeless - the AJ makes a bigger deal of this than did the Floydada newspaper. The CoC should not receive taxpayer benefits anyway, it's job is to lobby gov.

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Levelland wins contract to host Babe Ruth League World Series

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Floydada principals honored as Regional Principal of the Year

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Plainview-area can look to El Paso for insight into desalination technology

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Lockney: Three months after fire, teachers and students try for business as usual

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Alcohol Sales in Plainview One Year Later

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No alcohol election for Gaines County

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Peanut Corporation of America in debt to Plainview

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FBI investigation into owner of Plainview peanut plant

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Sen. Hutchison announces Economic Development Investment Award for Lubbock Region

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Sudan Girls advances to State Championship game

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Kindness moves Lockney Students into new buildings

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Hockley County Voters Consider New Multi-Purpose Center

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Gaines County Commissioner arrested over the weekend

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Garza Co. opens news law enforcement center/jail

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West Texas to receive Hudson silt

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Floyd County goes back to traditional work week

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Peanut outlet also goes without inspection

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More Problems for the Plainview Peanut Company

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Lockney Donations Hit $100,000

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Peanut company in salmonella probe shuts 2nd plant in Plainview

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Guard Accused of Smuggling Drugs Into Garza Co. Prison

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Seminole motel named in race bias suit

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Andrews Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill President

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City Bank donates $20,000 to Lockney ISD

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Floydada & Lockney ISD's talk merger

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Andrews Man Caught with Pornography in Afghanistan

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SEC Files Complaint Against Lamesa Man

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Study finds SPC a key player in South Plains economy

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Lubbock Town & Country stores switching to Stripes

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State regulators OK low-level nuclear disposal in Andrews County

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Denver City well services company cuts 123 workers

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Two Teenage Girls Arrested in Connection with Lockney High School Arson, more, Lockney ISD's high school destroyed by fire, arson suspected, History lost

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Changes improve Brownfield animal shelter

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High Plains see benefits after year of ethanol production

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Compass Bank begins rebranding to BBVA Compass in West Texas

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Wayland's fundraising drive closing in on goal

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Hale County Commissioner Released From Jail

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Grand jury indicts prison guard for murder

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Kress ISD aide gets probation for sex with student

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Update: Brownfield Mayor Recall Petition Verified, Brownfield mayor faces recall vote

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Layoffs Loom in Littlefield, Littlefield Jail May Close

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Littlefield gets negative rating from bond rating agency Fitch

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Stanley Automotive Enterprises, Inc., which owns and operates the Brownfield Motorplex, has agreed to pay $164,500 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

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Plainview woman to serve on the Texas Plains Trail Board

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Brownfield's mayor facing recall petition

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Petition Started To Recall Brownfield Mayor, Brownfield Residents Concerned About Fire Department

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Miss Caprock 2009 named at South Plains College (pdf)

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Agreement shows clerk paid Terry county for missing funds

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Gov. reappoints judge Kelly Moore as chief of 9th admin region

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Terry & Scurry Counties Vote in Favor of Alcohol; Is Lubbock Next?

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New Brownfield fire chief says walkout won't affect emergency response

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Terry Co. (Brownfield) OKs alcohol sales

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Xcel Energy planning greater delivery to South Plains

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New Home livestock judging team wins national honors

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Lockney councilman turns 100, has served in office for 67 years!

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Terry County's alcohol vote tops regional races

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Congressional opponents split over issues during debate

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South Plains College to open Crosbyton center to students in '09

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NASA sends high flying balloon over West Texas

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Missing funds cause stir in Terry County

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Brownfield group organizes in opposition to alcohol sales

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High Plains cotton growers optimistic despite flooding

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High Plains Water District Board approves tax hike

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Wayland Baptist University tips hat to Jimmy, Donna Dean

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Levelland's South Plains College bucks enrollment trend

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Petersburg ambulance servicing fighting debt

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Sculptor Eddie Dixon unveils Dr. Wayland bronze at WBU

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Sculptor got to heart of Dr. Wayland for statue, Bronze of Dr. Wayland, by renowned sculptor Eddie Dixon, to be unveiled in Plainview

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Rail hub to spark Levelland's economic engine

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Littlefield Marine up for top firefighter award

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Post's Heritage House gets fresh look

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Editorial: Mourning the loss of a war hero, Hubert W. Griffith of the Lost Battalion

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Plainview's Michael Keller to serve on state advisory panel

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Wayland Baptist Univ.-Kenya presents first religion degrees

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Hale County reports $1.5 million surplus

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NASA takes notice of Abernathy teen's paper rocket

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Slaton ordinance to promote historic preservation downtown

