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Happy 250th, America: Lubbock Authorities Desperately Beg Residents Not to Burn the City Down This Saturday
It’s America’s 250th birthday, the Fourth of July falls on a Saturday, and local officials are celebrating with their favorite annual tradition: issuing a completely ignored warning that fireworks are illegal within city limits. The Lubbock Police Department and West Carlisle Fire Department are once again tag-teaming to remind everyone that launching explosives in Lubbock, [...]Read More... from Happy 250th, America: Lubbock Authorities Desperately Beg Residents Not to Burn the City Down This Saturday
Slaton Man Proves That When Your Dogs Attack a Kid, the Best Move is to Argue with the Cops
Because life in the greater Lubbock metroplex isn’t thrilling enough without neighborhood terrors, we look over to our lovely neighbor Slaton, where a Monday afternoon turned into a total circus. Slaton Police and Animal Control rushed to a home on South 11th Street after two dogs decided a local child looked like a chew toy. [...]Read More... from Slaton Man Proves That When Your Dogs Attack a Kid, the Best Move is to Argue with the Cops
Shocking News: Someone Got Shot on Avenue Q at 2 AM, Suspect Conveniently Already in Jail
Ah, Avenue Q. Lubbock’s premier destination for pothole navigation, used car lots, and apparently, dodging bullets at two in the morning. In news that surprises absolutely no one who has ever set foot in the Hub City after dark, the Lubbock Police Department has finally pinned a June 13 club shooting on 38-year-old Cesar Ledezma. [...]Read More... from Shocking News: Someone Got Shot on Avenue Q at 2 AM, Suspect Conveniently Already in Jail
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Masterclass in Stealth: Lubbock Man Uses Neon Yellow PT Cruiser as Beer Heist Getaway Car
Another day, another masterpiece of criminal mastermind behavior in the Hub City. This week’s standard-bearer for local innovation is 38-year-old Jerry Smith, who decided that actually paying for two cases of beer at a convenience store near Interstate 27 and 34th Street was purely optional. When a store employee had the absolute audacity to follow [...]Read More... from Masterclass in Stealth: Lubbock Man Uses Neon Yellow PT Cruiser as Beer Heist Getaway Car
Nominative Determinism Strikes Again: Clovis Woman Named ‘Outlaw’ Arrested for Living Up to the Family Brand
Because Lubbock apparently doesn’t have quite enough homegrown chaos to fill a local broadcast, KCBD graciously reached across the New Mexico border to bring us a heartwarming tale of family bonding from Clovis. At 3:22 AM on a Monday—the peak hour for rational human decision-making—a 17-year-old boy allegedly decided to settle a physical argument with [...]Read More... from Nominative Determinism Strikes Again: Clovis Woman Named ‘Outlaw’ Arrested for Living Up to the Family Brand
Nature is Healing: Avenue Q Nightlife Demands Its Weekly Sacrifice
Ah, the weekend in the Hub City. Some people spend it enjoying the fine dust blowing in from New Mexico, others spend it praying their air conditioner doesn’t explode, and a select few choose to immerse themselves in the high-stakes theater that is the 50th and Avenue Q intersection after midnight. Around 2:08 a.m. on [...]Read More... from Nature is Healing: Avenue Q Nightlife Demands Its Weekly Sacrifice
Politics
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Thanks For Saving Us From A Raise, Ken: How Paxton’s 100-Lawsuit Binge Kept Texas Proud and Poorer
Remember in 2024 when the federal government threatened to force employers to pay overtime to anyone making less than $58,656? It was a terrifying prospect that would have put $1.5 billion into the pockets of millions of low-wage workers. Fortunately, Texas Attorney General and professional legal troll Ken Paxton sprinted to the courts to save [...]Read More... from Thanks For Saving Us From A Raise, Ken: How Paxton’s 100-Lawsuit Binge Kept Texas Proud and Poorer
Charles Perry Terrified That Lubbock Students Might Accidentally Read a Book
Our heroic State Senator Charles Perry recently graced a Lubbock ISD board meeting to save our youth from the ultimate threat to West Texas society: paper pages bound together by glue. Perry stormed the trustee meeting to wave around excerpts of a “trash” book he refused to name publicly—because giving credit to the author would [...]Read More... from Charles Perry Terrified That Lubbock Students Might Accidentally Read a Book
Great News, Lubbock: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Devouring Texas Cattle, and the Feds Are Fresh Out of Horny Flies
