Good morning, Lubbock.

Community Partners of Lubbock’s Rainbow Room received a $10,000 donation from South Plains Electric Cooperative and CoBank through Operation Round Up to help CPS caseworkers provide emergency supplies for vulnerable kids.

Optimum Business and the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce launched the Lifting Up Small Business Grants program to award $5,000 grants to 25 local small businesses.

Recipients will be announced this winter and recognition events with local officials will follow.

Madison Prieto celebrated her 15th birthday with a quinceañera that honored her faith and marked her transition to womanhood through customs like changing shoes and receiving symbolic gifts (each deeply tied to Mexican traditions).

TxDOT (the state transportation agency) launched its new Phantom Layer on the state map to display spooky sites and local lore, and Lubbock Cemetery is the only Hub City location featured where lore advises kissing an angel statue's feet to ward off restless spirits.

Lubbock Area United Way and Lubbock ISD will host the United We Read campaign tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at Anita Carmona-Harrison Elementary (1910 Cesar E.

Chavez Drive) to boost second graders’ reading skills with a book reading and arts-and-crafts activity.

Mister Carwash donated $6K to Lubbock ISD Tuesday evening at the town hall meeting at Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center near 34th Street & Avenue Q.

The funds were raised earlier at its grand opening fundraiser.

KFYO & Texas Tech honor radio legend Chad Hasty, whose birthday was on Oct.

13, by launching a memorial scholarship fund for students completing FMI’s Political Economy Reading Program; contributions made payable to Texas Tech Foundation help carry on his legacy in Lubbock.

Mister Carwash donated $6,000 to Lubbock ISD at the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center on Tuesday ahead of its town hall meeting— the donation was raised during a recent grand opening fundraiser.

Tumbleweeds are already knee-high along West Loop as local observers note an early start to the season, and more are expected when cooler weather arrives.

Residents should be prepared for a larger display across the city as the season unfolds.