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With fall college semesters just beginning, a new group wants to emphasize Western civilization in courses at Texas colleges and universities. The Coalition for American Traditions and Ethics in Texas is announcing its formation in Austin today, saying it wants more focus on “Western civilization and American traditions.”  Among the backers is Bill Hammond, the [...]

Some students used to be punished for reading comic books in class. Now a similar format is being used as a way to make it easier for them to learn. Texas Tech Professor Jeremy Short has adapted for the first time a case study in a graphic novel format for Harvard Business School’s case collection. [...]

A 35-year-old Mexican citizen has been extradited to Lubbock to face charges in the fatal beating of a local apartment manager eight years ago. Joel Saucedo had been located in Nayarit, Mexico about four months ago. It had taken since then for Lubbock officials to work out the extradition process with Mexican authorities. Saucedo is [...]

Two people are reported injured, one critically, after being hit in the street by two cars outside a Lubbock restaurant after 2 this morning. One car fled the scene across from the Conference Café in the 3200 block of 4th Street but later returned. Another car which had hit the people was located at the [...]

Texas’ Comptroller says that the Short-Term note sale is the best in Texas History. Comptroller Susan Combs says that the state’s highly anticipated sale of 5.5 billion in Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes achieved an interest rate of 0.48 percent, the lowest rate the state has ever received on its annual sale of short-term notes. [...]

Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business has received a hefty grant. The college was awarded a grant of nearly 187 thousand dollars for Business and International Education from the U.S. Department of Education. The two-year grant, titled the Supply Chain Resources for International Business Education or “SCRIBE” will support such activities such as the establishment [...]

United Supermarkets has purchased a longtime Lubbock ready-to-eat food company. United has acquired Praters Foods, which employs about twenty-five people. Eddie Owens, United’s Director of Communications discussed the purchase and the current Praters employees. “Praters employees immediately become members of the United team, and frankly, we see that number growing in days ahead as we [...]

Thursday is the first day of fall classes for Texas Tech.  If your morning or afternoon commute takes you by the Tech campus, you might want to allow extra time due to increased traffic.

After the TABC last week announced it would let the courts settle citizen protests of this May’s election to expand alcohol sales in Lubbock County, a Lubbock PAC is speaking out.  Lubbock County Wins today says that the TACB’s decision to ‘Pass the Buck’ is not fair or consistent.  Lubbock County Wins is alleging that [...]