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Lubbock’s city council voted to cut support for The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts’ First Friday Art Trail, citing LGBTQ+ art displays such as drag shows, that some on the council believe should not be supported by tax dollars.

After repeated attempts to convince the City Council to make zoning changes, residents asked the federal government to intervene.

Lubbock Fire Rescue and the nonprofit Safe Haven Baby Boxes are inviting the community to celebrate the establishment of a new baby box in town, the second in the state of Texas. And TPR’s Kayla Padilla has more on how the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump could impact voter opinion in the presidential election against President Joe Biden in November.

Leprino Foods in Lubbock will hold community information sessions this week on the jobs they offer at their new mozzarella cheese processing facility, which is expected to be fully open at the end of this year. And Texas Public Radio's Paul Flahive reports the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has fired nearly 300 guards over the past five years for inappropriate relationships with inmates.

County Judge Tim O'Hare kicked out multiple people at a July 2 meeting. Two say they've been told not to come back.

After ten meetings and 410 collective manhours, the committee of citizens and plumbers, with the help of city staff, made their recommendations to the city council on how to address the question of who is responsible for the cost and repair of Lubbock’s private sewer lines in the public right-of-way. However, the issue has raised broader concerns for city department resources in a quickly growing city.

Advocates say public pools are necessary community infrastructure and save lives. Splash pads have become a more affordable option.

KTTZ reporter Bishop Van Buren has more after Tuesday's public hearing to address the annexation of over 370 acres into the city limits, including the Highland Oaks neighborhood. And Texas Public Radio’s Pablo De La Rosa reports the ATF recently released records tracing individual firearms smuggled across the US-Mexico border for the second time in more than 20 years.

The citizen's committee and city staff tasked with determining who is responsible for the cost and repair of Lubbock’s private sewer lines in the public right-of-ways, like alleys, gave their findings to the city council Tuesday, but representatives are pausing for concern.

Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on the unveiling of Lubbock's new public splash pads Monday, offering a new way for residents to beat the heat this summer without operating public pools.