Lubbock County Commissioners Reviewing Budget - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock
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County Commissioners are reviewing the county budget this week and a big part of that budget is the Lubbock County Jail.
Currently, the county budgets $1.8 million to house overflow inmates at jails in four other counties. That's costing the county $37,000 a day per inmate, so now Sheriff David Gutierrez is looking at temporary housing units where the county could lease beds for $10 each per day.
"We need to put the numbers together to see if in fact it's cost effective for Lubbock County to house prisoners across the street from our current facility on empty lots," said Sheriff Gutierrez.
Meanwhile, the groundbreaking for the new jail is tentatively set for next spring.
The U.S. Coast Guard and military crews are responding to a report that an Army helicopter with five aboard went down in the ocean off Hawaii.
The U.S. Coast Guard and military crews are responding to a report that an Army helicopter with five aboard went down in the ocean off Hawaii.
Trump's remarks Tuesday amounted to a rejection of the Republicans, business leaders and White House advisers who earlier this week had pushed the president to more forcefully and specifically condemn the KKK members, neo-Nazis and white supremacists who took to the streets of Charlottesville.
Trump's remarks Tuesday amounted to a rejection of the Republicans, business leaders and White House advisers who earlier this week had pushed the president to more forcefully and specifically condemn the KKK members, neo-Nazis and white supremacists who took to the streets of Charlottesville.
A truck hit a fire hydrant and rolled over in the 4200 block of 68th Street just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday night.
A truck hit a fire hydrant and rolled over in the 4200 block of 68th Street just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday night.
Reagor Dykes Auto Group had been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for 2017 with a three year growth rate of 91%.
Reagor Dykes Auto Group had been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for 2017 with a three year growth rate of 91%.
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