South Plains College

The last week of October is International Bat Week. Our Samantha Larned reports on research at Texas Tech's Natural Resource Management Department into how bats adapt to human infrastructure in the state. Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the Texas Workforce Commission has awarded grants to four West Texas school districts as part of the Jobs and Educations for Texans program. Two of those grants are in partnership with South Plains College to train Denver City ISD and Seagraves ISD.

This semester, enrollment has increased at Lubbock’s three largest higher education institutions, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Christian University and South Plains College. West Texas A&M's enrollment also increased.

On a late November afternoon, masked mourners fill Second Baptist Church in Levelland.“Let’s be honest, none of us want to be here right now. We can think…