The New World screwworm is officially in Texas, giving West Texas ranchers a horrifying new reason to lose sleep. The flesh-eating parasite made its grand debut in a South Texas calf in early June, putting the state’s massive livestock industry in absolute jeopardy. But don’t look to Washington or Austin for a quick fix. USDA [...]Read More... from Great News, Lubbock: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Devouring Texas Cattle, and the Feds Are Fresh Out of Horny Flies
Economics
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Math is Hard: Lubbock City Council Shocked to Learn Police Cars and Asphalt Cost Money
Welcome to another thrilling episode of “How is This City Still Functioning?” The Lubbock City Council recently gathered for a budget work session to discover that money doesn’t actually grow on cotton fields. It turns out city revenue is growing at a pathetic 1 percent, which is completely losing the race against “municipal inflation”. City [...]Read More... from Math is Hard: Lubbock City Council Shocked to Learn Police Cars and Asphalt Cost Money
Silicon Prairie or Signs of the Apocalypse? Lubbock Freaks Out Over AI Data Centers
Our visionary city leaders are desperate to turn the Hub City into a tech mecca, but the locals are already pulling out the pitchforks. The City of Lubbock recently launched an online survey and packed more than 500 furious residents into the Civic Center banquet hall for a public meeting to discuss large-scale data centers [...]Read More... from Silicon Prairie or Signs of the Apocalypse? Lubbock Freaks Out Over AI Data Centers
Groundbreaking Innovation: Lubbock Approves Even More Chicken Fingers and Oil Changes for Q2 2026
The second-quarter commercial permit filings for 2026 are officially in, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, the Hub City is doubling down on its favorite holy trinity: fried poultry, automotive maintenance, and endless orange construction cones. Local bureaucrats have greenlit dozens of new projects, ensuring that our landscape remains a beautiful, uninterrupted vista of strip [...]Read More... from Groundbreaking Innovation: Lubbock Approves Even More Chicken Fingers and Oil Changes for Q2 2026
Education
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LISD Solves Massive Deficit with Corporate Buzzwords and a Whole 2% Teacher Raise
Our visionary leaders at the Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees met on June 25 to approve a brand new $260 million budget that is, in classic government fashion, staring down a massive, gaping deficit. But don’t panic, folks! LISD CFO Dr. Dewayne Wilkins cleared things right up by explaining that this financial dumpster fire didn’t [...]Read More... from LISD Solves Massive Deficit with Corporate Buzzwords and a Whole 2% Teacher Raise
Texas Burns $8.4 Million Fixing Holy Textbooks That Are Literally Falling Apart, Because Fiscal Responsibility Is For Losers
God bless the Lone Star State, where our righteous state leaders love to lecture local school districts about “reckless spending” and poor planning while casually setting $8.4 million of our taxpayer dollars on fire. The Texas Education Agency successfully developed a new elementary curriculum called “Bluebonnet Learning” that managed to rack up a whopping 4,200 [...]Read More... from Texas Burns $8.4 Million Fixing Holy Textbooks That Are Literally Falling Apart, Because Fiscal Responsibility Is For Losers
Texas Board of Education Proves Once Again That Reality Is Merely A Suggestion
The Texas State Board of Education just gave preliminary approval to a brand-new curriculum guaranteed to make our public schools the laughingstock of the modern world. Under the guise of “social studies and reading,” the board is pushing a new list that mandates Bible stories for children as young as six. Because nothing says “ready [...]Read More... from Texas Board of Education Proves Once Again That Reality Is Merely A Suggestion
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Lubbock Roads Are Now Deadlier Than Dallas, But Don’t Worry, We’re Planning to Patrol Less
Look out, Houston, Lubbock is coming for your crown. According to recent TxDOT data, Lubbock County has officially surpassed massive metropolitan areas like Dallas, Travis, and Harris counties in fatal crashes per 100,000 people. Apparently, local motorists have collectively decided that stop signs are merely decorative and speed limits are just a baseline suggestion. Sheriff [...]Read More... from Lubbock Roads Are Now Deadlier Than Dallas, But Don’t Worry, We’re Planning to Patrol Less
Big Brother Meets the Sooner State: TxDOT and Oklahoma Team Up to Track Your Drive
