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Friday, September 11, 2026

Archived edition, assembled from what the 806 Wire published that day.

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    Photos of Lubbock-Cooper Liberty football hosting Midland Greenwood - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    JJ Thompson stretched across the goal line for a touchdown as Lubbock-Cooper Liberty hosted Midland Greenwood in a non-district football game Friday night at Patriot Stadium in Woodrow. Thompson wasn't the only Liberty player finding the end zone.

    sports · via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

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    First Responders, Texas Tech ROTC and more climb over 2,000 stairs to never forget 9/11

    Firefighters, police officers and Texas Tech ROTC cadets climbed 2,071 stairs, the equivalent of 110 flights, Wednesday for the fifth annual 9/11 memorial stair climb hosted by Texas Tech's Air Force ROTC. Lubbock Fire Rescue and the Lubbock Police Department turned out alongside Tech's Army ROTC, several Marines and student organizations.

    local · via EverythingLubbock

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    Former Lubbock airport director recalls how 9/11 changed air travel - KCBD.com

    Mark Earle, director of aviation for Lubbock International Airport on September 11, 2001, says he can't remember anything about September 10th, but that morning changed everything. Earle was driving to work when the attacks began, and by the time he got to the airport, a nationwide ground stop had already stranded passengers across the country.

    local · via KCBD

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    A Homecoming and a New Generation of Leadership for Comfort Keepers of Lubbock and San Angelo - The National Law Review

    Comfort Keepers of Lubbock and San Angelo has a new owner, Terry Carson Malone, who takes over leadership after the home care company spent more than 24 years serving West Texas families. Her husband, Dean Malone, will work alongside her as the two carry the business into what the company calls a new generation of leadership.

    business · via The National Law Review

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    A Paris-trained chef teaches Lubbock how to bake French bread Saturday

    Justin Ward, a Nacogdoches native who has taught in Paris since 2010, leads a brioche and pain au lait class Saturday at 2 p.m. at Culinary Co-op, the shared commercial kitchen on Frankford Avenue.

    food · via 806 Connect

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    Lubbock photographer recalls documenting 9/11 from New York rooftop - KCBD

    Mark Umstot spent September 11, 2001, photographing the attacks on the World Trade Center from a New York rooftop, and he didn't look at those images again for ten years. Umstot grew up in Lubbock.

    community · via KCBD

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