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Man kills self after slaying of wife Woman's 19-year-old son hospitalized after chase, stabbings near Ralls BY D. LANCE LUNSFORD AVALANCHE-JOURNAL A husband stabbed his wife to death and also stabbed her son early Tuesday morning in a roadside attack near Ralls before driving to Lubbock and shooting himself to death, authorities said. According to investigators, Gerald Thomas Wade, 40, of Lubbock, chased Sharon Wade, 39, of Lubbock eastbound in his 2004 Dodge pickup before finally coaxing her to a stop two miles west of Ralls on U.S. 62/82 at about 1 a.m. Tuesday. One of Sharon Wade's children, Jennifer...

'Tiny' girl stands tall in family tragedy Child leads others to safety, summons help in crash that claimed brother's life BY P. CHRISTINE SMITH AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Elizabeth Hinojosa, a petite 6-year-old from Plainview, demonstrated physical and emotional strength when tragedy struck Sunday and her family needed help. The pickup in which her family was riding left the roadway and overturned near Ralls in the early afternoon, shortly after the family left church services. Elizabeth realized that her father, Gilbert Hinojosa, was pinned beneath the wreckage and her mother, Christina Hinojosa, was lying unconscious on the ground after being ejected. She got...