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News Editor Sales tax receipts for the city of Big Spring jumped more than 14 percent in November, according to the State Comptroller's Office.

Staff Writer How do you shuck an ear of corn? Is a calf hurt when it's branded? What's a mother rabbit called? Howard County fifth-graders learned that and a lot more during the opening day of the Howard County ...

MIDLAND The Permian Basin Area Foundation has awarded $196,408 in scholarships to assist 124 area students with costs of higher education.

Posted: Residents across the South Plains are picking up after severe weather tore through the area Wednesday. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

"We shut the door and looked maybe ten seconds later and saw what was behind me right now"

Towns across the South Plains are picking up the pieces after several severe thunderstorms moved across the area Wednesday with tornadoes in some locations. via KCBD-TV Lubbock

"It was just a tremendous roar and tremendous winds"

Meteorologists determined Thursday that a severe storm that destroyed homes and knocked down trees in suburban Fort Worth a day earlier was a tornado packing winds of up to 115 mph. via KAUZ

"We had to go in our hallway and sit there until they told us it was safe to come out, everybody was fine."

Eddie Garcia CBS 7 News April 24, 2008 Much of the severe weather started just after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon that's when a tornado touched down just south of Lamesa. via KOSA