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LISD Invents a Spreadsheet to Decide Which Schools Live, While the State Sharpens the Axe
Lubbock ISD has unveiled its shiny new District Optimization Framework, a very official-sounding checklist to decide which schools get to keep existing. To stay safe,…
Geese Are Falling From the Sky, but Don’t Worry—The City Posted on Facebook Two Weeks Ago
Apparently, Lubbock has entered its Bird Flu, But Make It Vague era. While sick geese…
Local “Actor” Gets 50 Years for Arson, Assault, and Setting a Woman on Fire—Method Acting Gone Horrifically Wrong
In a story that is grim even by Lubbock standards, Ynez Spencer was sentenced this…
ERCOT Says “Relax,” Lubbock Remembers 2021 and Side-Eyes the Thermostat
A big cold snap is rolling into West Texas this weekend, and state officials are…
42 Seconds, One Gun, and the Annual Reminder That Lubbock Nights Go From Zero to Critical Real Fast
Late Monday night, a Lubbock Police officer responded to a domestic disturbance near 18th Street…
Another “Accidental” Gun Death in Lubbock, Because Of Course It Was
Court records now lay out the moments leading up to the January 9 shooting that…
Texas Air, Now With Fewer Rules and More Vibes
In the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, the Environmental Protection Agency decided regulations…
We Beat Measles (Briefly): Lubbock Declares Victory, Virus Keeps Its Bags Packed
A year after measles tore through Texas—starting right here in West Texas—the Lubbock Health Department…
Protective Orders, Revisited: Lubbock Tries the “Pretty Please” Method Again
Remember Robert Arnold—the guy who allegedly brutalized the same woman, posted bond, and then allegedly…
Ice, Ice, Sprinkler: How Lubbock Turns a Cold Snap into a Contact Sport
Lubbock officials are begging—again—for residents to stop running sprinklers during freezing weather, because spraying water…