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Local first responders are inviting everyone to the 2nd Annual Burger & Badges on Thursday, June 2, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m in Clap Park.

On his last full day in office, Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope visited with the Avalanche-Journal about his time as mayor, plans for the future

A press conference was held Thursday, May 12th after Delmer Ortiz-Licona was accused of attempting to kidnap a 4-year-old girl.

Police Chief Floyd Mitchell said Orlando Delmer-Ortiz remains in custody after he was arrested shortly after a May 2 incident

A lawsuit from the family of a man killed by police has led the Shooting Review Board to find a problem in operating procedures with Lubbock Police and interagency task forces.

Lubbock City Council met Tuesday to address a number of items, including federal funding allocations, parks and recreation, and electric competition.

The six cadets who graduated from the Lubbock police academy were among 134 candidates who applied.

The first of their kind in the US help stabilize marginalized people in crisis and get them connected with needed services

In addition to the 40-plus Red Kettle stations in Lubbock, this year’s campaign also includes locations in Levelland, Post, Tahoka, Littlefield, Hale Center and Rawls.

Construction is underway on the new police headquarters in downtown Lubbock. The headquarters is yet another component in the citys Public Safety Improvements Project, which was approved by the city council in 2017. The $60 million Public Safety Improvements Project includes three new police patrol division stations, a new municipal court, police property warehouse and the new headquarters. The patrol division station located near 19th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is expected t...