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Lubbock Finally Remembers Native People Exist, Plans Powwow Like It’s 1491

In a rare moment of cultural self-awareness, Lubbock has discovered that Native people are, in…

November 18, 2025
Mugshot of a man with medium-length dark hair and a goatee, identified by authorities as Xavier Garcia in connection with two Lubbock murder cases.
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Seven Years, Two Murder Victims, and One Very Patient Jail: Xavier Garcia Finally Pleads Guilty

It only took seven and a half years, two murdered victims, countless hearings, multiple gag…

November 18, 2025
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Lubbock Says Child Abuse Isn’t Worse Here—We’re Just Really Good at Finding It

Lubbock’s arrest reports keep filling up with child sexual abuse cases, but according to Detective…

November 18, 2025
Mugshot of the alleged fake Uber driver, Jesse Gonzales, after his arrest in Lubbock for kidnapping and evading police.
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Lubbock Man Tries to Be an Uber Driver, Forgets the Part Where Uber Isn’t Kidnapping

Early Saturday morning, a 20-year-old named Jesse Gonzales apparently decided to open his own ride-sharing…

November 17, 2025
Booking photo of Victor Yannis Jr., shown against a striped background after his 2022 Lubbock carjacking arrest.
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Texas Tech Carjacker Outsmarts Himself, Shockingly Fails

Nothing says “guns up” quite like a 3 a.m. carjacking in a Texas Tech parking…

November 17, 2025
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Texas Tech’s New Chancellor Promises “Common Sense,” Immediately Proceeds to Explain Why He Knows Best About Everything

Incoming Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton sat down with KCBD to assure everyone…

November 16, 2025
Mugshot of Sylas Smart overlaid on a Lubbock neighborhood crime scene with police tape and patrol vehicles in the background.
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West Lubbock Live-Action GTA Session Ends with Every Agency Ever Created Responding

A 51-year-old man named Sylas Smart (questionable surname choice) kicked off an afternoon of pure…

November 14, 2025
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Nurse Practitioner Pulled Over With DIY Pharmacy Kit, Shockingly Not “Approved by Boss”

In a plot twist no one saw coming—except literally everyone—39-year-old nurse practitioner Matthew Price was…

November 14, 2025
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Texas Decides Kids Don’t Need the World—Just Texas, Jesus, and Whatever the Heritage Foundation Says

The Texas State Board of Education is once again revamping how kids learn social studies,…

November 14, 2025