According to a 1953 newspaper article, “The Lubbock skyscraper now under construction would be the best place in town to be ...

Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a Librarian Emeritus from Texas Tech University. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about the Great ...

Per the National Weather Service offices in Amarillo & Lubbock, there were five confirmed tornadoes in the NewsChannel10 viewing area on Sunday, June 2, 2024. The first tornado came out of a storm ...

The tornado was one of the largest and most ... the Great Plains Building is falling!” Aerial photo of downtown Lubbock in1954. Within days, engineers examined all 20 floors and came away ...

Damage to west side of Great Plains Life Building following the 1970 Lubbock tornado. When the devastating 1970 Lubbock tornado struck the Great Plains Life Building, it was perhaps the tallest ...

This weekend's Caprock Chronicle is about the Great Plains Life Building and is the second in a 2-part series by frequent ...

According to a 1953 newspaper article, “The Lubbock skyscraper now under construction would be the best place in town to be when it is finished, in case a tornado should hit. Such buildings are harder ...