In a stunning display of cross-border cooperation that absolutely nobody asked for, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) have officially signed a real-time data-sharing agreement. Because if there is one thing Texans traditionally love, it’s giving Oklahoma total visibility into our business. The agencies are hailing this as [...]Read More... from Big Brother Meets the Sooner State: TxDOT and Oklahoma Team Up to Track Your Drive
Hub City Grand Theft Auto: Lubbock Drivers Up the Ante with Two Police Chases in One Week
Because navigating regular construction zones and dodging red-light runners isn’t thrilling enough for Hub City residents, local drivers have apparently decided to turn our flat, dusty streets into an amateur stunt driving course. This week, Lubbock was treated to not one, but two separate police pursuits, proving that while our city may lack topography, entertainment [...]Read More... from Hub City Grand Theft Auto: Lubbock Drivers Up the Ante with Two Police Chases in One Week
Public Health
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West Texas Celebrates Barely Surviving Last Year’s Measles Outbreak By Making It Easier to Skip Vaccines
After the historic 2025 West Texas measles outbreak—which managed to kill two school-age children and turn neighboring Gaines County into a literal viral epicenter—the state has released its vaccination data for the 2025-26 school year. The big news? Kindergarten measles vaccination rates in Texas skyrocketed by a breathtaking, monumental… 0.1%. Yes, we moved from 93.2% [...]Read More... from West Texas Celebrates Barely Surviving Last Year’s Measles Outbreak By Making It Easier to Skip Vaccines
Project Caprock is Bringing AI to Abernathy, Because What Our Power Grid Needed Was More Homework
Just what the South Plains needed: more digital infrastructure to power the global supply of AI-generated slop while our actual, physical infrastructure hangs on by a thread. Aligned Data Centers has officially moved forward with “Project Caprock,” a massive $425 million data center campus spanning 313 acres just up the road off FM 54 in [...]Read More... from Project Caprock is Bringing AI to Abernathy, Because What Our Power Grid Needed Was More Homework
Thinking Outside the Box: TTUHSC Solves Texas Healthcare Crisis by Shoving Patients into Shipping Containers
Our very own Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in a brilliant joint venture with Texas A&M, has finally figured out how to fix the minor issue of forty Texas counties not having a single licensed primary care provider. The solution isn’t convincing doctors to live in the middle of nowhere or funding actual rural [...]Read More... from Thinking Outside the Box: TTUHSC Solves Texas Healthcare Crisis by Shoving Patients into Shipping Containers
Local Government
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District 4 Runoff: Choose Between Infinite Concrete Sprawl and a Political Relic Who Sued His Way onto the Ballot
Just when you thought you could go a whole month without thinking about local politics, the Lubbock City Council District 4 special election has gifted us a runoff. The seat was left vacant after Braden Rose decided he’d rather spend time with his family than sit through another grueling council meeting, triggering an election that [...]Read More... from District 4 Runoff: Choose Between Infinite Concrete Sprawl and a Political Relic Who Sued His Way onto the Ballot
Lubbock County Solves All Crime By Shutting Down Half Of Its Neon-Lit Menaces
Lubbock County Commissioners have finally tackled our absolute number one public safety threat: bored locals and retirees staring at flashing screens. Thanks to a hyper-aggressive game room ordinance passed last year and aggressively tweaked this past February, the county has successfully nuked the number of local game rooms from 45 down to a mere 23. [...]Read More... from Lubbock County Solves All Crime By Shutting Down Half Of Its Neon-Lit Menaces
Four Men, Zero Pools, and an AI Scare: The District 4 Race to Replace Brayden Rose
Now that Councilman Brayden Rose has officially checked out, District 4 voters are being treated to a special election circus featuring four guys trying to out-conservative each other. (A fifth candidate, Stephanie Ferran, apparently couldn’t be bothered to respond to the media deadline, which honestly might be the most relatable political strategy yet). The remaining [...]Read More... from Four Men, Zero Pools, and an AI Scare: The District 4 Race to Replace Brayden Rose
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Data Centers Are Coming to Suck Lubbock Dry, But Hey, At Least We Get a Town Hall Meeting!
