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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)
Family Values: Mom Helps Scrap the Getaway Car After ‘Project Drunk’ Massacre
Because life in the High Plains isn’t depressing enough, Clovis decided to host a party titled “Project Drunk,” which ended exactly how you’d expect a party named after a blackout to end. We finally have a second suspect in custody, Enrique Juarez Padilla, who was discovered playing the world’s saddest game of hide-and-seek in a [...]Read More... from Family Values: Mom Helps Scrap the Getaway Car After ‘Project Drunk’ Massacre
Hub City ‘Family Values’ Update: 690 Reasons Why We’re Failing at Childhood
Welcome to April in the “Giant Side of Texas,” where the dust isn’t the only thing stinging your eyes. It’s officially Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, that magical time of year when local leaders put on their best “concerned” faces and remind us that our “family-friendly” community is actually a bit of a nightmare [...]Read More... from Hub City ‘Family Values’ Update: 690 Reasons Why We’re Failing at Childhood
Politics
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Texas’ New Anti-Woke Police Are Taking Snitch Reports via the “Trust Me, Bro” Method
Welcome to the latest installment of “Texas Government: Making It Up As We Go.” Our glorious state leaders decided we needed a new watchdog—the Office of the Ombudsman—to ensure pesky universities like Texas Tech aren’t accidentally teaching students empathy or, god forbid, diversity. This office is the ultimate arbiter of what counts as “too liberal,” [...]Read More... from Texas’ New Anti-Woke Police Are Taking Snitch Reports via the “Trust Me, Bro” Method
Ken Paxton’s DC Slumber Party: Because Why Use Your Own Credit Card When You Have Ours?
Leave it to our fearless Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to turn a DC winter storm into a high-stakes game of Monopoly played with your tax dollars. Apparently, when a little snow kept his staff from attending President Trump’s inauguration and defending our right to verify age on “spicy” websites, the OAG didn’t just cancel the [...]Read More... from Ken Paxton’s DC Slumber Party: Because Why Use Your Own Credit Card When You Have Ours?
Texas Reinvents the “Wheel” (By Making Sure 1.7 Million People Can’t Turn One)
Well, pull up a lawn chair and grab a Dr Pepper, because Austin has decided that the best way to handle a workforce shortage and rising insurance premiums is to make it legally impossible for a massive chunk of the population to work or drive. In a stunning display of “if we close our eyes, [...]Read More... from Texas Reinvents the “Wheel” (By Making Sure 1.7 Million People Can’t Turn One)
Guns
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Family Values: Mom Helps Scrap the Getaway Car After ‘Project Drunk’ Massacre
Because life in the High Plains isn’t depressing enough, Clovis decided to host a party titled “Project Drunk,” which ended exactly how you’d expect a party named after a blackout to end. We finally have a second suspect in custody, Enrique Juarez Padilla, who was discovered playing the world’s saddest game of hide-and-seek in a [...]Read More... from Family Values: Mom Helps Scrap the Getaway Car After ‘Project Drunk’ Massacre
West Texas Family Values: Local Man Convicted for the Most ‘Lubbock’ Parenting Style Imaginable
A Lubbock jury finally took a break from debating which Mexican food joint has the best watered-down salsa to find 42-year-old David Minor guilty of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon this week. The “deadly weapon” in question? A loaded gun he shoved into a child’s mouth. Because nothing says “Honor thy Father” quite like [...]Read More... from West Texas Family Values: Local Man Convicted for the Most ‘Lubbock’ Parenting Style Imaginable
Pot of Gold or Pit of Despair? Law Enforcement Gets Punny with “Operation Four-Leaf Felony”
In a city where the most exciting thing that usually happens is a new Raising Cane’s opening or a dust storm turning the sky the color of a rusted Buick, our local law enforcement decided to get festive. On March 26, the Lubbock Police Department teamed up with—deep breath—the FBI, Homeland Security, DPS, the Sheriff’s [...]Read More... from Pot of Gold or Pit of Despair? Law Enforcement Gets Punny with “Operation Four-Leaf Felony”
Public Health
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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)
Lubbock’s “Cicada” Strategy: If We Don’t Test the Poop, the Virus Doesn’t Exist
The CDC is sounding the alarm on yet another variant, BA.3.2, nicknamed “Cicada.” While the CDC is just trying to make sure we’re aware this thing is making the rounds, Lubbock is handling the news with its trademark “if I can’t see it, it’s not there” energy. Local health officials claim there’s “no record” of [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s “Cicada” Strategy: If We Don’t Test the Poop, the Virus Doesn’t Exist
Education
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Texas’ New Anti-Woke Police Are Taking Snitch Reports via the “Trust Me, Bro” Method
Welcome to the latest installment of “Texas Government: Making It Up As We Go.” Our glorious state leaders decided we needed a new watchdog—the Office of the Ombudsman—to ensure pesky universities like Texas Tech aren’t accidentally teaching students empathy or, god forbid, diversity. This office is the ultimate arbiter of what counts as “too liberal,” [...]Read More... from Texas’ New Anti-Woke Police Are Taking Snitch Reports via the “Trust Me, Bro” Method
Levelland ISD’s “Employee of the Month” Trades the Classroom for a 60-Year Residency in Federal Prison
