Good morning, Lubbock.

A full slate of Halloween activities runs through Saturday, Oct.

31, across Lubbock, with pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted houses, trunk-or-treats, family parades & film showings — many events list specific times, locations, and admission on their pages.

Families should plan to use reflective tape on costumes, stick to sidewalks and crosswalks, have adults supervise trick-or-treating and inspect candy when returning home (Oct.

31), and securely store firearms away from children to reduce risks.

Families can find pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted houses, trunk-or-treats, and movie nights across Lubbock all week, with many events running through Saturday (Oct.

31) at venues like At'l Do Farms, Rawlings Community Center, Flix Brewhouse, and downtown.

Hub City Games on 34th Street sells retro consoles, modern systems, and buys and trades used games to serve collectors and parents introducing kids to classics (3424 34th Street), and it hosts tournaments while inventory rotates regularly.

Wayland Baptist crowned Jarrett Lynch and Jazmin Ortega its 2026 Homecoming king and queen during the football game on Saturday, Oct.

24; Lynch is a junior Piano Performance major from Lubbock and Ortega is a senior Choral Music Education major from Odessa.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is now a Project ECHO Superhub and will train hospitals and clinics to run telementoring telehealth programs for rural West Texas, expanding local ECHO efforts on mental health, diabetes, maternal care and dementia.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center became a Project ECHO Superhub and will train other hospitals and clinics to run telemedicine mentoring for rural West Texas, led by the Institute of Telehealth and Digital Innovation with programs in mental health, maternal care, diabetes, and dementia.

If your lawn is brown this season, do a gentle tug test (snaps = dormant; pulls up with no roots = dead), reduce watering and skip nitrogen fertilizer for dormant grass, and call a pro if more than half the yard shows root loss.

If your Lubbock lawn is brown, look for uniform tan vs. isolated patches and try a gentle tug test (the tug test): if blades snap it’s likely dormant, if they pull up with no roots the grass is dead.

Cut back irrigation and skip nitrogen; call a pro if more than half is dead.