Brad Burt

Shortly after the updated false alarm ordinance took effect on Oct. 1, concerns from the public began to circulate. Lubbock police say similar ordinances are used in other Texas cities, but whether the systems have reduced the problem of false alarms for those cities remains unclear. Now, the council is repealing the ordinance, with apologies for the procedure that many felt was not transparent.

First opened in 1928, the Wallace Theater in downtown Levelland closed in the 1980s. Now, after years of restoration, it is reopening its doors to teach the next generation of musicians and thespians.

A coalition of citizens and organizers from Lubbock's District 2 has suspended a petition to recall councilman Gordon Harris. Hoping for accountability and transparency, the group says it will “let anticipated decisions from the Texas Ethics Commission on numerous violations work its will.”

Following the distribution of new funds from the state, Lubbock ISD’s Board of Trustees approved new items in its budget for this school year. Teachers and paraprofessionals will be receiving a pay increase, though as financial struggles persist, trustees expect further campus consolidations in the future.

Just five years after Lubbock’s city council voted to establish roadway impact fees for developers, an all new council has reduced them to nothing. Developers argue the costs passed down to new homes and businesses were inhibiting new growth, but former city leaders say they enacted impact fees to make sure Old Lubbock isn't left behind.

Lubbock’s city council moved ahead quickly with a second vote on changes to the city’s roadway impact fee rates. The second reading took places in a special council meeting Monday night at 5:30 p.m. at Citizens Tower. This story has been updated.

In a release from the Chancellor's office on Friday, Mitchell stated that he has shared his intentions with the Board of Regents, and further details will be discussed at the next regularly scheduled Board of Regents meeting in August.

Texas lawmakers convened in a rapidly growing part of West Texas to sign new legislation aimed at addressing a looming water crisis across the state.

Lubbock Rep. Dustin Burrows won the powerful leadership role despite less-than-enthusiastic support from his fellow Republicans.

Barring a veto from Gov. Greg Abbott, these will soon become law in Texas.