Buddy Holly Hall is a new performing arts center hoping to improve Lubbockâs art scene and to bring the community together.
Michelle Stephens, Lubbock Entertainment Performing Arts Association executive director, said a large performing arts center in Lubbock has been desired by the community for the past 30 years.
âIf you look back to the City of Lubbock strategic plans all the way back to the â80s, thereâs been a need and a desire for a performing arts center,â Stephens said. âIt took until now to get the right group and the right people and all the stars aligning for the Buddy Holly Hall to happen.â
Remember when O.L. Slaton dropped their Redskins mascot?
It wasn t on the front page of the newspaper. There wasn t a big public hearing. There wasn t a petition to keep the name, or a public outcry at all, according to Avalanche-Journal articles at the time.
In 1999, the Lubbock Independent School District easily and quickly changed the mascot of their oldest middle school. It was all done internally.
In October 1999, O.L. Slaton dropped the Redskins name, and a week later announced a new one: the O.L. Slaton Knights.
What was then a junior high school off Avenue Q in Central Lubbock dropped its Redskins name two decades before the professional football team in Washington, D.C.
The Lubbock Independent School District has filed a response to a lawsuit filed by Lubbock ISD officer Darryl Kissell.
KAMC News reports that back in November 2020, Kissell claimed that the district had failed to pay him for overtime hours. Specifically, the lawsuit (in part) said the following:
No justification or excuse existed for Defendant’s practice of failing to compensate [Kissell] one and one-half times [his] regular rate of pay for each overtime hour worked or to pay [Kissell] at least minimum wage for all hours worked.
Kissell has apparently been a police officer with the school district since 1994. However, the time period in question is the last three years, in which Kissell says he wasn t paid overtime. At the time the lawsuit was filed (November 25th, 2020), Kissell was employed by the district.
Coronado volleyball coach Casey Trout stepping down Casey Trout, a standout educator, coach, and student athlete in Lubbock ISD, has announced she is stepping down as head coach of the girl’s varsity volleyball program at Coronado High School. (Source: Lubbock ISD) By KCBD Staff | December 18, 2020 at 5:07 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 5:07 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock Independent School District has announced Coronado High School volleyball coach and educator Casey Trout will be stepping down as coach.
According to LISD, Trout was named head coach in 2013, leading the Lady Mustangs to a 193-111 record. During the 2014 season, the Lady Mustangs advanced to the regional semi-finals, posting a 30-12 record.
COVID-19 testing available for Lubbock ISD families on Saturday, Dec 12 kcbd.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcbd.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.