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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…