Newscast

KERA's Bekah Morr has more on a new report that finds Texas is one of the worst states in the country for women's health outcomes. And our reporter Bishop Van Buren explains how Lubbockites can participate in a competition to help local hospitals dealing with a shortage of blood.

Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has the details on this weekend's Christmas in July Sip & Shop at the YWCA meant to benefit a local non-profit collecting school supplies before the fall semester. And KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports the University of North Texas at Dallas is launching the region’s first teacher residency program that will pay residents up to $30,000 a year.

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.

Our reporter Bishop Van Buren attended Playa Field Day in the west Texas town of Nazareth to hear from experts on the environmental importance of playa lakes amid declining groundwater levels. And Texas Public Radio's Brian Kirkpatrick reports the Uvalde school district and sheriff's department must release crucial records sought by the media in connection with the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting.

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.

Texas Tech University's men's basketball team agreed to a neutral-site exhibition game with an old rival in December. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on what this means for their previous scheduling agreements. And the Texas Newsroom’s Julian Aguilar reports on reimbursement applications to cover goods lost or destroyed in Hurricane Beryl's aftermath for Texans enrolled in food assistance programs.

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.

Texas Public Radio's Josh Peck reports as of this month, the White House has finalized a new rule that makes many salaried Americans newly eligible for overtime pay. And KERA's Caroline Love says more Texas students are enrolling in special education services, and school districts are struggling to keep up with the added costs.