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Lubbock Boldly Tackles Five Years of Skyrocketing Child Abuse with a Mighty Six-Person Task Force

In a stunning display of lightning-fast government efficiency, our Lubbock County Commissioners unanimously voted to…

June 10, 2026
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Flesh-Eating Maggots Outsmart Texas Bureaucracy in Record Time

It takes a special kind of comedic timing to look completely foolish on a federal…

June 9, 2026
A close-up of a lone yellow tennis ball sitting on a blue court at the Burgess-Rushing Tennis Center in Lubbock.
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Game, Set, Match: Lubbock Pauses Tennis Lessons After Shocking Discovery That Free Court Time Doesn’t Balance the Budget

The City of Lubbock has officially pressed pause on all private lessons at the Burgess-Rushing…

June 9, 2026
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Welcome Our New Insect Overlords: West Nile Mosquitoes Officially Join the Party in Lubbock

Just when you thought surviving two solid weeks of non-stop daily rain and the sudden…

June 9, 2026
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Mother Nature Spits on US 84, Semi-Truck Responds with Fatal Gymnastics

Welcome to West Texas, where a mere suggestion of rain instantly transforms our highways into…

June 9, 2026
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Hub City Navy: Driver Tries to Ford a River on Cesar Chavez Drive, Triggers Actual Dive Team Rescue

It’s early June, which means Lubbock has received its annual allotment of atmospheric moisture—a whopping…

June 9, 2026
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Welcome to Lubbock, Where Betting on Your Own Team Just Earns You a Two-Week Vacation

Welcome back to the Hub City, where the dust storms are thick, the tap water…

June 9, 2026
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LPD’s Innovative New De-Escalation Tactic: Hitting the Suspect with a Cruiser

Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing more dangerous than wandering around drunk on an…

June 7, 2026
A view of Highway 84 East in rural West Texas, featuring a Phillips 66 gas station, local commercial signs for Dollar General and AutoZone, and an Ag Texas billboard under a vast sky.
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Driven to Destitution: We’re Swimming in Permian Basin Oil, So Why is Filling Up the Tank Costing Us a Kidney?

Welcome to West Texas, where a casual 90-mile daily commute is considered a “beautiful drive”…

June 6, 2026