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Many are upset at the City Council's decision because of poor communication and transparency with the public regarding changes to their sewer system bills and repairs. The chair of the citizen's committee addressing the issue said any recommendation will need to take that into consideration.

Rising temperatures intensify drought and increase costs for the heavily subsidized crop insurance program.

Twenty-four hours after swearing in as Lubbock’s newest police chief, Seth Herman gave a formal statement on Monday night’s fatal officer-involved shooting in central Lubbock. Details from LPD were limited, but the unnamed officer has been placed on leave pending two investigations.

Less than 24 hours after swearing in as Lubbock’s newest police chief, Seth Herman gave a formal statement on an officer-involved shooting late Monday night. And tomorrow marks 80 years since Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in 1944. Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla has more on a Black combat medic who served at D-Day, now set to receive a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross.

Housing advocates say Texas laws fall short when it comes to property trespassers but they warn changes could worsen the state’s evictions crisis.

Lubbock’s May 4 general election saw the District 2 city council and mayoral races go into runoffs. Early voting for the runoff is June 3 through June 11, election day is June 15. And the Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a petition by a group of women. As KUT’s Olivia Aldridge reports, they were asking the state to clarify the medical exception to its abortion laws.

The National Weather Service in Lubbock has released information from storm damage surveys conducted in rural South Plains towns after Tuesday night's severe weather. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more on the Texas Conference for Employers, which will be held tomorrow in Lubbock, hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission and South Plains Community Action Association’s Workforce Solutions program.

Less than a year after rejecting a student housing development near Lubbock’s historic South Overton neighborhood, the city council advanced a zone change behind a similar apartment project. And after a lengthy, emotional discussion in the Amarillo community, Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports city officials continue to consider an ordinance that would outlaw the use of local streets to access a legal abortion.

Short of an immediate statewide response, Texans who lost homes and livestock are taking matters into their own hands to better prepare their property for a wildfire.

A celebration of life for Lubbock music figurehead Don Caldwell will take place Wednesday at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theater. And Texas Public Radio education reporter Camille Phillips reports The Texas Republican Party has again made private school vouchers one of its top priorities for the next state legislative session ahead of today’s primary runoff.