Well, look who wants to move to the Hub City and drink all our water. Tech conglomerates are suddenly eyeing Lubbock like a freshman eyes a 2:00 a.m. Whataburger run, and the city is scrambling. After a data center town hall in May completely overflowed the press box club level at Jones AT&T Stadium, Mayor [...]Read More... from Data Centers Are Coming to Suck Lubbock Dry, But Hey, At Least We Get a Town Hall Meeting!
Flesh-Eating Maggots and Horny Flies: Just Another Tuesday in Lubbock
Oh, fantastic. Just what West Texas needed to round out its charm portfolio: flesh-eating maggots. The New World screwworm is back after a 60-year hiatus, prompting Governor Abbott to declare a statewide disaster across all 254 counties. Because nothing says “Texas is thriving” quite like a parasitic blowfly that lays eggs in open wounds so [...]Read More... from Flesh-Eating Maggots and Horny Flies: Just Another Tuesday in Lubbock
Great News, West Texas: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Here to Ruin Your BBQ
Just when you thought living in West Texas couldn’t get any more dystopian—what with the record-shattering droughts, historic wildfires wiping out 15,000 head of cattle, and inflation making your grocery bill look like a car payment—enter the New World screwworm. Yes, actual flesh-eating maggots that liquefy livestock from the inside out in 72 hours are [...]Read More... from Great News, West Texas: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Here to Ruin Your BBQ
Alcohol
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LPD’s Innovative New De-Escalation Tactic: Hitting the Suspect with a Cruiser
Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing more dangerous than wandering around drunk on an access road at 5 a.m. is the police response. Early Saturday morning, out near the Preston Smith airport, 25-year-old Adonis Porter was reportedly intoxicated and annoying the employees of a local business. Doing exactly what you’re supposed to do, the [...]Read More... from LPD’s Innovative New De-Escalation Tactic: Hitting the Suspect with a Cruiser
Twisted Tea, Straight To Jail: Lubbock Man Reminds Us Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Or Open Roads)
Ah, Tuesday evenings in Lubbock County. The sun sets, the wind howls, and the locals apparently decide to treat our flat, endless dirt roads like a demolition derby. This week’s contestant is 30-year-old Jason Boyd, who was arrested and charged with intoxication assault after a two-vehicle wreck near the sprawling, scenic metropolis of County Road [...]Read More... from Twisted Tea, Straight To Jail: Lubbock Man Reminds Us Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Or Open Roads)
Hub City Driving: Where You Can Manage a Fatal Wreck on a Completely Empty Road
Leave it to Lubbock to prove that you don’t even need other cars on the road to cause a catastrophe. Around 4:15 a.m. last Friday, May 22, while normal cities were sleeping, the Texas Tech Police Department and the Lubbock PD Major Crash Investigation Unit were dragged out to the 1300 block of Texas Tech [...]Read More... from Hub City Driving: Where You Can Manage a Fatal Wreck on a Completely Empty Road
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Lubbock Tackles the Complex Legacy of Juneteenth the Only Way It Knows How: With an Ice Cream Eating Contest
Juneteenth is upon us once again, commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger rolled into Galveston to inform 250,000 enslaved Texans that they were legally free—a mere two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Naturally, Texas took its sweet time processing the paperwork. Flash forward to 2026, and Lubbock [...]Read More... from Lubbock Tackles the Complex Legacy of Juneteenth the Only Way It Knows How: With an Ice Cream Eating Contest
Texas GOP Achieves Ultimate ‘Unity’ By Telling Muslim Conservatives to Get Out of the Country
The 2026 Texas State Republican Convention just wrapped up in Houston under the inspiring, totally-not-ironic banner of “Unity drives victory.” And nothing says “unity” quite like bringing a literal circus elephant into the convention hall while party leaders frantically try to purge lifelong conservative delegates for the crime of practicing Islam. Mohamed Hussein, a fiscally [...]Read More... from Texas GOP Achieves Ultimate ‘Unity’ By Telling Muslim Conservatives to Get Out of the Country
Pissing Away Unity: Texas GOP Welcomes a Urinating Elephant and Boos Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows
