Every person in every car and truck on Texas roads needs to buckle up – that was the message from area public safety officials during a news conference launching a Click It or Ticket campaign this week heading into the Memorial Day weekend. Wearing a seat belt can reduce the risk of dying in a […]
Looking to get away this weekend or just have an itch to fly somewhere new? Well, Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport has three airline carriers from which to choose. All three airlines—Southwest, American and United — operate around 19 flights each out of Lubbock, but most have a layover for passengers to reach their final […]
One person has been arrested in connection to a robbery and shooting that left one person injured early Wednesday in West Lubbock. According to Lubbock police, officers were called at 12:23 a.m. Wednesday to a business in the 7200 block of 19th Street for a report of a robbery that occurred at a different location. […]
Jurors on Monday were seated to hear the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend two years ago at his home in central Lubbock. The trial comes about a month after Isaiah Montelongo, who has been held at the Lubbock County Detention Center since his March 4, 2022 arrest, appeared in the […]
Lubbock voters resoundingly rejected a proposed ordinance that proponents said would have decriminalized the possession of four ounces or less marijuana in the city limits. Lubbock election results: Live updates on Prop A, mayor, other local races Proposition A passed with 64.62 of the 31,775 votes cast in early voting and on election day in […]
LUBBOCK — The green wave some Lubbock residents hoped for didn’t materialize Saturday as voters rejected Proposition A, which would have decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in the city. Nearly 65% of voters rejected the proposal. The ordinance would have instructed Lubbock police to stop arresting adults for possession of marijuana if they have four […]
A 26-year-old Lubbock man has agreed to plead guilty to acting lewdly on a flight from Dallas to Lubbock last month. Julion Deshaud Immanuel Morris is expected to plead guilty in federal court to a count of committing lewd, indecent or obscene acts on an aircraft and to a count of possession of cocaine. The […]
Lubbock County Sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday arrested a 48-year-old man accused of a stabbing that left one person injured the night before southwest of the city. Jeremy Stevens was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony. His arrest stems from an investigation […]
Police on Sunday identified a 34-year-old man who died after an overnight shooting stemming from a fight in a club near the Depot Entertainment District. No arrests had been made by mid-Sunday afternoon following the shooting that left Lorenzo Soto dead, according to a statement from Lubbock police. Officers responded about 1:57 a.m. Sunday to […]
Police on Friday confirmed a third suspect was arrested in Fort Worth in connection to a deadly shooting April 13 in central Lubbock. Tony Thomas, 33, was arrested late Thursday afternoon as part of a multi-agency effort in connection to the shooting death of 34-year-old Jose Gonzalez at a central Lubbock motel, according to a […]
Police investigators believe the driver accused in a May Central Lubbock fatal hit-and-run took his vehicle to a repair shop but didn’t report the crash to police. Dakevon Blaylock, 23, was indicted Tuesday by a Lubbock County grand jury with failing to stop and render aid involving a death, a second-degree felony that carries a […]
More information about a Lubbock Detention Center (LDC) inmate escaping and their subsequent capture, along with one other person, has been released but the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office (LSO). On Thursday, April 11, around 2 p.m., LSO stated that it was notified that during an inmate transport back to Lubbock, Benjamin Soliz, 36, escaped and […]