LFN Poll
KFYO Election Coverage
KFYO News coverage of the November General Election, 7p-11p November 2nd
KFYO Twitter
KFYO News
September 2, 2010
Pay Raises and Tax Increases Approved By City Council This MorningIn a special meeting of the Lubbock City Council this morning, the council approved the first reading of next year’s budget and property tax rate. The council approved a smaller than expected increase of the property tax rate, which raises taxes slightly less than a full penny to $0.45617 per $100 valuation. For property valued [...]
September 2, 2010
Waste Disposal Route Changes Being ConsideredTwo Permian Basin towns are in the middle of the debate over the disposal of radioactive waste. CBS 7 in Midland report the U.S. Department of Energy is considering changing the route trucks travel to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The change would have trucks traveling on Texas Highway 18 through [...]
September 2, 2010
A deputy sheriff at Hobbs is accused of sex crimes against two childrenAt Hobbs, New Mexico State police say a Lea County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested in an investigation involving sex crimes against two children. State police say the victims were 9 and 15 years old at the time of the crimes. Danny Surratt of Hobbs was booked into jail on a half a million dollar bond.
September 2, 2010
Texans get another shot at energy-efficient appliance rebatesTexas is offering another energy-efficient appliance rebate program for this winter. The first program offered in April swamped phone lines and computer systems as tens of thousands of people tried to get rebate information. The state comptroller’s office says about $10 million was left over from the initial program, which used federal stimulus funds.
September 2, 2010
There could be delays on I-27 approaching the Lubbock airportLabor Day Holiday travelers take note, especially those of you planning to go by air. There will be possible driving delays on Interstate 27 for the rest of this week out toward Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. TxDOT has closed I-27 main lanes at the Regis Street overpass. Detouring traffic to the frontage roads began [...]
September 2, 2010
McDougal donates lots for Tech football parkingThe McDougal Companies have donated vacant lots near Jones AT&T Stadium to the Student Ministries of First Baptist Church to be used for parking this football season. Parking will be 15 dollars at locations at Mac Davis Lane and Avenue X south of the Overton Hotel. The lots are marked by FBC Student Fundraiser [...]
September 1, 2010
Two Withdraw from High Plains Water District ElectionTwo candidates have withdrawn from the High Plains Water District Election for District Director. Dewayne Hovey of Lubbock withdrew from the Precinct One Director , and Lamb County Judge William A. Thompson Jr. withdrew as a candidate for the Precinct Two District Director. The date to withdraw has now passed. The remaining candidates for Precinct [...]
September 1, 2010
City Office ClosuresAll City of Lubbock offices will be closed this coming Monday September 6th for the Labor Day holiday. All emergency services will continue operations. Regular business hours will resume Tuesday September 7th.
September 1, 2010
Domestic Dispute Sends One HospitalAn argument in Downtown Lubbock last night has left one woman critically injured. 25 year old Debora Mota and her 24 year old brother Raymond Garcia got into an argument around 1:30 this morning at the lone star oyster bar on 15th and Crickets Avenue. KAMC 28 reports that as Garcia got into his vehicle [...]
September 1, 2010
Cooper High Student Remains In Critical ConditionA Cooper High School Student remains in critical condition today after a crash last week. 17 year old Vannessa Rosalez was one of at least five teens riding in a Chevrolet Cavalier that rolled onto its roof on East CR 7700. As the car flipped, Rosalez and one other teen were flung out of the [...]
September 1, 2010
Lubbock Man gets 99 Years After Buying 4 Kilograms of “Cocaine”A Lubbock Man has been sentenced to 99 years in prison after being caught in a drug bust in June of last year. 35 year old Rodney White spent $64,000 on what he thought was four kilograms of cocaine in a Slaton motel room in what turned out to be an undercover operation by the [...]