Governor Greg Abbott wrapped up his convention speech in Houston by promising to “demolish” the opposition, promising a “larger than life surprise” to rally the troops. That surprise turned out to be Paige, a 9,000-pound African elephant hauled in from a sanctuary in Cut and Shoot, Texas. Draped in a banner reading “Unity Drives Victory,” [...]Read More... from Pissing Away Unity: Texas GOP Welcomes a Urinating Elephant and Boos Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows
Sports
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Paramount+ to Showcase Texas Tech’s ‘Relentless Pursuit of Excellence’ (And Impressive Gambling Scandals)
Lubbock is finally getting the Hollywood treatment it so richly deserves. Paramount+ announced they’ve greenlit a four-episode docuseries chronicling the Texas Tech football team’s “transformative” offseason, set to premiere right before the Fall 2026 season kicks off. Cameras have been rolling since January, capturing all the blood, sweat, and public relations panic that defines Red [...]Read More... from Paramount+ to Showcase Texas Tech’s ‘Relentless Pursuit of Excellence’ (And Impressive Gambling Scandals)
NFL Tells Permanently Banned Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby That Even They Have Standards
Ah, Texas Tech football—where our recruitment strategy apparently involves scouring the NCAA’s disciplinary waste bin for anyone with a pulse and a strong arm. Our latest transient savior, quarterback Brendan Sorsby, just learned a valuable lesson in accountability. The NFL has officially informed the 22-year-old that they will not be holding a special supplemental draft [...]Read More... from NFL Tells Permanently Banned Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby That Even They Have Standards
Desperate for Cash, Shallowater ISD Will Let Outside Kids Transfer In—Assuming They Pass the “Shallowater Way” Vibe Check
Well, well, well. Look who comes crawling back to the open market. For the first time in over a decade, Shallowater ISD is graciously opening its golden gates to out-of-district transfer students. Why the sudden burst of inclusivity? It certainly isn’t out of the goodness of their hearts. The district lost more than 60 students [...]Read More... from Desperate for Cash, Shallowater ISD Will Let Outside Kids Transfer In—Assuming They Pass the “Shallowater Way” Vibe Check
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Texas GOP Achieves 100% Pure Sycophancy Just as Voters Realize Trump Didn’t Fix Their Grocery Bills
Welcome to Texas, where the only thing inflating faster than the price of a gallon of milk is the required level of absolute, unblinking devotion to the MAGA universe. In the latest round of runoff elections, the Texas Republican Party completed its transformation from a standard pro-business group into a full-blown loyalty cult. Longtime Senator [...]Read More... from Texas GOP Achieves 100% Pure Sycophancy Just as Voters Realize Trump Didn’t Fix Their Grocery Bills
Texas GOP Swiftly Deletes Its Memory Because Principles Don’t Win Senate Seats
Ken Paxton absolutely demolished establishment favorite John Cornyn by nearly 30 percentage points in the Republican primary runoff, proving once again that Texas primary voters love a rebel—especially one with a rap sheet. This is the exact same Ken Paxton that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spent millions of dollars bashing as “corrupt,” “incompetent,” [...]Read More... from Texas GOP Swiftly Deletes Its Memory Because Principles Don’t Win Senate Seats
Runoff Reality Check: Lubbock Welcomes Our New Overlords Chosen By Seven Whole Voters
Well, another primary runoff election is in the books, and to the surprise of absolutely no one who has ever stepped foot in West Texas, the color red reigns supreme. Locally, we can all breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the grueling battle for Lubbock County Commissioner is over. In Precinct 2, Kevin Pounds [...]Read More... from Runoff Reality Check: Lubbock Welcomes Our New Overlords Chosen By Seven Whole Voters
Religion
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New Deal, Same Old Hypocrisy: Former Local Preacher Trades the Pulpit for a Mugshot
Welcome back to another depressing episode of “Rules for Thee but Not for Me,” West Texas edition. Today’s holy contestant is Brian Townsend, a 48-year-old former preacher who apparently thought his pastoral duties at New Deal First Baptist Church and the beautifully ironic “Come As You Are Fellowship” included things that are highly illegal. Townsend [...]Read More... from New Deal, Same Old Hypocrisy: Former Local Preacher Trades the Pulpit for a Mugshot
Lubbock Mayor’s Endorsed Congressional Candidate Proves “Biblical Values” Usually Involve Grindr Receipts
