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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, 2021, his family is still doing what Lubbock families shouldn’t…
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…
Cod Liver Oil vs. Reality: How West Texas Helped Bring Measles Back Like It’s 1958
In case you missed it, West Texas just starred in the nation’s largest measles outbreak…
Joey McGuire Signs $52M “Forever” Deal, Because Nothing Says Lubbock Like Eternal Football Optimism
Texas Tech has officially decided it has found The One. Head football coach Joey McGuire…
Brownfield Explains Bird Flu Like Grownups, While Lubbock Still Pretends Geese Are a Vibe
Over in Brownfield—yes, that Brownfield—the city noticed something unusual: sick geese. Instead of shrugging and…
Birds Are Literally Dying in Lubbock Parks, but Don’t Worry—The City’s Busy Posting About Whooping Cough
While residents are flooding Facebook with reports of geese twitching, spinning, and dying en masse…
Raise a Martini: Lubbock Trades a 100-Year-Old Landmark for Another Student Housing Box
Cafe J — the longtime restaurant and bar across from Texas Tech where martinis flowed…
Thunder Sun’s Bankruptcy Gets Tossed Again, Because Apparently the First Red Flags Weren’t Red Enough
In a move that shocked absolutely no one who’s been paying attention, a federal judge…
Lubbock Loses Joe Ely, Briefly Remembers He Was Ours All Along
Joe Ely, one of the most influential musicians ever to come out of West Texas,…