Monthly Archives: July 2021

With budget season coming into full swing, the LCDC sat down last night for their regular meeting to get updates on recent projects and perform a budget workshop. Both the LCDC and the LEDC boards are busy wrapping up their … Continue reading →

With the end of the fiscal year fast approaching, City Council have been hard at work analyzing the proposed budget city staff have drafted. There’s a great deal on there minds at present, as the Fire department, Police Department, Inspection … Continue reading →

Last night the city had their regular meeting, with an added budget workshop, making it the second large scale meeting the Council had that day. Earlier in the day, they held a joint meeting with the Hockley county Commissioner’s Court … Continue reading →

The Hockley County Courtroom was packed this morning with citizens who wanted to participate in or be privy to the first joint meeting between the Hockley County Commissioner’s Court and the Levelland City Council. With both groups seated at their … Continue reading →

Friday brought an end to a long and arduous week for families and Law Enforcement Agencies across the South Plains. The funeral and interment for Lubbock County SWAT Sgt. Josh Bartlett marked a point where hopefully the area could put … Continue reading →

The fallout from last Thursday’s deadly standoff with police in Levelland continues as the alleged shooter Omar Soto-Chavira federally charged with assaulting a federal officer, as well as the states charge of Capital Murder. Chavira is being charged with Capital … Continue reading →

There’s some things that small town Texas really evokes, and one of those is a strong sense of community. At 5:30 PM on Wednesday, July 21st Levelland came together from all walks of life to show that West Texas Community … Continue reading →

A BBQ celebration in Morton led to 3 people injured from gunshot wounds on Saturday, according to the Cochran County Sheriffs Office. Around Midnight on Saturday, Cochran County Sherriff’s deputies responded to a call of injured individuals and shots fired. … Continue reading →

A deadly standoff yesterday in Levelland left 4 officers injured and one Lubbock officer dead. Around 1:12 pm yesterday Levelland PD officers responded to a call about a subject, possibly armed, acting erratically. When officers arrived on scene, that situation … Continue reading →

Levelland City Council had one of many budget workshops to come last night in City Hall. They heard from several department heads including Joe Shedd of the Code Enforcement Department, which is asking for a significant increase in budget due … Continue reading →