Remember back in February when our freshly re-elected Mayor, Mark “No Pride Proclamations in My Town” McBrayer, proudly endorsed Abraham Enriquez for Congress? McBrayer praised the 31-year-old candidate for having the “courage and conviction” to uphold West Texas conservative values. Well, it turns out Enriquez has been holding onto those values real tight—right alongside his [...]Read More... from Lubbock Mayor’s Endorsed Congressional Candidate Proves “Biblical Values” Usually Involve Grindr Receipts
Big Brother is Watching You Worship: Israel is Geofencing Lubbock Megachurches for Ad Clout
According to Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) disclosures filed by a California firm called Show Faith by Works LLC , Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is dropping over $4 million on what the firm calls the “largest Christian Church Geofencing Campaign in U.S. history”. Run by conservative political consultant Chad Schnitger , the campaign’s explicit [...]Read More... from Big Brother is Watching You Worship: Israel is Geofencing Lubbock Megachurches for Ad Clout
Weather
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Hub City Navy: Driver Tries to Ford a River on Cesar Chavez Drive, Triggers Actual Dive Team Rescue
It’s early June, which means Lubbock has received its annual allotment of atmospheric moisture—a whopping 1.72 inches for the week, pushing our monumental year-to-date total to a staggering 5.64 inches. And, right on cue, because the sight of liquid falling from the sky completely short-circuits the collective local driving psychology, someone immediately tried to use [...]Read More... from Hub City Navy: Driver Tries to Ford a River on Cesar Chavez Drive, Triggers Actual Dive Team Rescue
Slaton Farmer Confidently Gambles Entire Livelihood on Lubbock Weather and Middle East Stability
It’s that magical time of year in the Hub City metroplex where local cotton farmers are frantically drag-racing the clock to dump seeds into the dirt before Friday’s crop insurance deadline. Because nothing says “sustainable economic foundation” quite like a panicked dash against bureaucratic cut-offs, all while praying the West Texas wind doesn’t just blow [...]Read More... from Slaton Farmer Confidently Gambles Entire Livelihood on Lubbock Weather and Middle East Stability
Mission Accomplished: Lubbock’s Genius Strategy to Ensure Our Roads Still Flood Anyway
Great news, Lubbockites! City Hall has been working tirelessly on “years of planning” to fix our notorious infrastructure, and they want you to know they’ve completed several major projects to move rainwater more efficiently. They’ve successfully connected a bunch of playa lakes in South Lubbock and linked the Medical District to the Canyon Lakes system. [...]Read More... from Mission Accomplished: Lubbock’s Genius Strategy to Ensure Our Roads Still Flood Anyway
LGBTQ
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Texas Tech Replaces Academic Freedom With AI Censorship, Wonders Why Faculty Are Fleeing Lubbock
Just when you thought higher education in the Hub City couldn’t get any more embarrassing, Texas Tech’s administration has managed to turn curriculum oversight into a dystopian comedy. According to a recent Faculty Senate survey, nearly half of the responding professors have had to alter their courses to comply with Chancellor Brandon Creighton’s sweeping war [...]Read More... from Texas Tech Replaces Academic Freedom With AI Censorship, Wonders Why Faculty Are Fleeing Lubbock
Texas Leaders Scramble to Protect Our Kids from the Dangers of “Accomplished Teaching”
National Board Certification—the “gold standard” of teaching that’s reportedly harder to get than a Master’s degree—is currently on the chopping block in Austin. Why? Because it turns out being an “accomplished teacher” involves things like “self-reflection” and “not traumatizing children,” which apparently doesn’t sit well with the Texas brand. Our brilliant state leaders are worried [...]Read More... from Texas Leaders Scramble to Protect Our Kids from the Dangers of “Accomplished Teaching”
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
Transportation
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Lubbock Streets Continue to Mirror a Real-Life Mario Kart Track, Minus the Fun
Welcome back to another edition of “Will I Survive My Commute?”, the favorite daily game show of everyone living in the Hub City. This week, our local asphalt warriors really outdid themselves, proving once again that if you have the audacity to walk, ride, or even park your car anywhere near a main thoroughfare, you’re [...]Read More... from Lubbock Streets Continue to Mirror a Real-Life Mario Kart Track, Minus the Fun
