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Bo French, Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, clutching a microphone while looking like he's mid-sentence explaining how deporting 100 million people will definitely help regulate gas pipelines.
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Bo French Wants to Deport 100 Million People, Because Clearly the Railroad Commission Wasn’t High-Stakes Enough

Just when you thought the Texas Railroad Commission was a boring-as-dirt agency that handles oil…

March 27, 2026
A mugshot of Camilo Reyes Castillo, a bald man with a salt-and-pepper goatee wearing a bright orange inmate jumpsuit. His face is superimposed over a bleak, gray background featuring a prison facility and a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire—the upscale real estate he'll be occupying for the next six decades.
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Levelland ISD’s “Employee of the Month” Trades the Classroom for a 60-Year Residency in Federal Prison

Ah, Levelland. The crown jewel of the South Plains, where the horizon is flat, the…

March 26, 2026
A deeply focused Dustin Burrows raises a giant wooden gavel high in the air, looking like a man who is about to heroically strike down a fly or perhaps just finalize a plan to turn eastern New Mexico into Lubbock’s newest, dustiest suburb.
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Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows Proposes Manifest Destiny 2.0: The New Mexico DLC

Lubbock’s favorite son and current House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, has released his “interim charges” for…

March 26, 2026
An emergency scene under a concrete Lubbock overpass (labeled with a '16 FT 5 IN' sign). A marked police SUV with flashing lights, a fire engine, and responders stand on the shoulder. On the on-ramp lane above them, a lone motorcycle lies on its side, the site of a single motorcycle crash, on a clear day. A cell tower is visible in the distance.
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Lubbock Riders Discover Gravity: Now Offering 40-Foot Scenic Drop Tours

Wednesday’s incident on South Loop 289 was your standard Lubbock “I forgot how lanes work”…

March 26, 2026
A weathered brown leather firefighter captain's helmet with a "West Carlisle Fire Dept 106" shield sits on a bright red metal shelf next to a container of Clorox wipes and firefighting gear.
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Lubbock Opts for the ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Approach to Fire Prevention

In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever seen a Lubbock driver…

March 26, 2026
A mugshot of 29-year-old Nicholas Alonzo, a former Frenship ISD fifth-grade teacher, appearing with short dark hair and a beard against a gray and white barred background.
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Frenship ISD’s Latest Extracurricular: 5th Grade Teacher Traded the Classroom for a Jail Cell

Well, Lubbock, it’s time for our favorite local pastime: reading a press release from a…

March 26, 2026
George Strait performing on stage in a cowboy hat and blue plaid shirt, waving to a crowd of 60,000 people who likely skipped their car payments to afford the $3,100 ticket price.
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The King is Coming to Jones Stadium, So Start Selling Your Organs Now

In a shocking development that literally everyone saw coming the second the dates were announced,…

March 26, 2026
The exterior of McCool Academy in Lubbock, looking deceptively peaceful for a place where the commute involves dodging bumpers.
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Human Frogger: Quaker Avenue Edition

In today’s episode of “Lubbock Drivers vs. Basic Physics,” a middle schooler from McCool Academy…

March 25, 2026
Texas Tech University System seal displayed over an aerial view of the Lubbock campus.
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Texas Tech Proves Once Again That Accuracy is Optional if You Have Enough Lawyers

In the latest installment of “Who’s Counting? Certainly Not Us,” a federal judge has officially…

March 25, 2026