School boards had until March 1 to decide whether to establish a daily period for students and staff to pray or read religious texts.

As the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents met in Dallas, students and faculty gathered at Memorial Circle to protest policies from System Chancellor Brandon Creighton. Our Michelle Waida spoke with a Tech professor who was out advocating for her students. In a Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees meeting last week, Superintendent Kathy Rollo addressed the response to a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of Lubbock High School on Feb. 20.

Lubbock’s Alzheimer’s Football League returns for its fifth season, aiming to raise money for local research and caregiver support with partners like Texas Tech's Garrison Institute on Aging. Organizers hope to build on recent success and remind West Texans they’re not alone in facing the disease.