Hockley County, TX

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lyntegar Electric Cooperative says a “major transmission outage from SPS is affecting customers in Terry and Hockley Counties. According to the Co-op’s Facebook page, around 3,300 meters are being affected. Xcel Energy’s outage map reported outages in Hockley County affecting about 2,700 customers, as of 8:40, Tuesday night.

HOCKLEY COUNTY and TERRY COUNTY, Texas — Power outages impacted over 6,000 customers in Hockley and Terry counties Tuesday night, according to outage maps by Xcel Energy and Lyntegar Electric Cooperative. The Lyntegar outages began just after 8:00 p.m. and impacted just over 3,300 customers. The Xcel Energy outages...

LUBBOCK, Texas — On Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said a Lubbock man was killed after a single-vehicle crash in Hockley County at 9:43 p.m. Saturday night. DPS said Dominic Francisco Noyola, 27, was pronounced dead on scene. According to DPS, Noyola was traveling eastbound on Filly Road between Lovebird Road and Hummingbird […]

A 27-year-old Lubbock man is dead after a crash in Hockley County on Saturday night. Dominic Francisco Noyola was traveling east in a Toyota Tacoma on Filly Road between Lovebird Road and Hummingbird Road in Hockley County when he entered a ditch on the south side of Filly Road and took evasive action steering to the left. His vehicle exited the south ditch and came to rest in the north ditch after taking a ride-side skid across the roadway. It came to rest on the passenger side.

Early voting for the Republican run-off Hockley County Commissioner Precinct No. 4 race began Monday for voters in Precinct No. 4. The candidates include the incumbent, Tommy Clevenger, and Greg Kelley, the challenger. In the March primary election, Clevenger received 286 votes, 42.56 percent, and Kelley received 214 votes, 31.85...

South Plains College hosted its 64th Annual Commencement Ceremonies Friday. In the first ceremony, 492 candidates for graduation participated. In the second ceremony, 404 candidates for graduation participated. This year more than 1,300 students applied for graduation. The Associate Degree Nursing Program at South Plains College also honored 31 graduates...

Tuesday evening as the sun set across the South Plains the thunderstorms packed an extra punch. A Dust Storm Warning was issues for five different counties, including Hale and Lubbock. With the wall of dust making its way across the region during nightfall, it will severely impact driving along streets and highways, including Texas Highway 114 and Interstate 27 between Lubbock and Plainview.

One person was killed and two people were injured in a crash involving three vehicles Friday morning in Hockley County. Scot Douglas Bendixsen, 63 of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was pronounced dead at University Medical Center in Lubbock following the crash about 10:30 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 62 about 4.5 miles northeast of Ropesville, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. ...

HOCKLEY COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - US Hwy 62/82 is back open north of Ropesville in both directions after a multiple-vehicle crash that occurred on US 62/82 near Oxen Road in Hockey County. According to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety, one adult male was taken to the hospital...

The Texas Department of Transportation will start a safety project to install reflective pavement markers across the Lubbock district this week. TRP Construction Group, LLC out of Fort Worth will head the project. The $451,442 project will affect roadways in Hale, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Floyd, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Parmer, Swisher, Terry and Yoakum counties. Crews started in Hockley County on Monday. No lane closures are planned during the operation but motorists are encouraged to: use caution in work zones; slow down and follow the speed limits; pay attention to any people and equipment; be patient through the work zones. Work is anticipated to wrap in ate June, weather permitting.

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is advising that the state sales tax revenue totaled $3.37 billion in March, 28.5 % more than in March 2021; however, after adjusting last year’s March totals to account for February sales tax returns not collected until March 2021, due to Winter Storm Uri, March 2022 sales tax revenue was up 37.2 % over comparable collections last year.