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Lubbock Man’s Multi-State Road Trip Cut Short by an Entire Army of Law Enforcement

Ah, Lubbock. We really know how to export our finest talent. Take local resident Kory…

May 6, 2026
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Clean Title, Dirty Deals: How Texas Tech and the Feds Scrubbed Bart Reagor’s Mansion for the Chancellor

Remember last month when we told you the Texas Tech University System dropped millions on…

May 5, 2026
A Lubbock Police Department vehicle with flashing blue lights parked at an intersection next to a damaged white pickup truck under the I-27 overpass signs.
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LPD Proves Even Flashing Lights Can’t Protect You From Lubbock Traffic

It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning in the Hub City, which means it’s the perfect time…

May 5, 2026
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Choose Your Flavor of Chaos: Paxton Leads Cornyn as the Texas GOP Tries to Out-GOP Itself

Just when you thought Texas politics couldn’t get any more exhausting, the latest University of…

May 5, 2026
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We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?

Crack open a warm, un-refrigerated beer, Lubbock, because Texas has officially taken the crown. According…

May 5, 2026
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Lubbock’s Best Designated Driver Hits a Pedestrian, Drives Home, and Bails Out

Leave it to the Hub City to turn a rare moment of actual responsibility into…

May 5, 2026
Several police SUVs with glowing red tail lights park along a dark North Lubbock residential street at night, illuminated by a single overhead street lamp.
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North Avenue J Proves Once Again That Nothing Good Happens After Midnight in Lubbock

It’s 2:30 on a Monday morning. In normal cities, people are fast asleep, dreading the…

May 5, 2026
Mark McBrayer, the Mayor of Lubbock, smiling with the radiant confidence of a man who knows most of his constituents forgot it was Election Day. He is wearing a patterned blazer and a tiny American flag pin, standing in front of some blurry trees that are likely the only green things left in town after the latest dust storm.
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Apathy Wins in a Landslide: Lubbock Re-Elects the Status Quo with the Support of Twelve People and a Golden Retriever

The “masses” have spoken, and by “masses,” I mean the approximately 9,533 people who realized…

May 3, 2026
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Missing Person Alert: Local Senator Spotted in Iowa Looking for Love (And a 2028 Nomination)

In a shocking development that will surprise absolutely no one in Lubbock who has tried…

May 3, 2026