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From Ponzi to Ph.D.: Texas Tech Buys Convicted Fraudster’s Mansion for Chancellor

Because living in a regular house is apparently beneath the dignity of someone “leading” our…

April 24, 2026
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City Hall Learns to Read: Gary Boren Sues His Way Onto the Ballot

Lubbock is currently embroiled in its favorite pastime: a legal slap-fight over things that should…

April 24, 2026
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Ernest Butler Park: Lubbock’s Premier Destination for Tetanus and Loneliness

If you’ve ever wanted your child to experience the existential dread of being the only…

April 24, 2026
Mugshot of Zachary Peterson, featuring a blonde mullet and a mustache, looking remarkably unbothered for someone who just fumbled the most generous probation deal in Lubbock history.
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Manslaughter? More Like ‘Man-Slight-Inconvenience’ Until You Forget to Call Your PO

Lubbock: where the wind blows 40 mph, the water tastes like a swimming pool filter,…

April 24, 2026
Governor Greg Abbott holds up the signed voucher legislation with a triumphant grin while surrounded by a group of children being used as human shields for a bureaucratic nightmare.
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Texas Discovers the Secret to Better Education: Giving Your Tax Dollars to Private Schools

The Texas Comptroller just started mailing out the educational equivalent of Willy Wonka’s Golden Tickets,…

April 24, 2026
Mugshots of Valerie Torres, Markquis Tates, and Joe Ramirez following their arrest at the Executive Inn in Lubbock.
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The “Executive” Lifestyle: Avenue Q’s Finest Hospitality Ends in SWAT Semi-Finals

Lubbock’s Avenue Q remains the undisputed champion of “exactly what you expected to happen.” On…

April 24, 2026
Mugshot of Cysili Quintanilla following her arrest for aggravated assault and child endangerment in Lubbock.
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Lubbock Love Language: Ramming, Shooting, and a Mid-Crime Power Nap

Welcome back to another episode of “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in the 806.”…

April 24, 2026
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Lubbock’s Latest Family Reunion Ends with a Self-Reported Murder Warrant

In a city where the most exciting thing to do on a Wednesday night is…

April 23, 2026
A political yard sign for "Virginians for Fair Elections" sits on a manicured lawn, ironically symbolizing the redistricting war Texas Republicans accidentally started and then lost.
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Texas GOP Discovers “Actions Have Consequences,” Promptly Melts Down

In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has ever played a game of…

April 23, 2026