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Lubbock’s Newest ‘Organized’ Crime Syndicate is a Literal Carpool of Teens

In a city where the most exciting thing to do on a Monday night is…

March 24, 2026
The exterior of the Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion in Lubbock, Texas, featuring a sleek glass tower with a blue DNA double helix design that serves as a beautiful reminder of exactly whose genetic code will be used to collateralize your new medical debt.
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Texas Tech Physicians and UnitedHealthcare Embark on Multi-Million Dollar Game of Chicken with Your Health

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

March 23, 2026
A medium shot of Billie Caviel, co-founder of the first Black-owned pharmacy in the U.S., smiling while holding up a colorful drawing of a crowned skull at the Caviel Museum of African American History in Lubbock.
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Lubbock Loses a Legend Who Actually Cared, Leaving the Rest of Us to Deal with Walgreens Hold Music

In a shocking turn of events for a city that usually makes headlines for things…

March 23, 2026
A mugshot of Seth Moore, a man with short blonde hair and a blank expression, appearing over a blurred background of the Lubbock County Detention Center.
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Headline: Local “John Wick” With a BB Gun Discovers That Real Life Isn’t a Steven Seagal Movie

Meet 36-year-old Seth Moore, Lubbock’s latest self-appointed vigilante and a man who clearly has a…

March 23, 2026
The aftermath of a 125-degree "learning experience": a middle schooler’s hands and wrists heavily wrapped in medical bandages after being forced to bear crawl across the Evans Middle School track while the district looked the other way.
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Burned Cheerleaders Get the Cold Shoulder: LISD Escapes Lawsuit for ‘Brutal’ Track Torture

Remember back in late 2024 when an Evans Middle School coach decided the best way…

March 23, 2026
A nighttime scene in South Lubbock where multiple police SUVs with flashing lights and yellow crime tape have successfully blocked off a residential street, because nothing says "Friday morning" like a Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit investigation.
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South Lubbock’s Newest Curfew: Get Home Before the Drunks Treat 98th Street Like a Bowling Alley

Well, Lubbock, we’ve done it again. While most of the city was safely tucked away…

March 20, 2026
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