The Wolfforth City Council unanimously approved a housing plat just outside of Wolfforth’s borders on Monday, June 17, after city officials said an attorney told them the city could not deny the plat. The council approved the J. Henry South preliminary plat for a residential subdivision south of Wolfforth and backing up to Wolfforth residences. City Secretary Debbie Perkey said that she lives in the area, and residents are worried that there is only one way in and out of the new subdivision.

Advanced meter-reading technology could have helped Lubbock Power & Light respond faster to outages from destructive storms June 5, LP&L staff told Lubbock’s Electric Utility Board in pushing for the meters. And the board seemed on board with the proposal to include initial steps of investing in the computerized meters, often called smart meters, on a draft of LP&L’s 2014 budget, though the board still must pass the budget this summer before the Lubbock City Council approves it in September.

A fire that torched Hale Center’s elementary school gym was ruled an accident caused by an electrical problem, Hale Center’s fire chief said this week. The State Fire Marshal’s Office released a preliminary report from its investigation early Tuesday, June 11, saying the fire gutted the gym and caused heavy smoke damage to the rest of Akin Elementary School on North Avenue K, Hale Center Fire Chief Ronald Groves said. Groves declined to elaborate pending a full report by the Fire Marshal’s Office.

At 4 months old, Haley Vogeler received what her mother believed would be her first and only surgical procedure as a child. Nine years and six surgical procedures later, Cheyanna Vogeler said she lives in constant worry for her daughter’s health. Finding out At birth, a newborn’s skull is commonly in multiple pieces with a hole that allows room for the brain and skull to grow together, according to the website for the Center of Craniofacial Care at Virginia Commonwealth University.