Great News, Lubbock: TxDOT is Rebuilding the Slide Road Bridge, and They Promise It Won’t Help Traffic At All
Dust off your favorite steering-wheel-gripping curse words, because the Texas Department of Transportation has announced that the South Loop 289 bridge over Slide Road has officially reached the end of its natural life. Just like that bag of spinach rotting in your crisper drawer, this structural masterpiece is expired, and TxDOT is inviting the public [...]Read More... from Great News, Lubbock: TxDOT is Rebuilding the Slide Road Bridge, and They Promise It Won’t Help Traffic At All
Yoakum County Reminder: Stop Signs and Seatbelts Are Apparently Just Polite Suggestions
Another day, another catastrophic reminder that West Texas drivers treat basic traffic laws like software terms of service agreements—completely unread and ignored as quickly as possible. This time, the grand stage for vehicular incompetence was the intersection of State Highway 214 and FM 213 in Yoakum County, where the regional pastime of truck-on-truck violence once [...]Read More... from Yoakum County Reminder: Stop Signs and Seatbelts Are Apparently Just Polite Suggestions
Arts & Music
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Texas Tech Discovers ‘Sophistication’ Involves Charging 133,000 People a Month’s Rent to Hear ‘Check Yes or No’
Well, “The King” has finally abdicated his throne at Jones AT&T Stadium, leaving behind nothing but empty beer cans, lingering clouds of cologne, and a Texas Tech administration that is absolutely giddy over how much money they just squeezed out of the South Plains. President Lawrence Schovanec took a victory lap this week, noting that [...]Read More... from Texas Tech Discovers ‘Sophistication’ Involves Charging 133,000 People a Month’s Rent to Hear ‘Check Yes or No’
George Strait is Coming to Save Our Sinking Economy (And Drink Every Last Coors Light in the County)
Lubbock is currently in the middle of a collective nervous breakdown because King George is descending upon Jones AT&T Stadium this weekend. According to the geniuses at the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance (LEDA), we are officially “sold out,” which is a terrifying phrase usually reserved for concert tickets but, in this case, applies to our [...]Read More... from George Strait is Coming to Save Our Sinking Economy (And Drink Every Last Coors Light in the County)
All Hail King George: A Guide to Standing in a Parking Lot for Six Hours
Lubbock is currently vibrating with the kind of frantic energy usually reserved for a light dusting of snow or a mid-tier bowl game. “The King” George Strait is descending upon Jones AT&T Stadium this weekend, and the city has released a “guide” that is essentially a polite way of saying, “May the odds be ever [...]Read More... from All Hail King George: A Guide to Standing in a Parking Lot for Six Hours
Mental Health
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Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott Team Up to Micromanage the Only Two Things Texas Cares About: Football and Affordable Cover-ups
Just when you thought life in Lubbock couldn’t get any more thrilling than watching tumbleweeds collect in the local supermarket parking lot, our political overlords have descended from their ivory towers to save us. First up on the savior docket is Senator Ted Cruz, who has graciously blessed the nation with a massive 111-page legislative [...]Read More... from Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott Team Up to Micromanage the Only Two Things Texas Cares About: Football and Affordable Cover-ups
Lubbock: So Great that 2,000 of You Tried to Leave Early Last Year
It’s official: Lubbock is so charming that the Lubbock Police Department had to respond to a staggering 2,129 suicidal subject calls in 2025. That’s roughly six calls a day from people who looked at our majestic brown horizons and endless rows of chain restaurants and thought, “I’ve seen enough.” To put that in perspective, Lubbock [...]Read More... from Lubbock: So Great that 2,000 of You Tried to Leave Early Last Year
Lubbock’s Newest Scuba Destination: The Scummy Puddle at 56th and Bangor
Just before 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday—right when the rest of us were contemplating our life choices over lukewarm coffee—someone decided to take their vehicle for an unscheduled swim in the playa lake near 56th and Bangor. Because when you think “serene aquatic escape,” you naturally think of a shallow basin primarily designed to collect West [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Newest Scuba Destination: The Scummy Puddle at 56th and Bangor
