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Local news in Guadalupe, Lubbock, TX

Testimony begins in state school abuse trial

KOHM FM — March 10, 2010

McALLEN, Texas (AP) – A former employee at a state facility for the developmentally disabled in Corpus Christi was identified in videos abusing residents on the first day of testimony in his trial. Twenty-two-year-old Guadalupe Delarosa Jr. faces three... »

Testimony begins in state school abuse trial

KOHM FM — March 10, 2010

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A former employee at a state facility for the developmentally disabled in Corpus Christi was identified in videos abusing residents on the first day of testimony in his trial. Twenty-two-year-old Guadalupe Delarosa Jr. faces three... »

Former juror pleads guilty to tampering

KOHM FM — March 02, 2010

McALLEN, Texas (AP) – A south Texas juror who met privately with two defendants in a 2008 federal drug trafficking case during the trial has pleaded guilty to jury tampering. Federal prosecutors say 36-year-old Maximino Gonzalez of Palmview told other ... »

Concrete plant defies residents' wishes

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Local News — February 26, 2010

A concrete company has a green light to build a facility in the Guadalupe Neighborhood despite residents' complaints the facility could pose health risks. »

Officials fear another whooping crane die-off

KOHM FM — January 27, 2010

DALLAS (AP) — The world’s last remaining natural flock of endangered whooping cranes, which suffered a record number of deaths last year, will probably see another die-off because of scarce food supplies at its Texas nesting grounds this winter, wildli... »

Guadalupe neighborhood fights plans for concrete plant

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Local News — December 12, 2009

Representatives of a Northeast Lubbock neighborhood Friday announced a complaint against a proposed concrete facility they said could pose health problems to area residents. »

3 million bats live in abandoned Fredericksburg rail tunnel

KOHM FM — August 17, 2009

FREDERICKSBURG (AP) — When the sunlight begins to fade at the ends of an abandoned railroad tunnel as long as a football field, up to 3 million inhabitants begin stirring.It’s chow time. Within minutes, a trickle of Mexican free-tailed bats emerges fro... »

Defendant convicted in ‘fight club’ case

KOHM FM — August 14, 2009

CORPUS CHRISTI (AP)  — A former state employee responsible for some of Texas’ most vulnerable residents was convicted Thursday of injuring them during orchestrated fights at a state facility for the developmentally disabled. Jesse Salazar, 25, was one ... »

1970 – Lubbock is devastated by a tornado

Looking back at Lubbock's past - A history blog by Russell Hill — December 09, 2008