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Senator John Cornyn sent a letter to  the Chief of Naval Operations, asking for more information after a Russian attack submarine travelled undetected into the Gulf of Mexico. Cornyn wrote: “According to press reports, a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine recently traveled undetected in the Gulf of Mexico on a month-long patrol...

It’s hundreds of miles away, but the Metroplex is receiving help from West Texas. “Right now, we have two Lubbock individuals who are in Dallas as we speak, helping feed people and helping with clean-up efforts there in the Dallas area,”  said Shannon Smith, the  executive director of the South Plains Chapter of the American Red Cross ...

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs is giving businesses an opportunity to clear up their tax records without any penalty.  The Fresh Start tax amnesty period will be from June 12 through August 17.  The amnesty covers taxes and fees that were originally due before April 1 of this year ...

The University Interscholastic League has announced changes for football and basketball districts.  In an interview with KFYO, LISD athletic director Mark Ball talked about some of the changes for this area. “We kind of anticipated Lubbock High and Monterey dropping down to 4-A  That did happen ...

Wyman Meinzer is a Texas Tech graduate with 20 photography books to his credit.  On Lubbock’s First News on KFYO, he talked about the photo he’s still trying to get. “I want to get a picture of a flash flood coming down an arroyo, with about a four-foot wall of water crashing down over dry land,” Meinzer said ...

The newest state-mandated test is the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness, or STAAR for short.  On Lubbock’s First News on KFYO, Dr. David Vroonland, the superintendent of Frenship ISD, talked about the test. “At this point, what we’ve done with STAAR, what we did with TAKS…was testing at way too many grade levels,” Vroonland said...

Texas has a new university –   WGU Texas.  It’s a subsidiary of Western Governors University, which is an accredited, non-profit university. In a news release from the governor’s office, WGU Texas is described as an online university that will “make a college degree more affordable and accessible for Texans...