Crime
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Aqua Kingz Owner Trades Luxury Pool Scams for a Very Dry 20 Years in Prison
If you ever looked at a business named “Aqua Kingz”—with a ‘z,’ because nothing says “reputable contractor” like early-2000s street slang—and thought, “Yeah, I’ll hand this man $30,000 for a hole in the dirt,” then Lubbock has officially broken your spirit. Roderick Jeffrey, the mastermind behind the greatest vanishing act since the Buddy Holly Center’s [...]Read More... from Aqua Kingz Owner Trades Luxury Pool Scams for a Very Dry 20 Years in Prison
Local Genius Learns “Resigning” Usually Means You Stop Taking the Company’s Money
In a city where “entrepreneurship” usually just means selling herbal supplements on Facebook or opening a car lot with a neon sign held together by prayer, Joshua Weston has managed to set a new bar for Lubbock business ethics. A jury recently decided that Weston, a former manager and 15% stakeholder at Adobe Auto Sales, [...]Read More... from Local Genius Learns “Resigning” Usually Means You Stop Taking the Company’s Money
Lubbock’s Finest Criminal Geniuses Literally Film Their Own Felonies on the Victim’s Phone
Anthony Jamarillo-Medrano, an 18-year-old resident of our lovely Hub City, was recently treated to a brand new mugshot and a whopping $200,000 bond at the Lubbock County Detention Center. He was arrested on May 4 following a March incident where he apparently decided that committing a sexual assault wasn’t enough—he also needed to make sure [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Finest Criminal Geniuses Literally Film Their Own Felonies on the Victim’s Phone
Politics
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The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
It turns out the “Texas Miracle” Governor Abbott keeps preaching about is actually just a high-stakes trade: we give Silicon Valley our remaining groundwater, and in exchange, they give us a massive “Stargate” data center that creates three jobs and enough heat to finish off the Panhandle. Rural Republicans like Rena Schroeder are finally realizing [...]Read More... from The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
Paxton Plays Hallway Monitor: LISD Investigated for Not Being “Churchy” Enough
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a man who knows a thing or two about being under investigation himself, has decided to spend his time auditing the interior decor of Lubbock ISD. Paxton is “investigating” whether our local schools are complying with Senate Bill 10, the high-priority law that ensures every child has a convenient stone-tablet [...]Read More... from Paxton Plays Hallway Monitor: LISD Investigated for Not Being “Churchy” Enough
Shhh, Don’t Tell the Grads: Texas Tech Implements ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Research’ Policy
Welcome back to another episode of higher education theater here in the Hub City. Our beloved Texas Tech University System Chancellor, Brandon Creighton, recently dropped a memo outright banning all future graduate theses, dissertations, and projects centering on sexual orientation or gender identity—because god forbid a research university actually lets people research things. But the [...]Read More... from Shhh, Don’t Tell the Grads: Texas Tech Implements ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Research’ Policy
Guns
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West Texas Sends Its Best: Midland Man Learns D.C. Has Actual Gun Laws the Hard Way
Because life in the Permian Basin clearly wasn’t thrilling enough, 45-year-old Michael Marx of Midland decided to export some classic West Texas “charm” straight to the nation’s capital. On Monday afternoon, Marx found himself near the National Mall, right along the route of Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade. Instead of doing normal tourist things like [...]Read More... from West Texas Sends Its Best: Midland Man Learns D.C. Has Actual Gun Laws the Hard Way
Routine Lubbock Traffic Stop Successfully Escalates Into Cross-County Gun Battle
Around 11:35 p.m. on Tuesday night, a Lubbock police officer attempted what should have been a completely mundane traffic stop. But because this is the Hub City—where yielding is a foreign concept and traffic laws are treated as polite suggestions—the driver decided that pulling over was simply out of the question. Instead, they slammed on [...]Read More... from Routine Lubbock Traffic Stop Successfully Escalates Into Cross-County Gun Battle
