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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…
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…
Lubbock’s Finest Hour: Paying a Quarterback Not to Play Football and Calling it “Integrity”
Our beloved Texas Tech Board of Regents Chairman, Cody Campbell, recently sat down for a…
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.…
Brownfield Fugitive Discovers Lubbock Homeless Shelters Make Terrible Witness Protection Programs
Ah, West Texas. Come for the blinding dust storms, stay for the absolute dregs of…
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…
Folded Before the Flop: Tech’s $1 Million Quarterback Flees to the NFL After Burning Down College Football
Leave it to Texas Tech to trigger a multi-state legal war, alienate half the collegiate…
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…
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…
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…