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The Lubbock Police Department is asking for assistance to locate a victim of an aggravated assault that happened last month.

Garza County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 16-year-old student at Post High School who reportedly brought a loaded 357 handgun to the school.

Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma once again proving that few structures can withstand the impact of an EF-5 tornado, but an increasing number of people are taking precautions to increase their chances of surviving those devastating storms.

A 65-year-old woman was killed Tuesday when her around 3 p.m. when her SUV went off the roadway and overturned, police said.

The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children. Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm.

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Chris Vasquez came home from work last Thursday to find his yard ripped out and his landlord ripped off. Donna Luckie owns the south Lubbock property. She said all that's left is dirt, piled high where the grass used to be.

It's been a hot-button agenda item for the city's board of health, and Monday, members approved a resolution on best practices in hydraulic fracturing in Lubbock. Video

Almost $2 million was saved during the process of widening Quaker Avenue. The city's bond advisory committee will propose to the city council that the excess funds be put back into the city's streets. Video