Talk 1340

The eastern South Plains as well as the Rolling Plains were struck by severe thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening.

An adult Dodgeball League starts this Summer in Lubbock.

On Monday, Lubbock ISD sent out a statement saying they had requested and accepted the immediate resignation of a former Estacado High School Nurse.

The National Weather Service storm prediction center has labeled Monday afternoon's weather situation in & around Lubbock a 'Particularly Dangerous Situation.'

A Red Raider freshman picked up his first-ever accolade after his superb performance on the mound against TCU on Thursday night

Texas Tech Softball was one win away from their first Super Regional ever after playing in five games over the weekend. After losing a hearbreaker to LSU in 13 innings on Saturday, they defeated Louisiana Tech to climb back towards a series finale against the Tigers again...

Soon there will be two of the famous Shipley Do-Nuts in the Hub City.

The Texas economy saw close to 29,000 non-farming jobs added in April. Professional and Business Services led the way, growing by more than 8,400 jobs.

Sunday (May 19th), a SWAT team with the Lubbock County Sheriff's was called to a residence near Wolfforth.

Lubbock and surrounding areas could see several rounds of severe weather Monday and even late Monday night (May 20th) into Tuesday morning.

Everybody but the worst team in the Big 12, the Texas Longhorns, will now go to the Big 12 tournament.

When Khavon Moore committed to Texas Tech out of Macon, Georgia he was the highest rated recruit to ever choose the Red Raiders. He came to Lubbock in the midst of a rehab stint while recovering from a gruesome injury. Moore's time in Lubbock never materialized because of that injury and after …

Poor Ella. She's only a year and a half old, but has spent half her life at the Lubbock Animal Shelter.

Sadly, Sunday, May 19th was the the last day for Lubbock's Urban Dessert Works.

It's a good day to be a Red Raider.

It wasn't without some drama this season, but the Texas Tech Red Raiders have won their third Big 12 Championship in four years.

Formerly a Texas A&M recruit, Tyreek Smith has seen the light and now chosen to come to Texas Tech according to his twitter account. Smith is a Rivals.com 4-star prospect and committed to Texas Tech over TCU, Houston and LSU after an eventful visit to Lubbock last weekend.
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For what seems like the 20th or 30th consecutive day there is news to report from the Texas Tech Basketball roster. This time it's Khalid Thomas, a 6'9" JUCO player from Southern Idaho that is de-committing from Texas Tech's 2019 class as he announced on his twitter...

On Friday afternoon, funds for the proposed Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo were approved in the amount of over $17 million.

Lubbock Police say that a brawl was broken up by a man with a gun in the Wendy's drive-thru in the 2400 block of 19th Street.