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A heavily damaged car sits wrecked on the grass next to the "Courtyards" apartment complex sign at 45th and University at night, with Lubbock police officers and flashing lights surrounding the scene.
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University Avenue Speed Run Ends With an Unscheduled Apartment Remodel

Ah, 3:30 a.m. in the Hub City. A time for peace, quiet, and apparently, treating…

May 14, 2026
Lubbock Police Department badge illuminated against flashing blue and red patrol lights at night.
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LPD Chief on SB4: We’re Not Doing Anything Different, We’re Just More Confused Now

Texas has officially decided that every local cop should moonlight as a junior Border Patrol…

May 12, 2026
A grainy black-and-white archival photo showing the widespread destruction of the 1970 Lubbock tornado, with flattened homes in the foreground and a large grain elevator standing in the distance.
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Lubbock Emergency Response: 56 Years Later, We’ve Finally Reached a Staff of Five

It’s that time of year again when we dust off the grainy photos of the…

May 12, 2026
Mugshot of Andrew Ruiz, a man with dark hair and a facial tattoo, following his arrest for a Mother's Day stabbing in Lubbock.
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Mother’s Day in the Hub: Flowers, Brunch, and Window-Side Knifefights

While most of Lubbock was busy overpaying for lukewarm brunch buffets and pretending to like…

May 12, 2026
A mugshot of Westley Russell with a long, unkempt beard looking directly into the camera.
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The Lubbock “Civil” Breakup: Where ‘Getting Your Stuff Back’ Includes a Side of Lead

Ah, Sunday in the Hub City. While most of us were arguing over the last…

May 12, 2026
A portrait of Danielle Minnis, a National Board-certified teacher wearing an NBCT t-shirt, standing in a busy school hallway.
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Texas Leaders Scramble to Protect Our Kids from the Dangers of “Accomplished Teaching”

National Board Certification—the “gold standard” of teaching that’s reportedly harder to get than a Master’s…

May 11, 2026
Multiple Lubbock County Sheriff vehicles with flashing lights gathered outside a corrugated metal warehouse at night.
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Research Boulevard Man Discovers One Easy Trick to Summon a Small Army

Because nothing says “Saturday Night in the Hub City” quite like a multi-agency standoff in…

May 11, 2026
Police investigators in high-visibility vests examine a crash scene on 19th Street featuring a damaged red pickup truck on a flatbed tow truck.
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19th Street: Where Even Finishing Your Yard Work is a Death Sentence

Welcome to the Hub City, where the only thing more dangerous than the dust storms…

May 11, 2026
Booking photo of T'nae Harrell, former Frenship ISD special education aide arrested on voyeurism charges
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Frenship Aide Thought a 7-Year-Old’s Body Was Apparently Up for Discussion

A former Legacy Elementary special education aide has been fired, arrested, and charged with voyeurism…

May 11, 2026