Abortion
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Texas Healthcare: Where You Have to Be ‘Damned Sure’ You’re Dying Before Anyone Hands You a Pill
Down here in West Texas, we’re used to things being completely backward, but the absolute geniuses running this state have officially exported our signature brand of logic to the rest of Texas. Take the case of Lynn Callaway, an Austin-area woman who had the audacity to expect actual medical treatment while experiencing a agonizing, infected [...]Read More... from Texas Healthcare: Where You Have to Be ‘Damned Sure’ You’re Dying Before Anyone Hands You a Pill
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)
How Mark Lee Dickson Turned Lubbock Into a Laboratory for 19th-Century Laws
The socio-political landscape of Lubbock, Texas, often described by its own inhabitants as a flat expanse of cotton, dust, and denominational redundancy, has recently evolved into a premier laboratory for the “Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn” (SCFTU) movement. This transformation, spearheaded by an East Texas activist with a penchant for backward baseball caps and a [...]Read More... from How Mark Lee Dickson Turned Lubbock Into a Laboratory for 19th-Century Laws
Food
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Raise a Martini: Lubbock Trades a 100-Year-Old Landmark for Another Student Housing Box
Cafe J — the longtime restaurant and bar across from Texas Tech where martinis flowed and important people pretended they loved Lubbock — officially closed Sunday night after graduation weekend. The property has been sold, the building will be demolished, and the site will become high-density student housing. Because of course it will. The closure [...]Read More... from Raise a Martini: Lubbock Trades a 100-Year-Old Landmark for Another Student Housing Box
Abbott’s Frozen Custard Closes—Turns Out Lubbock Only Likes One Abbott, and He Doesn’t Serve Dessert
Abbott’s Frozen Custard has officially called it quits in Lubbock, shutting down right after celebrating their first anniversary. The shop on Slide Road quietly updated its Facebook status to “permanently closed,” which is basically the business version of being ghosted. No long farewell message, no heartfelt community thank-you—just poof, like half the restaurants that dare [...]Read More... from Abbott’s Frozen Custard Closes—Turns Out Lubbock Only Likes One Abbott, and He Doesn’t Serve Dessert
United Supermarkets Cuts 126 Jobs—Because Even Your Grocer Isn’t Safe in This Economy
United Supermarkets filed a WARN notice saying it’ll be chopping 126 jobs at its Lubbock headquarters starting Jan. 19. That’s right—one of the city’s top 10 employers is pulling the plug on director roles, marketing staff, and support desk positions. Because nothing says “we’re a thriving West Texas hub” like losing a chunk of one [...]Read More... from United Supermarkets Cuts 126 Jobs—Because Even Your Grocer Isn’t Safe in This Economy
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FOX 34 Anchor Uncovers the Real Threat to National Security: K-Pop Themed Oreos
Leave it to Lubbock to finally make national headlines again, and of course, it’s because one of our local news anchors decided a lighthearted morning segment about snack food was the perfect time to invoke international terrorism. During a recent broadcast of Good Day Lubbock, FOX 34 anchor James Eppler was introducing the new limited-edition, [...]Read More... from FOX 34 Anchor Uncovers the Real Threat to National Security: K-Pop Themed Oreos
Silence is Golden: KFYO’s Resident Loudspeaker Finally Hits Mute
In a shocking turn of events for anyone who thought yelling into a vacuum was a recipe for immortality, local AM radio fixture Chad Hasty has passed away at the age of 43. Hasty, who spent over two decades ensuring that every West Texan’s morning commute was seasoned with exactly the right amount of political [...]Read More... from Silence is Golden: KFYO’s Resident Loudspeaker Finally Hits Mute
DISH and KCBD Enter Month Two of Their Billionaire Breakup, and Guess Who’s Paying for the Therapy?
In a city where the most exciting Friday night activity is watching a dust cloud swallow a Taco Villa, Lubbockites are now being deprived of the one thing that keeps them tethered to reality: local news. It’s been over a month since DISH Network yanked KCBD and its sister stations off the air, leaving satellite [...]Read More... from DISH and KCBD Enter Month Two of Their Billionaire Breakup, and Guess Who’s Paying for the Therapy?