Lubbock area veterans advocacy groups including the VFW and Military Order of the Purple Heart partnered with Second Baptist Church to host the eighth annual Memorial Day Service of Prayer
Lubbockites are heading into a long Memorial Day weekend with school out for most, graduations wrapping and continued chances for rain and thunderstorms.
U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington on Friday confirmed the Department of Veterans Affairs will award $9.5 million to support development of a state veterans cemetery in Lubbock.