Lubbock District Attorney Matt Powell warned Lubbock smoke shops with a letter, and on June 12, search warrants were issued and four smoke shops were raided in an effort to rid the city of synthetic marijuana usage. On June 10 Powell said he sent a letter out to 53 area-wide smoke shops warning retailers about […]
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Sexism in Court: Female Attorneys Recall Marcia Clark
May 24, 2016 by
By Emily Hamilton “Marcia Clark gets a new hairdo and stuns the courtroom. The District Attorney has never looked more RUFF!” –The National Examiner It was 1994. Heisman winner and NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson had been charged with the brutal slaughtering of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. Instead, America chose […]
Where there’s smoke there’s fire
October 10, 2014 by
Ed Krahmer said in an interview last year that his business was flourishing despite a city-wide ban on synthetic marijuana. As of Thursday, he is facing charges as investigators seized more than 600 bags of the substance from his Lubbock shop, and he is not the only one facing legal troubles. See Krahmer’s full interview. […]
Lubbock police not enforcing synthetic marijuana ban
December 30, 2013 by
By Lucinda Holt A line of cars wraps around Smokin J’s smoke shop on 50th Street, being served one by one at a moderately fast pace. The building — stark white, with bits of color — carries the skeletal appearance of an old gas station. The cars pull forward to a drive-up window and hand […]
Scramble! – 10 Things To Know, April 2
April 2, 2013 by
1) Rate Hikes – Lubbock Power & Light may be looking at utility rate increases over the summer after looking at study data, to the tune of nine or 10 percent. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 2) Sorry, C.W. – The new Texas Tech men’s basketball head coach, “Tubby” Smith, will be announced today at 2pm in the United […]
Waves of Change: Local Politicians Speak of Texas’ Future as Red State
November 14, 2020 by
By Hattie Robb After an extensive campaign, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been declared the projected winner of the 2020 election. Before Biden’s win was announced, Lubbock politicians discussed their views regarding the presidential race. According to the Lubbock County Elections Office, there are 183,976 registered voters in the county and 120,882 ballots were […]
