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lubbocklights.com | James Clark
One Guy 50th Street location as seen in late 2023. Staff photo. Papa V restaurant won an almost two-year legal food fight with the owner of the 50th Street One Guy From Italy after a summary judgment. Judge Les Hatch of the 237th District Court ruled this week the former owner of iconic Lubbock restaurant One Guy did not violate a non-compete agreement with the new owner.
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lubbocklights.com | James Clark
Image contains AI-generated elements created in Adobe Firefly. Lubbock County approved an outside law firm, Hacker Stephens LLP, last week to defend against an abortion rights lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin. Public records indicated the cost is $350 per hour. “Honored to do this,” County Judge Curtis Parrish said immediately after the commissioners voted yes.
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1 week ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
A smoke shop in Lubbock. Staff photo. Zoning cases for new smoke shops put James Bell, the chairman of Lubbock’s Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z), in a bad spot. That might change soon if another batch of changes to the city’s Uniform Development Code (UDC) are approved. People complain to the P&Z when they don’t want a new smoke shop in the area. “‘This is a bad influence,’ and ‘It’s a bad deal,’” Bell quoted other people saying, “which is all good. I respect everybody’s opinion.
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1 week ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
Michael Cox (left) and Joshua Allen (right) with court records in the background. Ed Price represents clients who are tired of hearing two men plead the Fifth Amendment when hundreds of people stand to lose millions of dollars with Lubbock-based Ferrum Capital in what one judge called a Ponzi scheme.
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2 weeks ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
The attorney defending Mike Cox of Lubbock – co-owner of embattled Ferrum Capital – said Wednesday he was limited in defending Cox in bankruptcy court because Cox had used his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent numerous times during recent legal proceedings. “As has been mentioned here, there is a criminal investigation that is ongoing. Mr. Cox has plead the Fifth on numerous occasions based on the advice of his criminal counsel,” said Sam Gregory, Cox’s bankruptcy attorney.
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2 weeks ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
Slaton Mayor Cliff Shaw is disappointed with the Lubbock County Commissioners Court. Commissioners voted ‘no’ to funding a downtown economic development study. But that’s not what got under Shaw’s skin. “It was a little disappointing that they didn’t think that the project in Slaton would benefit Lubbock County. That was a big disappointment to me,” Shaw said to LubbockLights.com.
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2 weeks ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
A Fort Worth bankruptcy judge ruled late Friday afternoon Mike Cox cannot discharge $21.7 million of his debt because Lubbock-based Ferrum Capital illegally sold unregistered securities. The judge’s ruling directly affects 66 people or couples who jointly filed an objection to the bankruptcy. The larger bankruptcy case involved nearly 400 people or businesses and more than $82 million as of our March 4 report on LubbockLights.com.
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3 weeks ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
Sgt. R.L. Tyler, original image from DPAA press release. Photo restoration filter applied by LubbockLights.com An American hero from West Texas was not destined to rest forever in “common grave 312” at Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in the Philippines – his death certificate written in pencil by a fellow prisoner on the back of a label for Alpine-brand canned sterilized unsweetened evaporated milk. Nor was Sgt.
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3 weeks ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
Lubbock city manager Jarrett Atkinson announced a hiring freeze starting immediately. Atkinson did so during a city council meeting Tuesday afternoon where he said sales collections are $1.8 million below projections. The shortfall could reach $4.7 million between now and October 1 when the new budget takes effect, Atkinson said. Public safety jobs – police, fire and animal control – are the exception. The city can still hire those roles. And the city can still hire part-time or seasonal workers.
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3 weeks ago | 
lubbocklights.com | James Clark
A cotton boll in a dry dusty field. Image from Adobe Firefly, 2025. Dilemmas atop headaches and an unsympathetic Mother Nature created a crisis for the West Texas cotton industry – long considered king of the local economy. The king is feeling the pain. “In my 45-year farming career, this is the worst year we’ve ever experienced. The Texas cotton industry is bleeding out,” Travis Mires, president of Plains Cotton Growers (PCG), testified in March at the Texas Capitol.