Ah, Levelland. The crown jewel of the South Plains, where the horizon is flat, the wind is relentless, and the local school district apparently uses a “vibe check” instead of a rigorous background search. Meet Camilo Reyes Castillo, a former teacher’s aide who just managed to secure a 720-month stay in the big house. That’s [...]Read More... from Levelland ISD’s “Employee of the Month” Trades the Classroom for a 60-Year Residency in Federal Prison
Frenship ISD’s Latest Extracurricular: 5th Grade Teacher Traded the Classroom for a Jail Cell
Well, Lubbock, it’s time for our favorite local pastime: reading a press release from a school district that’s sweating through its polo shirt. Nicholas Alonzo, a 29-year-old who was supposedly trusted to teach fifth graders at Upland Heights Elementary, decided to spend his Spring Break getting cozy with the Lubbock Police Department. He wasn’t there [...]Read More... from Frenship ISD’s Latest Extracurricular: 5th Grade Teacher Traded the Classroom for a Jail Cell
Local Government
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Oops, We’re Rich: Lubbock County Accidental Surplus Ignites War of Words
In a stunning display of “only in Lubbock” incompetence, our local government is currently embroiled in a bitter civil war because—get this—they actually have too much money. Last week’s audit revealed that the county ended the 2024-25 budget year with a $10 million swing in their favor. While County Auditor Kathy Williams previously warned that [...]Read More... from Oops, We’re Rich: Lubbock County Accidental Surplus Ignites War of Words
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows Proposes Manifest Destiny 2.0: The New Mexico DLC
Lubbock’s favorite son and current House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, has released his “interim charges” for 2027, and it’s exactly the kind of ambitious, slightly unhinged wishlist you’d expect from someone who spent too much time staring at the horizon on I-27. Topping the list is a plan to study the “secession” of New Mexico counties [...]Read More... from Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows Proposes Manifest Destiny 2.0: The New Mexico DLC
Lubbock Solves Decade-Long Child Abuse Epidemic with the Power of Blue T-Shirts
Our County Commissioners took a break from their busy schedules of approving new car washes and tax breaks for suburban sprawl to drop a real bombshell this week: 10,000 Lubbock County children have been confirmed victims of abuse and neglect over the last decade. That is a nice, round, horrifying number that averages out to [...]Read More... from Lubbock Solves Decade-Long Child Abuse Epidemic with the Power of Blue T-Shirts
Economics
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Lubbock Construction: Because the Dust and Potholes Weren’t Enough to Kill You
Welcome to Southwest Lubbock, the land of “Coming Soon” signs and overpriced subdivisions where the wind blows harder than the local economy. On Thursday morning, near the intersection of 114th Street and Upland Avenue—a place currently consisting of more orange cones than actual pavement—the city’s eternal quest to fix the roads claimed more than just [...]Read More... from Lubbock Construction: Because the Dust and Potholes Weren’t Enough to Kill You
Congratulations, Lubbock: Your Landlord Just Found a Way to Charge You $14 More for the Same Dust
While everyone in West Texas loves to point and laugh at California’s 14% rent hikes, we’re currently busy getting nickel-and-dimed right here in the Hub City. Our average monthly rent just ticked up from $1,374 to $1,388. Sure, a 1.02% increase sounds like pocket change to a developer, but for the rest of us, that’s [...]Read More... from Congratulations, Lubbock: Your Landlord Just Found a Way to Charge You $14 More for the Same Dust
The Guy Who Set the Barn on Fire Offers a Free Cup of Water to Help Put it Out
Our local tractor-enthusiasts gathered on the White House lawn Friday to hear the Big Boss explain why they’re currently broke. It turns out, when you start a trade war and then get entangled in a literal war in Iran, people who grow things for a living tend to suffer. But don’t worry, the President is [...]Read More... from The Guy Who Set the Barn on Fire Offers a Free Cup of Water to Help Put it Out
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LPD Motorcycle Officers Turn ‘No’ Into ‘Go,’ Successfully Total Bikes After Ignoring Orders
Our latest local hero, 22-year-old Charles Sykes, decided the West Loop was his personal Autobahn on Wednesday afternoon. When a motorcycle officer tried to pull him over for speeding—a crime usually ignored by everyone else on the Loop doing 85 in a RAM 1500—Sykes did what any rational Lubbockite with outstanding warrants does: he turned [...]Read More... from LPD Motorcycle Officers Turn ‘No’ Into ‘Go,’ Successfully Total Bikes After Ignoring Orders
Pot of Gold or Pit of Despair? Law Enforcement Gets Punny with “Operation Four-Leaf Felony”
In a city where the most exciting thing that usually happens is a new Raising Cane’s opening or a dust storm turning the sky the color of a rusted Buick, our local law enforcement decided to get festive. On March 26, the Lubbock Police Department teamed up with—deep breath—the FBI, Homeland Security, DPS, the Sheriff’s [...]Read More... from Pot of Gold or Pit of Despair? Law Enforcement Gets Punny with “Operation Four-Leaf Felony”
Lubbock’s Finest Turn 19th and University into a High-Stakes Game of Bumper Cars
It’s Friday night in the Hub City, and while most of us were busy avoiding the construction on Loop 289 or questioning our life choices at a Broadway bar, one Texas DPS trooper decided to turn the intersection of 19th and University into a live-action remake of Speed. Because nothing screams “protect and serve” quite [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Finest Turn 19th and University into a High-Stakes Game of Bumper Cars