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Memphis Police Chief Rex Plant, who was shot last week in Hall County, was released from a Lubbock hospital yesterday. Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro has more on the temporary pause on a ruling that found parts of a Texas voter security law unconstitutional. And Civic Lubbock announced the tracks and artists to be featured on the 2025 Lubbock Music NOW album.

Texas Tech University released its annual Security and Fire Safety Report last week, revealing campus crime statistics for the calendar year 2023.

Texas Tech University released its annual Security and Fire Safety Report last week, revealing campus crime statistics for 2023. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has a breakdown of the numbers and comparisons from the past three years.

Federal officials say a small device that coverts firearms to machine guns is rapidly spreading across Texas. And they warn anyone making, selling, or using the device faces prison time. KTEP’s Angela Kocherga reports. And the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced a grant for the South Plains Association of Governments this week.

The trial for 25-year-old Omar Soto-Chavira, charged in the 2021 murder of a Lubbock County Sheriff's deputy, has been delayed after Soto-Chavira was found incompetent to stand trial. And KERA’S Zara Amaechi reports a Dallas nonprofit is developing a toolkit to combat housing displacement. Also, Lubbock Animal Shelter is offering free adoption for any of their long-stay dogs for the whole month of September.

Lubbock City Council approved a budget for the next fiscal year yesterday, with a 0.72% increase to property taxes to support it. This week also saw a vote on Lubbock County's budget postponed once again after two commissioners did not attend a meeting the second time in a row. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more. And multiple police departments have responded to reported bomb threats at Lubbock area high schools over the past two days.

A joint effort between federal, state, and local law enforcement led to the arrest of eight people in Lubbock on Wednesday. Officials are using the takedown to underline issues with stolen guns, modified weapons, and enforcing current gun laws in Texas.

The Lubbock Police Department provided an update on Sunday's officer-involved shooting, the third the city has seen this year. And researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are studying wastewater injection from oil and gas drilling to better predict earthquakes.

North Richland Hills Police Department says Ashley Moreno was arrested by Lubbock police late last night.

Investigators with the Lubbock Police Department are asking for the public’s help locating the mother of a newborn child found in a dumpster. And Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more after West Texas citizens helped raise money for Ruidoso residents to support those still dealing with the effects of wildfires and flooding in eastern New Mexico.