September 1, 2010
Tech Football Season Parking ChangesWith record breaking ticket sales for Texas Tech Football this year, Texas Tech Athletics is warning football fans to be prepared for parking changes this season. Tailgating areas around the United Spirit Arena that were once free now require a $10 parking pass that can be purchased online or at the athletics ticket office. Only [...]
September 1, 2010
Water Consumption in Lubbock IncreasesThrough 11 months of the current fiscal year, water consumption by residents and businesses served by the City of Lubbock is up 2.3 percent compared to this point in the prior fiscal year. In raw numbers, the 2.3 percent increase equates to 240,362,500 additional gallons of water, with total usage at 10.8 billion gallons. Of [...]
September 1, 2010
TTUISD Opens GED Testing CenterToday, Texas Tech’s, Texas Tech University Independent School District will open the only GED Testing Center in Lubbock. The center will be located at 605 Indiana Avenue. The Texas GED exam consists of five tests in separate subject areas. Students can register to take one test at a time or all five at once. GED [...]
September 1, 2010
Overnight Car Accidents Injure ThreeTwo unrelated car accidents in Downtown Lubbock during the overnight hours left three injured. The first happened at 1:30am at 15th and Crickets Avenue. KAMC 28 reports a brother and sister got into an argument and the brother got into his vehicle to leave. The sister then jumped onto the vehicle and was thrown to [...]
KFYO Radio on Facebook
KFYO State News
September 1, 2010
September 1st State NewsFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ The Texas Railroad Commission says a company didn’t adequately mark the path of a buried natural gas pipeline that exploded after it was hit by a drill. The massive June 7th explosion in rural Johnson County killed a worker. The commission says Enterprise Products Operating violated several state regulations. FORT [...]
September 1, 2010
Man Takes Hostages at Discovery Channel’s HeadquartersA hostage drama at the Discovery Channel network’s suburban Washington headquarters has ended violently. Police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage. The hostages escaped safely. A police official says the man had been upset about the network’s programming. The armed man allegedly strapped multiple canisters to his body took hostages around [...]
August 31, 2010
August 31st State NewsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Travis County judge has ordered the Republican Governors Association to pay 2006 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chris Bell $2 million because of campaign finance violations. Judge John Dietz said the group should have disclosed a $1 million donation to Texans for Rick Perry. That included a $500,000 check from Houston builder [...]
August 30, 2010
August 30th State NewsAPPLEBY, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a property dispute turned deadly when a 73-year-old east Texas man fatally shot two neighbors and killed himself. Nacogdoches County Sheriff Thomas Kerss says Preston Skelton came out of his rural home with a rifle Friday when a worker hired by the victims started erecting a fence along a [...]
August 28, 2010
August 28th State NewsDALLAS (AP) _ A Dallas man is in federal custody facing charges that he conducted a hoax in which powder-filled envelopes were sent to the IRS and Social Security Administration in Texas and Maryland. Michael Wayne Patterson appeared before a federal magistrate today. DALLAS (AP) _ The attorney for a man indicted for capital murder [...]
August 27, 2010
August 27th State NewsHIDALGO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is backing off his earlier support of Congress reviewing birthright citizenship. The Texas Republican said Friday that taking another look at the 14th Amendment amid the national debate over immigration “is going after a symptom rather than the cause in the first place.” Cornyn previously backed calls [...]
August 26, 2010
New Website Makes Hiring Bus Drivers EasierAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Administrators at school districts across Texas now have a faster and simpler way to check the safety records of bus drivers. The Department of Public Safety today announced a website, Texas dot gov, that allows districts to instantly review bus driver records, instead of having to rely on the mail to [...]
August 26, 2010
August 26th State NewsHOUSTON (AP) _ BP officials testifying during a hearing in Houston were unwilling or unable to provide a clear picture of the company’s heirarchy or say who was in charge of the rig leased by the oil giant the day it blew up. Federal investigators became visibly annoyed today, with U.S. Coast Guard Captain Hung [...]
