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Lubbock ISD Rushes to Assure Everyone the Superintendent’s “Flagged Certificate” Is Totally Fine

Lubbock ISD’s Board of Trustees took time out of their busy schedule of self-congratulation to…

October 7, 2025
Texas Tech University administration building with “Tech Thrive” banner in foreground on a sunny day in Lubbock, Texas.
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Texas Tech’s “Two-Gender Tango”: Where Academic Freedom Goes to Die of Bureaucratic Vague-ness

In a move that screams “please don’t make us go viral like A&M,” Texas Tech…

October 7, 2025
Texas Tech Athletics unveils the modernized Double T logo for 2026 with classic Red Raider emblems in the background.
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Texas Tech Unveils “Modernized” Double T—Because What They Really Needed Was a New Logo

Texas Tech Athletics just announced a “new era” for the Red Raiders — not with…

October 7, 2025
Children in a Lubbock daycare classroom playing with colorful magnetic building blocks, highlighting child care shortages across the South Plains.
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South Plains Has 21 “Child Care Deserts” — But Sure, Let’s Keep Cutting Funding

According to a new report from Children at Risk, the South Plains is running out…

October 7, 2025
Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol horses standing beside their white police trailer labeled “Police Patrol Horses” in a parking lot.
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Lubbock’s Newest Drug Dog Is a Horse — and Apparently, It Works

In yet another “only in Lubbock” moment, a man was arrested after believing an LPD…

October 7, 2025
Mugshot of Milton Melgar-Cruz after arrest in Lubbock for aggravated assault and firing a gun at group including a victim holding a baby.
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Lubbock Man Decides the Best Time for Target Practice Is When Someone’s Holding a Baby

Another weekend in Lubbock, another “what the hell” headline. Police say 21-year-old Milton Melgar-Cruz spent…

October 7, 2025
Two Lubbock Police SUVs parked outside the Executive Inn as officers speak with people near the boarded-up building under a bright green sign.
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The Executive Inn Checks Out: Crime Wins, Guests Lose, and the City Pretends It’s Not Involved

The Executive Inn—Lubbock’s favorite one-stop shop for overdoses, robberies, and SWAT visits—is finally calling it…

October 6, 2025
Mugshots of Megan Nicole Beaudry and Holly Kay Smith, arrested in Slaton for child endangerment, animal cruelty, and trespassing.
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Welcome to Slaton: Where Even the Squatters Have Squatters

Police raided a house in Slaton this week and found what can only be described…

October 3, 2025
3D illustration of the measles virus, showing its detailed structure with surface proteins.
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West Texas Measles Outbreak: Congratulations, We’re Partying Like It’s 1991

Turns out, when you stop vaccinating kids because Facebook memes told you so, the 1800s…

October 3, 2025