Chuck Lanehart Author

Alan Burton has more than 35 years of experience in the field of media/communications. He currently serves as the special assistant to the president/director of university communications at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He has published several books on Texas sports and music.

Chuck Lanehart is a criminal defense lawyer based in Lubbock, Texas. In his four-decade year career, he has represented citizens accused in almost the entirety of the Texas Plains and beyond. Since 2017, he has authored a regular column for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's "CaprockChronicle" Sunday history feature. The History Press published his 2021 book Tragedy and Triumph on the Texas Plains, and in 2022, Marvels of the Texas Plains.