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$70K Didn’t Do the Trick: Lubbock’s “Protective Order” Apparently on the Honor System
In the latest episode of How Is This Still Happening, a 49-year-old Lubbock man, Robert Arnold, is back in jail after allegedly kidnapping, brutally assaulting,…
Texas Wants Cheap Houses, Fewer Immigrants, and Apparently a Magical Workforce That Doesn’t Exist
Down in South Texas, construction sites are turning into ghost towns—not because people don’t want…
Silent Night, Holy Hell: Kingsgate’s Christmas Carriage Ride Goes Full Rodeo
In what can only be described as a very on-brand Lubbock holiday moment, a horse-drawn…
Federal Racism Probe Ghosts Lubbock Schools, Racism Decides to Stick Around Anyway
The local NAACP meeting in Lubbock opened with a prayer and quickly turned into what…
Bathroom Break, Not a Voyeuristic Adventure: Lubbock Man Arrested at Movie Theater
Just when you think a trip to the movies is safe—popcorn, previews, the faint smell…
Good Samaritan Meets the West Loop: Another Lubbock Crash That Didn’t Have to Happen
Monday night, just before 7 p.m., Lubbock police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Spur…
Operation Relentless Justice: When “Only in Lubbock” Goes Federal
In a rare feel-good crossover between local news and the Department of Justice, several West…
Four Years, Zero Answers: Lubbock’s “See Something, Say Nothing” Tradition Lives On
Four years after 4-year-old Cornelius Carrington was killed in a drive-by shooting on December 17,…
Mask Up or Else: Lubbock Murder Suspect Keeps Adding Charges Like It’s a Rewards Program
Patrick Bradley, 53, already sitting in the Lubbock County Detention Center on a murder charge…
Anonymous, Unaccountable, and Apparently Above the Law: ICE Gets a Blank Check from Jodey Arrington
Let’s drop the polite press-release tone and talk about what’s actually happening here. Across the…