North Avenue J Proves Once Again That Nothing Good Happens After Midnight in Lubbock
It’s 2:30 on a Monday morning. In normal cities, people are fast asleep, dreading the upcoming workweek. But this is the Hub City, baby, which means the 2100 block of North Avenue J was just getting its second wind. Lubbock police rolled up to a residence expecting a standard-issue suicide call, only to discover that [...]Read More... from North Avenue J Proves Once Again That Nothing Good Happens After Midnight in Lubbock
Public Health
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Texas Medical Board Decides ‘Death’ is Just a Teachable Moment (With a Very Short Quiz)
Welcome to Texas, the only state where “standard of care” has been replaced by “consulting a lawyer while the patient bleeds out.” The Texas Medical Board has finally broken its silence on the deaths of Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi, and their solution is exactly what you’d expect from a state that considers a 99-year [...]Read More... from Texas Medical Board Decides ‘Death’ is Just a Teachable Moment (With a Very Short Quiz)
Shallowater: Come for the Small-Town Charm, Stay for the Radioactive Kidney Failure
Our neighbors in Shallowater just got some glowing news from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It turns out the local tap water has officially surpassed the EPA’s “try not to grow a third arm” limit for combined uranium. While the feds suggest 30 micrograms per liter is the maximum acceptable amount for human survival, [...]Read More... from Shallowater: Come for the Small-Town Charm, Stay for the Radioactive Kidney Failure
East Lubbock Hospitality: Now Featuring Free Dental Exams (From Stray Dogs)
Nothing says “Good morning, Hub City” quite like an 8:00 AM cardio session involving a pack of aggressive dogs. On Thursday morning, an elderly woman in the 2400 block of East 8th Street found out the hard way that in Lubbock, the sidewalks aren’t just for walking—they’re a buffet line for neighborhood hounds whose owners [...]Read More... from East Lubbock Hospitality: Now Featuring Free Dental Exams (From Stray Dogs)
Education
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Tech Drops $3.5M on a Fraudster’s Fixer-Upper (Because Market Value is for Poor People)
In a move that surprises absolutely no one familiar with how money vanishes in this town, the Texas Tech University System recently confirmed they dropped a cool $3.5 million on Bart Reagor’s old mansion on 19th Street. You remember Bart, right? The guy currently trading his signature “Let’s Roll” catchphrase for a taxpayer-funded bunk in [...]Read More... from Tech Drops $3.5M on a Fraudster’s Fixer-Upper (Because Market Value is for Poor People)
Paxton Plays Hallway Monitor: LISD Investigated for Not Being “Churchy” Enough
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a man who knows a thing or two about being under investigation himself, has decided to spend his time auditing the interior decor of Lubbock ISD. Paxton is “investigating” whether our local schools are complying with Senate Bill 10, the high-priority law that ensures every child has a convenient stone-tablet [...]Read More... from Paxton Plays Hallway Monitor: LISD Investigated for Not Being “Churchy” Enough
RIP Thinking: Tech Students Hold Funeral for Academic Freedom While Board of Regents Plays Undertaker
Yesterday, Texas Tech students traded their “Guns Up” for “Heads Down” as they staged a literal funeral for academic freedom. Nothing says “I’m getting a world-class education” quite like a horse-drawn carriage hauling an urn and some censored books across campus while the Board of Regents watches from the safety of their tax-funded air conditioning. [...]Read More... from RIP Thinking: Tech Students Hold Funeral for Academic Freedom While Board of Regents Plays Undertaker
Local Government
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TxDOT Finally Remembers That Concrete Lawn Ornament South of Town is Supposed to Be a Bridge
Welcome back to the graveyard of progress, Lubbock. After three years of staring at concrete pillars that did nothing but provide shade for confused tumbleweeds, TxDOT has finally decided to finish the U.S. 87/FM 41 overpass. You know, the project that was supposed to be wrapped up in 2024 but is now aiming for “late [...]Read More... from TxDOT Finally Remembers That Concrete Lawn Ornament South of Town is Supposed to Be a Bridge
Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows Leads the Brave Fight to Keep Texas Summer Camps Incommunicado and Hazardous
Remember last year’s catastrophic July 4 floods? The ones where 137 Texans tragically drowned, including 25 children at a Hill Country summer camp who couldn’t be reached because cell towers were down and emergency responders had no way to warn them? In a rare, fleeting moment of actual governance, the Texas Legislature passed a law [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows Leads the Brave Fight to Keep Texas Summer Camps Incommunicado and Hazardous
Apathy Wins in a Landslide: Lubbock Re-Elects the Status Quo with the Support of Twelve People and a Golden Retriever
The “masses” have spoken, and by “masses,” I mean the approximately 9,533 people who realized there was an election happening between their third and fourth trips to Taco Villa. In a city of over 260,000, Mayor Mark McBrayer coasted to victory with 70.3% of the vote. It turns out that if you promise more police [...]Read More... from Apathy Wins in a Landslide: Lubbock Re-Elects the Status Quo with the Support of Twelve People and a Golden Retriever
Economics
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The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
It turns out the “Texas Miracle” Governor Abbott keeps preaching about is actually just a high-stakes trade: we give Silicon Valley our remaining groundwater, and in exchange, they give us a massive “Stargate” data center that creates three jobs and enough heat to finish off the Panhandle. Rural Republicans like Rena Schroeder are finally realizing [...]Read More... from The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?
Crack open a warm, un-refrigerated beer, Lubbock, because Texas has officially taken the crown. According to a depressing new federal report, the Lone Star State led the entire country in residential electricity shutoffs, racking up over 3 million disconnections. We also swept the competition in natural gas shutoffs, because why settle for just being hot [...]Read More... from We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?
Breaking: Lubbock Residents Shocked to Find Out Big Trucks Require Actual Money to Move
In a turn of events that surprised absolutely no one with a basic grasp of geopolitics, gas prices in Texas have skyrocketed to a delightful $3.78 a gallon. Apparently, when you close the Strait of Hormuz during a war, the magic juice that makes your oversized dually go “vroom” gets a bit pricier. While the [...]Read More... from Breaking: Lubbock Residents Shocked to Find Out Big Trucks Require Actual Money to Move
Police
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To Protect, To Serve, and To Re-Initiate High-Speed Chases Through Residential Neighborhoods
Only in the Hub City could a routine 11:30 a.m. traffic stop at 34th and Frankford escalate into a full-blown Fast & Furious audition. 65-year-old Gene Davis decided he wasn’t in the mood for a citation and “aggressively sped away,” because nothing says “I have a clean record” like drag racing the cops through the [...]Read More... from To Protect, To Serve, and To Re-Initiate High-Speed Chases Through Residential Neighborhoods
Routine Lubbock Traffic Stop Successfully Escalates Into Cross-County Gun Battle
Around 11:35 p.m. on Tuesday night, a Lubbock police officer attempted what should have been a completely mundane traffic stop. But because this is the Hub City—where yielding is a foreign concept and traffic laws are treated as polite suggestions—the driver decided that pulling over was simply out of the question. Instead, they slammed on [...]Read More... from Routine Lubbock Traffic Stop Successfully Escalates Into Cross-County Gun Battle
LPD Proves Even Flashing Lights Can’t Protect You From Lubbock Traffic
It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning in the Hub City, which means it’s the perfect time for everyone to completely forget how basic road infrastructure functions. Right on cue around 9:30 a.m., a Lubbock Police officer and a local motorist decided to have a high-stakes meeting of the minds—and bumpers—at the intersection of I-27 and Erskine [...]Read More... from LPD Proves Even Flashing Lights Can’t Protect You From Lubbock Traffic