Texas Tech hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday to officially open the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center, a state-of-the-art $32.2 million facility that will be the new home to the university’s men’s and women’s basketball programs.

In the last week authorities have captured two of Texas’ Top 10 fugitives. One was arrested in Snyder.

As opposition to Texas Republicans’ proposed voting restrictions continues to intensify, state lawmakers’ deliberations over the GOP priority legislation could soon go behind closed doors.

Gene and Margaret Pershall celebrated 70 years of marriage Wednesday, May 5.

Kaitlin Bliss Ehrhart, 25, of Lubbock has been indicted by a Lubbock County Grand Jury on one count of manslaughter in the death of Nathaniel Bloedel on Dec. 9, 2020.

Fallen officers from across Texas were honored at this year’s Texas Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony on Sunday, including Lubbock Police Officer Nicholas Reyna.

The legendary 6666′s Ranches, first established in 1870 and now spanning hundreds of thousands of acres across west Texas, are now under contract after being up for sale since December 2020.

The Texas Senate passed a measure Wednesday to permanently allow Texans to purchase alcohol to go from restaurants, advancing a shared goal of Gov. Greg Abbott and restaurateurs.

An increased reward is being offered for information in the 1987 murder of 13-year-old Veronica Taylor.

A former Tomball ISD teacher and Whitewright native was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and booked into the Harris County Jail Saturday.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday that the state Senate does not currently have the votes to pass permitless carry of handguns but that he will try to see if there is a “path” to change that.

The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of two former Portales daycare workers in the death of 22-month-old Maliyah Jones after being left in a hot car in 2017.

Texas residents whose furnaces, septic systems or wells were damaged by February’s severe winter storms may be eligible for financial assistance under FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. If denied assistance, applicants may appeal.

Texans can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 26.

The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.1 magnitude earthquake 18 kilometers north-northwest of Snyder on Sunday afternoon.The quake hit at a very shallow depth of 2.2 miles beneath the epicenter near Snyder in Scurry County at 3:54 p.m. local time.

A murder suspect is back in custody after removing his GPS ankle monitor less than a week after he was ordered to wear one.

The phrase “Baylor Rapes for god!” was spray-painted on a sign that reminds visitors the university is a smoke free campus.

The Senate action, which must still be approved by the House, would require the governor to call a special session in order to declare a state emergency that lasts more than 30 days.

An Arizona man was indicted Tuesday accused of cutting off and holding 11 National Guardsmen at gunpoint transporting COVID-19 vaccines to Matador, Texas last month.

William Alan Shelly, Jr., 61, was arrested in March after FBI investigators were contacted by the Muleshoe Police Department, claiming Shelly, a Band Director for Watson Junior High School and Muleshoe High School, had admitted to being sexually involved with one of his eighth grade students.

The temporary waiver of certain vehicle title and registration requirements, announced by Governor Greg Abbott on March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will end at 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2021, with no grace period.

Clements was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on charge of driving while intoxicated.

During the shootout, a stray bullet hit a woman in a separate, unrelated vehicle, police said.

Police believe an infant was fatally shot Friday by his 3-year-old brother after the older boy got a hold of a gun inside a Houston apartment.

Many viewers in West Texas have reached out to KCBD to find out about the line of lights in the sky. The “train” of lights are not aliens, but rather SpaceX satellites.

The Lubbock Police Department is investigating a bar fight in southwest Lubbock that left one person dead.

Two Lubbock men are in jail in Alabama tonight, charged with drug trafficking after they were found with nearly 4.5 pounds of methamphetamine.

Chris Beard says it was the most difficult decision of his life to leave Texas Tech. He was introduced by UT officials Friday morning as its new head men’s basketball coach.

Texas Tech Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt insists it’s “not a setback, but a change in direction” as Coach Chris Beard leaves the basketball program to take a job with the University of Texas.

An Arizona man has been arrested after he cut off and held at gunpoint a caravan of National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines to Matador, Texas around 7 a.m. this morning, according to Idalou Police.