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Alcohol Sales: Plainview Update

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South Plains College Nationally Recognized

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Voters may get call on $7.5 million Levelland arena proposal

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Terry County sets alcohol sales vote

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Littlefield ready for birthday bash for hometown legend

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Update: Suspect surrenders to police, Floydada Police Investigating First Homicide in at least a Decade

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Fuel costs leave CapTrans in pinch

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Plainview man arrested for robbery in a home invasion in Floydada

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South Plains College's faculty salaries below state average - & so is the cost of living in SPC's area

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Authorities Raid Home and Businesses of Tahoka School Board Member

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Teen driver in fatal Floydada crash was sober

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Near Century-Old Lynn County Courthouse May Get Restoration

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Update: Paroled Convicted Killer Back Behind Bars, New arrest warrant issued for freed terminally ill convicted killer, Jury acquits Bueno, former Andrews athlete acquitted on all charges

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Pablo Soto of Post, sentenced to 30 years in jail w/out parole, free on "medical" parole

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Hispanic population growing as region's demographics get rapid makeover

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Ex-employee blasts practices at Brownfield Animal Shelter

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Brownfield mayor seeks vote on smoking ban - even in small town Texas Liberty is under assault

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Area attorneys win praise for pro bono work

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Fire Burns 1,500 Acres In Garza County

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Floydada Chamber honors top residents: Melvin & Janet Lloyd

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Brownfield group seeks alcohol sales in county

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Woman charged with theft of $11,000, used counterfeit money orders

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Brownfield officials hope new aquatic center will attract others to city

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Authorities Investigate Homicide in Seagraves

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2007 Census Shows Small Counties in Decline

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Businesses in Plainview scramble to prepare for alcohol sales

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Bomb threat closes buildings at Levelland's South Plains College, SPC

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Hale Co. candidate’s address comes into question

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Ethanol Plant to Open Near Levelland

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Major Gas Scam in Lamesa

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Wind farm whips up activity around McAdoo

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Plainview High School grad is new Miss Metroplex

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Superfund cleanup planned for site near Levelland in Hockley Co.

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Move to Regulate Sexually-Oriented Businesses in Seminole

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Brownfield 16-year-old's steer fetches $185,000 at Fort Worth stock show auction

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Plainview museum celebrates Hale County

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Post's Old Mill Trade Days coming to end

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Crosbyton museum sells largest mastodon skull more

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Retrial for Two Convicted in '96 Littlefield Murder

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Amherst Man Gets Five Years Probation For Illegal Immigrant Fake ID Scam

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Floyd County JP pleads guilty in plea deal, 10 years probation

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Floyd County justice of the peace goes on trial for attempted murder

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Former staff members look back on first 50 years of South Plains College

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Economy booming in Levelland

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Old Heritage House getting face-lift in Post

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Motley County beats Woodson, 44-38, for six-man Division II title

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Former Plainview Health Care Clinic CEO Pleads Guilty to Fraud

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Lorenzo Police Controversy Brewing

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Hale County sheriff Mull to run for re-election

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Dick Harrell Hall of Fame inducts Floydada’s Don Hardy

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Plainview says yes, Abernathy no to alcohol

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Mixed on drinks: Package sales votes split Abernathy, Plainview

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Staples applauds Hale as top ag producing county

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Low pay takes bite out of Hale Co. sheriff’s dept., 30% turnover

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Hale County Judge & Commissioners wrestle with budget, possible deficit

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Plainview claims tax cut when it is an increase

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Andrews eyes reliever route

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Former Levelland officer sues city, claiming sexual harassment, retaliation

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Unpaid Workers Still on Job in Dimmitt

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Area community health centers part of $7.1 million grant of federal funds

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Dickens Woman Wins National Reality Show

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Plainview's "Quick Lunch" diner to close, opened in 1921, used as set in Steve Martin movie

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State Rep. Heflin, democrat, hosting open house

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Xcel Energy adding jobs due to economic growth

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Olton Produces Two Time Kentucky Derby Winner

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2 motions filed over Hale County suit about election shenanigans

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Tulia Businesses Still Rebuilding After Tornado

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Fire destroys Lockney Longhorns’ football equipment

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Floyd County Friends plan upgrades to Unity Center

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Gaines County Cleans up after Hurricane Force Winds

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Arrest Warrant Issued for Former Ralls Police Chief

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Plainview may cash in with geocaching

