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Desperate for Cash, Shallowater ISD Will Let Outside Kids Transfer In—Assuming They Pass the “Shallowater Way” Vibe Check

Well, well, well. Look who comes crawling back to the open market. For the first…

June 19, 2026
Texas Tech Board of Regents Chairman Cody Campbell speaking in a split-screen news interview about quarterback Brendan Sorsby.
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Lubbock’s Finest Hour: Paying a Quarterback Not to Play Football and Calling it “Integrity”

Our beloved Texas Tech Board of Regents Chairman, Cody Campbell, recently sat down for a…

June 19, 2026
SDA Secretary Brooke Rollins speaking at a podium with a USDA logo during a press conference about the New World screwworm outbreak, flanked by men in cowboy hats.
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Flesh-Eating Maggots and Horny Flies: Just Another Tuesday in Lubbock

Oh, fantastic. Just what West Texas needed to round out its charm portfolio: flesh-eating maggots.…

June 19, 2026
Interior of a retrofitted rural telehealth clinic inside a shipping container, featuring a blue exam table, a rolling computer cart, and a framed Come and Take It flag on the wall.
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Thinking Outside the Box: TTUHSC Solves Texas Healthcare Crisis by Shoving Patients into Shipping Containers

Our very own Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in a brilliant joint venture with…

June 18, 2026
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Brownfield Fugitive Discovers Lubbock Homeless Shelters Make Terrible Witness Protection Programs

Ah, West Texas. Come for the blinding dust storms, stay for the absolute dregs of…

June 17, 2026
A blue corrugated metal building featuring a large hand-painted red sign that reads "El Fronteriso" with a red pole and satellite dish in the foreground under a clear sky.
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Lubbock County Solves All Crime By Shutting Down Half Of Its Neon-Lit Menaces

Lubbock County Commissioners have finally tackled our absolute number one public safety threat: bored locals…

June 17, 2026
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby on the field in a red Red Raiders jersey pointing his finger.
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Folded Before the Flop: Tech’s $1 Million Quarterback Flees to the NFL After Burning Down College Football

Leave it to Texas Tech to trigger a multi-state legal war, alienate half the collegiate…

June 16, 2026
A Texas Panhandle rancher wearing a cowboy hat stands in a wide, grassy pasture looking at a small herd of black cattle under a cloudy sky.
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Great News, West Texas: Flesh-Eating Maggots Are Here to Ruin Your BBQ

Just when you thought living in West Texas couldn’t get any more dystopian—what with the…

June 16, 2026
Mugshot of Ruby Outlaw in a lime green jumpsuit standing in front of a height chart during her booking in Curry County.
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Nominative Determinism Strikes Again: Clovis Woman Named ‘Outlaw’ Arrested for Living Up to the Family Brand

Because Lubbock apparently doesn’t have quite enough homegrown chaos to fill a local broadcast, KCBD…

June 16, 2026