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Family Power Sports Fun Day Huge Success
Last Saturday, 99.5 The Bear teamed up with our sister Townsquare Media stations to support the folks from Breast Ride Ever at Family Power Sports. The Breast Ride Ever Fun run where participants donated a fee to get in, and then made the run in an automobile or bike of their choice...
Ag Museum Grand Opening
This Friday morning the American Museum of Agriculture makes its long awaited grand opening with a ribbon cutting.
Hemmi Has Easter Dinner [VIDEO]
Here's Hemmi, the six-toed cat at the Easter Sunday dinner table giving thanks for the fact that he was rescued from the Lubbock Animal Shelter. If you followed Hemmi's story, he was only a few weeks old, sick with a cold and a day away from meeting his cat-maker that he was rescued and given a home where he was immediately taught how to fetch like a dog...
Tech Women’s Rodeo Team Clinches Championship
The Texas Tech Women's Rodeo Team has clinched the Regional Team Championship for the 2011-2012 year. After a big win in Odessa, the Women's rodeo team led all 16 schools in the Southwest Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association by more than 800 points...
Lubbock Has No Tornado Sirens [VIDEO]
After watching a news story on KCBD about this story I was left in total disbelief. Were you aware that city of Lubbock has NO tornado warning sirens? Amarillo has them. Midland has them. There are few cities the size of Lubbock that don't have a valid, tested on a weekly basis, tornado warning system...
Breast Ride Ever Fun Run
Breast Ride Ever and Family Power Sports are teaming up for a fun run that kicks off tomorrow morning at Family Power Sports on the West Loop. First Bike is out at 9am. Fun Run will cost $15.00 per hand and you can come in your car or ride your bike...
Company That Makes Pink Slime Closes Amarillo Plant [VIDEO]
The Pink Slime fallout is hitting closer to home than we thought. BPI, a long standing meat packer in Amarillo has produced over 200,000 pounds a DAY of the product. Beef Products Incorporated has closed 3 of its 4 plants and in Amarillo, that meant 200 lost jobs...
Kelly Clarkson and Michelle Branch “Leave the Pieces” [VIDEO]
In 2005 The Wreckers were formed by singers Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp who both had solo careers happening. In 2006 the duo released their debut album Stand Still, Look Pretty. The album produced a number one singe called "Leave the Pieces" that ended up being number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart...
CNN Weatherman Claims It’s All The Tornado’s Fault
Anyone who lives in the drought stricken West Texas area knows that the weather has changed a whole lot over the years. Many a year went by when it would rain so much in late April and May that farmers could not get into the fields. Thunderstorms were a daily and not monthly events...
Student Chaos Over High Tuition [VIDEO]
It seems some universities, large and small feel they can increase tuition at the drop of a hat. Of course it all happens for the better good of the whole, but if you are on budget based on loans already taken, it can cause a problem especially if you are a full time student...
Tornadoes Cause Injuries No Deaths Reported [VIDEO]
At least a dozen people were injured, with hundreds of homes either damaged or destroyed, semi-trailer rigs being tossed around like footballs, yesterday was a historic weather day for the folks in the Metroplex of Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding cities...
Tornadoe’s Plow Through Metroplex [VIDEO]
During the mid-day hours today some of the most violent storms that Dallas has ever experienced have plowed through the Metroplex tossing tractor trailers and automobiles like toys. The tornadoe clouds were so big that the radar was picking up "debris balls...