Family, police seek information in North Lubbock fatal shooting

By: Madeleine Hall & Haleigh Hinojosa Police are offering the public $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of murder suspect Bryan Garcia, 20, following a shooting that on Nov. 12 in North Lubbock. According to a news release from the Lubbock Police Department, Garcia is wanted in the murder of 28-year-old Paul Saiz. Police […]

Lubbock teen shares lessons learned after shooting, robbery in South Lubbock

By Avery Dishaw and Riley Nester On Aug. 25, at about 1:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call from 18-year-old Aaron Assiter who said he had been shot outside of a South Lubbock business before crashing his vehicle into the building, according to the Lubbock Police Department’s news release. Police arrived at Drug Emporium, […]

Lubbock Police Searching for Two Persons of Interest Related to a Shooting

The Metropolitian Special Crimes Unit is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Arthur Swain and Katika Sharron Wilson, who believed to be involved in a Jan. 10 shooting, according to Lubbock police news release. Arthur Swain is described as a 54-year-old black male, about 6-feet tall and 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, […]

Reporting Live from the Tragedy

“I’m terrified and freezing,” is a text message Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Business Reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick sent from the scene of the murder of Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East on October 9. Self-Walbrick, who is a Texas Tech alumna and former Hub@TTU employee, only works the “night cop” shift on Monday nights. When she got a […]

Tech Profs: Apple, FBI Battle Highlights Privacy Concerns

By Rachel Blevins The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday that it has found an “outside party” to successfully hack the iPhone belonging to a suspect in the San Bernardino shooting. The FBI had earlier gone to court to force Apple Inc. to create software to override the iPhone’s encryption, claiming it was the only […]

Lubbock Business Specializes in Preparing Women for the Worst

By Rachel Blevins Natasha Snodgrass knew it was time for a change when she went with her husband to a local store to buy matching .40-caliber handguns, and the salesman tried to sell her a pink .22 instead. In 2015, women made up more than a quarter of the people who earned a concealed-handgun license, […]

Not Finding Your Interests On Campus?

Texas Tech University offers more than 450 student-run organizations open for anyone to join. These organizations include everything from service to multicultural to religious, and so on. That should mean that finding a group to join on campus would be easy, right? Savannah Thode, a junior political science major from Dilley, Texas, had a different […]

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Lubbock Schools Considering Concealed Carry For Faculty, Staff

School officials in Lubbock and surrounding cities are considering allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns on school grounds. With the December shooting in Newport, Connecticut, many school administrators across the nation are looking at new security measures to protect both students and teachers. Trinity Christian School, a private school system in Lubbock, is now allowing […]