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Lubbock has been in the midst of quite a bit of dangerous and odd news lately. With the attempted terrorism and now a man burns his mother to death and tries to sexually assault a teacher in a school.

Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew died Tuesday at his Scottsdale, Arizona home after battling esophageal cancer, reports ESPN.com. He was 74. Killebrew was diagnosed with the cancer six months ago. Nicknamed "The Killer," Killebrew, who played from 1954-1975, was an 11-time All-Star who won the American League MVP Award in 1969. With him anchoring the lineup, the Twins

Another motorcycle tragedy occured yesterday when a local Amarillo man was killed after striking a vehicle while riding a motorcycle. This story is all too familiar to people in Amarillo. This seems to happen more and more during the summer months.

Police involved in a downtown shooting on Polk Street in Amarillo were evaluated by a grand jury in Potter Country on Wednesday. It is expected that they will be found having done 'no wrong doing'.

Twitter has seen some zany faux-accounts lately, including a NY Bronx Zoo snake escapee, Adolf Hitler and some random guy's liver. So when Osama Bin Laden rose from the dead and began tweeting via numerous accounts on Sunday night, it was only a little strange. Mostly, though, it was funny.

A late-night announcement made from the White House's East Room on Sunday set the world aflutter, and news of the death of Osama bin Laden quickly spread across the globe. President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that bin Laden had been killed and his body taken into U.S. custody in Pakistan. Word of the death of Al Qaeda's leader quickly spread, and politicians, celebrities and athletes bega

When breaking news occurs, mistakes are bound to be had. Unfortunately, one local news anchor for Washington, D.C., Fox affiliate WTTG learned this the hard way last night while reporting on the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

The world was brought to a standstill late Sunday evening when President Barack Obama confirmed that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. operatives in Pakistan. Americans quickly gathered to celebrate outside the White House, and before you knew it, New Yorkers were gathering in Times Square and at Ground Zero, as well...

In a stunning development, President Barack Obama confirmed late Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed Sunday in Pakistan. Obama made the announcement in a televised address shortly after 11:30 PM ET, about an hour after reports of bin Laden's death had made their way onto the Internet.

Tornado season is coming up and living in Amarillo puts us right in tornado alley. I hope we have a low tornado season this year, but by the looks of things, it is going to be a brutal tornado season. I have lived in both Texas and Oklahoma and both states seem to start getting drilled this time of year. I feel for the families that lost some one in these deadly storms in Oklahoma.