A Lubbock man was arrested and taken into custody by the Lubbock Police Department following a house fire that left one person critically injured. LPD identified the suspect as Ynez Spencer, 27.

The Constitution is under attack by the very people who took an oath to uphold the sacred document that protects (not gives permission) the liberty and rights of the people. In his article, TJ Martinelli said that Patrick Henry’s impassioned remarks during the final days of the Virginia Ratifying Convention were about the whether the new Constitution opened the door for a federal government to invent new authority and subvert state sovereignty.

Christmas trees are like a distant cousin. They come to your house, surround themselves with presents, and stay a month.

When confronted with challenging times like ours, it is easy to lose heart, appreciation, gratefulness and admiration— in a word, thanksgiving—for the people and places we call home. Our University has been fortunate to have many distinguished leaders.

If you’re like me, your mailbox is bulging with holiday gift catalogs. Yesterday I even got a catalog showing other catalogs I could order.

It is that time of year again when Halloween passed and Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays line up waiting for attention, people, candy canes and other food. Somewhere between costumes, menus and gift buying, there doesn’t seem to be much time left.

There’s increasing emphasis for both private and public sectors to focus on “above average” people in certain skills. This clearly eliminates 50% of the population, who fall on the left side of the “bell-shaped curve.”

Court records indicate that a mother and her two teenage sons were slain last week in a South Lubbock home as a result of domestic violence that culminated in in what appears to be a murder-suicide. According to reports, Lubbock police detective believe William David Boyles, 48, shot and killed Anjelica Vasquez, 46, and her two teenage sons before setting fire to their home, and then killing himself.

What’s the most important position on a football team? I vote for the center. Some pay more attention to the quarterback or running backs, but without the center they’d just be standing around.

We interrupt this family for basketball season. The start of the high school basketball season and that means a more hectic schedule for coaches and parents – especially those parents with both middle school and high school players.