Alcohol
Smith Unit Guard Takes a “Career Research” Trip to the Other Side of the Bars
In today’s episode of Lubbock’s Best and Brightest, we meet 19-year-old Jo’Brian Liendo. Jo’Brian was a correctional officer at the Smith Unit in Lamesa, but…
Texas Tech Police Master the Art of the Shrug After F-150 Claims Another Victim
In a city where the “state flower” is a crumpled Ford F-150 bumper, Lubbock has…
Spur 327: Where the Speed Limit is a Suggestion and Beer Bottles are Co-Pilots
Welcome to another episode of “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in the Hub City.”…
The Hub City’s Favorite Game: Jurisdictional Hot Potato (feat. A 3/4-Ton Truck)
Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing flatter than the landscape is the police department’s…
Lubbock’s Finest Finds the ‘Funny’ Side of a Compound Fracture
In the latest installment of Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in the 806, we…
Extreme Home Makeover: The ‘Lundun’ Mata Special
It wouldn’t be a standard Lubbock weekend without someone treating our residential streets like the…
FM 1585: Where Science Teachers Go to Die and Drunk Drivers Go to Jail (Briefly)
In a city where the most complex engineering feat is a functioning drainage ditch, we’ve…
Red Raider Baseballer Masters the “Curveball” (and the Curb)
Texas Tech freshman Jesse Rusinek decided to kick off the week by adding a little…
Run the Red Light, Run From the Scene, Spend 15 Years Thinking About It
Christina Hernandez has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication…
Texas: Ringing in the New Year With Fireworks, Drunk Driving, and a Side of Statistical Doom
Nothing says “Happy New Year” in Texas quite like a reminder that we’re apparently very…