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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…
Welcome to Lubbock, Where Betting on Your Own Team Just Earns You a Two-Week Vacation
Welcome back to the Hub City, where the dust storms are thick, the tap water…
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…
Driven to Destitution: We’re Swimming in Permian Basin Oil, So Why is Filling Up the Tank Costing Us a Kidney?
Welcome to West Texas, where a casual 90-mile daily commute is considered a “beautiful drive”…
State Government Genius: Punishing Small Towns for Being Too Broke to Prove They’re Broke
Leave it to our brilliant lawmakers in Austin to cook up a bureaucratic paradox straight…
Lubbock’s Finest Take Just Five Months to Catch East 50th Street Creep
If you’ve ever wondered how long it takes for justice to grind its gears in…
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…
Lubbock’s Latest Home Improvement Trend: Stashing 188 Grams of Meth in the Ceiling
Nothing says “Hub City hospitality” quite like a multi-agency Tuesday night block party featuring the…
Lubbock Man Achieves Peak Criminal Genius, Leaves Illegal Downloads Running During SWAT Raid
Just when you think the local crime blotter can’t get any more bleak or bizarre,…