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South Plains College claims to be hit hard by Perry's veto

bullet Plainview liquor election petition drive successfully reaches goal
bullet Expect noise, smoke, aerobatics in skies over Slaton
bullet Three-day event will mark Post centennial
bullet Sudan Postal Worker Jailed for Mail Theft
bullet Utah sect member to move family, business to Lockney
bullet Silverton ‘survivors’ remember deadly 1957 storm
bullet Suspected illegal immigrants arrested at West Texas dairy farms
bullet Immigrant Arrests Prompt Worker Debate
bullet Plainview area election results
bullet Fischer responds to critics (fundamentalist Mormon deal in Lockney)
bullet Andrews liquor election fails
bullet New Lockney businessman has ties to polygamist Jeffs' hometown
bullet Work on Floyd County wind energy farm begins
bullet Andrews soldier laid to rest
bullet Andrews wet/dry election brings mixed opinions
bullet Andrews Soldier Killed in Action
bullet Plainview liquor petition drive going, would call 1st every liquor election in town
bullet Tulia tornado damage with photos, Mile of debris in Tulia photos
bullet Olton Tornado
bullet Homes Damaged and Destroyed In Lamb County
bullet Cocaine bust nets Hillside Acres Country Club owner in Hale Center
bullet Ethanol Plant Prepares to Open in Plainview
bullet Lockney judge suspended pending the outcome of felony & misdemeanor cases
bullet Plainview Group Applies for Alcohol Petition
bullet Lockney (Floyd County) JP facing new woes
bullet Plainview Officers Cleared in Fatal Shooting
bullet Update: Floyd County Judge Charged With Selling Alcohol To A Minor, Floyd County JP faces new charges, Floyd County J.P investigated, Investigation continues in shooting by Floyd County J.P. Michelle Araujo of her husband
bullet Nazareth adds another title
bullet Is Andrews County ready to go wet?
bullet Spur Woman Arrested in San Angelo for murder
bullet Plainview police officer attacked
bullet Olton woman is found not guilty in child molestation trial
bullet Wind power attracting interest from region's entrepreneurs
bullet New Hale Co. Judge fails in bid to cut mileage expenses
bullet Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice Jim Rudd Unit has new Sr Warden: Tina Carmona
bullet Garza Co. sheriff Cliff Laws accused previous sheriff of not running a tight ship, now he has bigger personnel problems; Garza Co: Tne deputy, trooper resign after underage drinking incident
bullet Littlefield bustles with budding new businesses
bullet Tahoka Home Explosion
bullet Andrews city council may call for charter election in February
bullet Work on Floyd County wind farm to begin soon
bullet Hale County commissioner draws fine for underground tank
bullet Olton City Councilwoman Elsa Gayle Gonzales was arrested
bullet Floydada closer to being a high-tech town
bullet Plainview's longtime Chamber manager resigns
bullet Hale County OKs ethanol plant incentive
bullet Progress seen in oil fields in the Panhandle area
bullet Pete and Nelda Laney Student Activities Center being built in Plainview
bullet Garza County judge honored with award
bullet Caprock Canyons to break ground for visitor center (well, it's just off the Llano!)
bullet Husband, wife build dream by reviving old Post theater
bullet Readers Enjoy Harris/Vinson "Feud" in Classifieds (Floyd County)
bullet Firm discovers gas pocket near Floydada
bullet A Death Bed Confession May Solve A 1940 Bank Robbery
bullet Liquor by the drink passes in Levelland
bullet Gaines County elects first ever Republican as County Judge
bullet Hale County Election to Be Monitored
bullet Midland senior wins Miss Wayland title
bullet Panda plans new ethanol plant near Muleshoe
bullet Houston Chronicle story on Floydada & the pumkin biz
bullet Dimmitt Post Office renamed
bullet Plainview resident spots ubiquitous silent triangle UFO
bullet Plainview is backdrop for independent feature film "Wet Girl"
bullet Spice farming hot in Gaines County
bullet Aggressive economic development stance paying off
bullet An Olton school bus driver stabbed
bullet Clovis, NM cheese plant makes huge impact on local economy
bullet Area municipal sales tax returns for August
bullet Hale County Jail tightens attorney visitation policy
bullet Hale Center Farm and Ranch Museum dedicates new building
bullet Rumors of Shots Fired at Plainview High Found False
bullet Plainview judge orders two tardy jurors into jail
bullet Plainview: 5th tax hike in 5 years by the city
bullet West Texas man gets 8 years for spitting in jailer's face
bullet Plainview ISD may rename stadium for Sherwood
bullet Plainview's Wayland Baptist University ranks high on value list
bullet Prestigious museum coming to Post
bullet Hale County appraisal district returning surplus to agencies
bullet Barren future for cloud seeding in the Panhandle
