The former Hockley County chief deputy who pleaded guilty to felony drug charges last year said the suspended sheriff is responsible for sending him to federal prison.
A defense attorney told a Hockley County jury the illegal actions of sheriff's deputies and the actions of other law enforcement officers to incriminate the county's suspended sheriff should not give cause to remove him from office.
South Plains College students heard what Republican District 83 candidates had to say about their biggest concerns, especially tuition and textbook costs.
Several West Texas law enforcement members testified Tuesday morning in Levelland during the jury trial of a Morton man who killed a woman in a hit-and-run last year.
Jury selection for a man who killed a woman in a hit-and-run last year in Cochran County began Monday morning at the Hockley County Courthouse in Levelland.