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Dr. Maria Teresa Leos-Duemer inspects colorful serape stoles made by her Lubbock High School students for 600 Hispanic Texas Tech graduates, April 28, 2025.
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Texas Tech “Streamlines” Alumni Relations—By Cutting Off the People Who Made It Inclusive

After nearly a century of independence, the Texas Tech Alumni Association got folded into the…

October 29, 2025
Mugshot of John Ellis Gess, a 45-year-old convicted Lubbock man who fled to Europe before being captured and returned to serve a four-year prison sentence for online solicitation of a minor.
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Run, Hide, Rent-a-Car: Convicted Lubbock Predator Flees to Europe — Then Gets Caught Like a Cheap Plot Twist

A convicted child predator from Lubbock tried to outrun justice by fleeing to Europe —…

October 28, 2025
Rows of solar panels installed in a large open field at the Swenson Ranch Solar project site in West Texas.
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Meta to Power Up with West Texas Sunshine, Because Data Centers Need Vitamin D Too

Meta and ENGIE North America just announced a shiny new deal to soak up 600…

October 28, 2025
Statue of a cowboy tipping his hat in front of the Texas State Capitol dome in Austin.
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“Droves,” Apparently Means 2.8%: Lubbock’s Early Voting Stampede Reaches… 5,460

Lubbock County is patting itself on the back because 5,460 people showed up in the…

October 28, 2025
Mugshot of Adrian Castilleja with curly hair in front of a height chart background, with police lights blurred behind him.
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Lubbock Teen Arrested After Apparently Speedrunning Every Crime Side Quest in One Neighborhood

Lubbock police say 18-year-old Adrian Castilleja spent the better part of a year doing his…

October 27, 2025
Scientists wearing lab coats and purple gloves testing water samples for PFAS contamination in a laboratory.
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Forever Chemicals, Forever Problems: New Mexico Finds Out What Lubbock’s Been Pretending Not to Notice Since Reese

So, New Mexico decided to actually test people living near Cannon Air Force Base to…

October 27, 2025
Mugshot of Terry Joe Sides Jr., an older bald man with a gray beard wearing a jail smock, photographed against a height marker background.
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Lubbock Man Discovers That “The Dark Web” Is Not, In Fact, His Personal Hobby Room

Federal investigators say 61-year-old Terry Joe Sides Jr. was out here being a “relatively sophisticated…

October 27, 2025
Mugshot of Joe Lopez with curly hair and neck tattoos in front of a jail booking wall.
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Kidnapping? Gunfire? Car Chase? Lubbock Says: “Okay but what if we just focus on the gun part.”

Joe Lopez—remember him? The guy who allegedly snatched a woman from a Carriage House motel…

October 24, 2025
Mugshots of Justin Liford and Dava Pound shown side-by-side in connection with a federal child abuse case.
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Lubbock Man Learns the Cloud is Not a Diary — Gets 20 Years for Unspeakable Crimes

A Lubbock man, 34-year-old Justin Liford, is heading to federal prison for the next two…

October 24, 2025