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A grainy TxDOT traffic camera image showing a backup of vehicles on the Marsha Sharp Freeway overpass at Slide Road in Lubbock, Texas, during the morning commute where an emergency baby delivery took place on the shoulder.
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Welcome to the World! Now Here’s Your Speeding Ticket and a View of the Slide Road Overpass

In a city where the most exciting thing to happen on a Friday morning is…

March 20, 2026
Nexstar Media Group logo on a smartphone screen with stock market charts in the background, symbolizing media consolidation and corporate growth.
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One Newsroom to Rule Them All: Nexstar Swallows TEGNA While the FCC Looks the Other Way

In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever tried to find a…

March 20, 2026
The Chick-fil-A logo mounted on a generic brick wall, representing the $3.5 million in 'Project Ranger' incentives the city is gifting to a multi-billion dollar company instead of fixing local roads.
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Praise the Lord and Pass the Tax Breaks: Lubbock Bribes Chick-fil-A with $3.5 Million for a Nugget Bunker

Lubbock has finally achieved its final form. We aren’t just a city that happily spends…

March 19, 2026
Rows of dormant or dying grapevines and fruit trees under a bleak, overcast Idalou sky, featuring a lone figure standing among the skeletal branches contemplating the futility of agriculture in a dust bowl.
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Mother Nature Clearly Hates Idalou, Local Peaches Scheduled for Early Execution

In today’s edition of “Why Do We Even Try to Grow Things Here?”, our friends…

March 19, 2026
An aerial view of a massive, elongated white industrial building surrounded by dirt lots and parked trucks in the middle of the West Texas desert.
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Silicon Prairie or Just a Really Expensive Space Heater? Dickens County Gets a $3.5 Billion ‘Upgrade’

Oh, joy. While the rest of us are wondering if the Lubbock wind is going…

March 19, 2026
A portrait of Cesar Chavez on a red protest sign featuring sketches of United Farm Workers strikers, standing next to an American flag.
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Lubbock Scrambles to Scrub the Name of a Guy We Barely Liked Anyway

In a rare moment of bipartisan harmony, Lubbock’s political scene is currently a frantic blur…

March 19, 2026
A dark pickup truck with open doors sits in a driveway, framed by the red and blue flashing lights of Lubbock Police Department cruisers.
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Another Early Morning in Paradise: 46th Street’s 2:00 AM Wake-Up Call

Lubbock is really leaning into its “Hub City” nickname lately, specifically by acting as a…

March 18, 2026
A brightly lit convenience store shelf packed with colorful candy bars and sodas that are now off-limits for SNAP recipients.
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Let Them Eat Kale: Texas Solves Poverty by Banning Snickers Bars

Because living in Lubbock wasn’t already enough of a thrill, Governor Abbott and his band…

March 18, 2026
Two massive white poly fertilizer tanks sitting on a blue trailer, currently serving as a mobile monument to the skyrocketing cost of farming in Lubbock while waiting to be filled with liquid assets that the owner can no longer afford.
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Local Farmers Shocked to Discover ‘America First’ Doesn’t Apply to the Global Manure Market

In a twist that absolutely no one could have seen coming—unless you possess the basic…

March 17, 2026