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The $50 Peace of Mind Tax: Lubbock’s New Alarm Permit Scheme Sounds Off

Starting October 1, Lubbock homeowners now need to pay the city for the privilege of…

lubbock-sucksOctober 14, 2025

Texas Rep. Brian Harrison sits at a conference table in his office, hands clasped and expression stern, beneath a framed Trump-signed document and closed blinds casting sharp shadows across the room.

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Syllabus by Subtweet: Brian Harrison’s One-Man “Curriculum Review Board”

A Texas State student posted a mocking reenactment of Charlie Kirk’s assassination; Rep. Brian Harrison…

lubbock-sucksOctober 14, 2025

Rows of yellow helmets and turnout gear hanging in a Lubbock County volunteer fire station, highlighting funding cuts to local fire departments.

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Lubbock County Saves You $2.63 — By Slashing Firefighter Funding in Half

In a heroic act of fiscal responsibility, Lubbock County Commissioners decided that saving homeowners a…

lubbock-sucksOctober 14, 2025

Crowd of Texas Tech fans in red filling the stands at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, during a home football game.

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Tortillas, Touchdowns, and Throwing Knives: Another Saturday at Jones Stadium

Only in Lubbock can a college football game escalate from tossing tortillas to tossing knives.…

lubbock-sucksOctober 14, 2025

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Abuelo’s Files for Bankruptcy, Proves That Even “#1 Mexican Restaurant in America” Can’t Survive Inflation (or Lubbock)

It’s been a rough few years for Abuelo’s, the Lubbock-based Tex-Mex chain that once dreamed…

lubbock-sucksOctober 13, 2025

Mugshots of Ronnie Garcia Jr. and Gabriela Esquivel, co-defendants in a Lubbock meth trafficking case involving a prison-based drug operation.

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Lubbock’s Most Productive Inmate: Man Runs 36-Pound Meth Operation From Federal Prison Using Signal

Ronnie Garcia Jr., clearly bored with the standard prison library, decided to turn his time…

lubbock-sucksOctober 13, 2025

Police officers investigate a fatal hit-and-run at 50th Street and Canton Avenue outside Taqueria Awtlán in Lubbock, with patrol cars and emergency lights illuminating the scene at night.

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Lubbock Police Searching for a Red Malibu and a Conscience

Lubbock police are looking for a dark red Chevrolet Malibu—made sometime between 2013 and 2015—after…

lubbock-sucksOctober 13, 2025

Mugshot of Christopher Martin, the Ohio man indicted for kidnapping a woman in Lubbock, displayed in front of the Lubbock County Detention Center.

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“Missionary” or Madman? Ohio Preacher-Wannabe Indicted After Lubbock Kidnapping Van Tour

Christopher Martin, a 41-year-old from Sandusky, Ohio, has officially been indicted on federal kidnapping charges…

lubbock-sucksOctober 13, 2025

Mugshot of Leandro Rodriguez Jr. after pleading guilty to federal enticement of a minor charges in Plainview, Texas.

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Plainview Predator Pleads Guilty, But Sure—Let’s Keep Pretending Evil Has a ZIP Code

Leandro Rodriguez Jr. has pleaded guilty to federal charges of Enticement of a Minor after…

lubbock-sucksOctober 13, 2025

Mugshot of Alvin Flores, who pleaded guilty to the 2022 murder of Severo “Chevy” Losoya in North Lubbock, overlaid on a crime scene photo with police vehicles and yellow tape.

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Lubbock Man Shoots Over a Slap, Gets 30 Years—Justice Served, Barely

In one of those stories that feels both tragic and depressingly familiar, 45-year-old Alvin Flores…

lubbock-sucksOctober 10, 2025

The $50 Peace of Mind Tax: Lubbock’s New Alarm Permit Scheme Sounds Off

Syllabus by Subtweet: Brian Harrison’s One-Man “Curriculum Review Board”

Lubbock County Saves You $2.63 — By Slashing Firefighter Funding in Half

Tortillas, Touchdowns, and Throwing Knives: Another Saturday at Jones Stadium

Abuelo’s Files for Bankruptcy, Proves That Even “#1 Mexican Restaurant in America” Can’t Survive Inflation (or Lubbock)

Lubbock’s Most Productive Inmate: Man Runs 36-Pound Meth Operation From Federal Prison Using Signal

Lubbock Police Searching for a Red Malibu and a Conscience

“Missionary” or Madman? Ohio Preacher-Wannabe Indicted After Lubbock Kidnapping Van Tour

Plainview Predator Pleads Guilty, But Sure—Let’s Keep Pretending Evil Has a ZIP Code

Lubbock Man Shoots Over a Slap, Gets 30 Years—Justice Served, Barely

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