West Texas Mesonet gives rainfall update

Weathermen were calling for scattered showers, some locally heavy, going into the weekend but saw up to two inches fall in places.Sunday was mostly dry with a few showers in the evening, but rain returned Monday evening.

Texas Department of Public Safety arrests thousands of illegal immigrants

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers have assisted in the arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants in the state this year, according to public records obtained by The Texas Tribune The records provide details of how state police are shifting their focus from the border toward...

Investigation into LCSO shooting death underway

An investigation into the shooting death of a suspect by a Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputy last Friday is underway and the deputy has been placed on administrative leave.

Farm bill mtg. set September 18

A Lubbock Farm Bill Information Meeting will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept.18 at the FiberMax Center for Discovery.The meeting is hosted by the Nation Cotton Council with Jody Campiche, Vice President of Economics and Polic Analysis as the presenter.

USDA world cotton outlook for Sept.

The September outlook for 2025/26 U.S. cotton supply and demand shows marginally higher production compared to last month, with no change to exports, consumption, imports, or stocks.The figures were included in the monthly USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Report.The U.S.

Texas Tech hosts water summit Oct. 14 & 15

Amid growing pressure on one of the nation’s most critical resources, Texas Tech’s Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources and the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association (TAWWA) will convene the second annual Agricultural Water Sustainability Summit from Oct.

Texas pecan harvest begins soon

Texas pecan growers are preparing for the 2025 harvest season with a crop outlook that reflects the state’s diversity in weather and geography, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.Monte Nesbitt, Ph.D.

...The suit jacket of grace...

I have lunch with CoCo every Saturday at the Chocolate Café. My niece’s real name is Courtney, but when I discovered our mutual love for chocolate during her precocious toddlerhood, our Saturday afternoons became inviolable aunty/ niece time, and she acquired her sweet-toothy nickname.

...The Composition...

The symphony starts...a slow, quiet tempo. Darkness envelops the scene - a hushed void. The bass notes rise. An eerie mist begins to form. The instruments create a steady almost-hypnotic beat.Suddenly, the orchestra comes alive as a beam of light shatters the darkness.

...A dream of mystery...

A dream I had decades ago has stayed with me through the years. It was a short dream that centered around part of my name. Since the dream has stayed in my memory all this time, it makes me strongly believe it was of God, and that there’s something important about a person’s name.