bullet Howardwick firemen honored by Perry
bullet Covenant looks to revive Hale Center EMS
bullet Texas Rangers Investigate Shooting in Plainview
bullet Andrews faces deadline for alcohol sales
bullet Olton mom takes lady luck to World Series of Poker
bullet Pampa football to appear on Dateline NBC
bullet Hale County: Dodson, Republican, wins county judge by default
bullet Plainview Bookkeeper on trial for pocketing $750,000
bullet Floydada's wireless venture grabs attention of other towns
bullet Tulia defendants seek payment
bullet Winds Damage Paducah, power lines downed, roofs blown off
bullet Floydada Council Keeps Same Tax Rate, Votes Against Taxing Personal Property
bullet Former Midland city manager Mike McGregor introduces new technology in Gaines County
bullet No one shows up for Plainview public hearing on city tax increases
bullet Counterfeiting raid leads to drugs
bullet Citizens protest law enforcement in Lamesa, KCBD version of the story
bullet TTUHSC recruiter called 'predator' in child porn case (El Paso)
bullet After difficult winter, vineyards left with few, high-quality grapes
bullet Cargill has big stake in both beef, Plainview
bullet Ethanol plant being built in Plainview
bullet Littlefield's Lowes to purchase El Paso Big 8 grocery chain
bullet The developing nuclear industry in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico
bullet Plainview area: Hoop 10 brings homefirst national crown
bullet Pilot avoids flying distressed plane over Floydada 07-16-2006
bullet UPDATE: Judge resigns, Hale County Judge Bill Hollars to resign, UPDATE: dems cannot replace him on ballot
bullet Hale Co. part of development of new statewide voter registration system
bullet Major drug raid & round-up in Dawson County (Lamesa)
bullet Plainview resident recently crowned Miss Rodeo Texas Princess 2006 (photo)
bullet Inmates allegedly start fire inside Levelland jail UPDATE: state to investigate
bullet Growth of Seminole, Littlefield faces setback as economic leaders leave
bullet One Dead in Multi-Car Pileup near Brownfield
bullet Fluvanna man charged in murder of his wife
bullet Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon gets a look over by Jay Leno
bullet Dixie Maines: "I don't see why people care about patriotism"
bullet Lavender Ranch in Hermleigh gets Abilene press attention
bullet Odessa, Andrews break ranks with nation on nuclear energy & coal
bullet Plainview man receives Hearst publishing award in New York
bullet Accused of shooter of Levelland man, six times in a moving vehicle, arrested
bullet Did Henry Lee Lucas murder Brownfield's Dianna Bryant? questions remain
bullet Grand Ole Opry legend Billy Walker dies in wreck, Walker a native of Ralls - more on Billy Walker from the Waco paper
bullet UPI: Country music nixes the Dixie Chicks
bullet Dixie Chicks' Maines: President owed 'no respect whatsoever' - more juvenile rantings
bullet Historic hardware business put up for sale in Floydada
bullet Llano Estacado to bottle more than 100,000 cases this year
bullet NBC's "Friday Night Lights" to be filmed mostly in Austin area, not Odessa (update)
bullet Lamb Co. DA argues murder conviction good in appellate hearing
bullet New Veterans Memorial in Lockney has flags stolen
bullet Natalie Maines continues to show she hasn't yet passed adolecense
bullet Wind Power projects are popping up all across West Texas
bullet Nelson admits to embezzling $77 million + from U.T.I. Energy in Snyder
bullet Canyon Finance Director opposes tax-freeze for those 65 and older
bullet Hale County opts to hire part-time Election Coordinator
bullet Justice Dept. Settles Voting Rights Lawsuit with Hale County - bilingual
bullet Andrews: Germans leave high tax fatherland, open cafe in West Texas
bullet Don Hardy: King of engines, Floydada racing shop focus moved efficient engines
bullet Texas Camel Corps takes groups across the Monahans Sand Hills
bullet Gov. Perry Hosts Lubbock Small Business Summit
bullet Vegans sponsor Meatout, say Lubbock tough eating for Vegans - Funny Letter
bullet Graphic images of Panhandle wildfire devastation from Texas Farm Bureau
bullet Slaton police officer arrested for domestic violence
bullet Joyland to install coaster from Astroworld
bullet Update on massive grass fires and related stories
bullet Death toll rises in Texas' worst grass fire
bullet National Journal scores Neugebauer as a top Conservative
bullet On South Plains, everyone's in cotton business
bullet Floydada Police say loss of Llano Estacado Taskforce hurting anti-drug efforts
bullet Ports-to-Plains Corridor making headway
bullet East Lubbock churches growing
bullet Buddy Holly's Omega watch to be auctioned off by Maria Elena - I guess it's just time. It would have been a nice addition to the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock. Watch photo.

 

 

 
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