Crime
Lubbock-Cooper Senior Learns the Hard Way That “Complexity” is Code for “We’re On Lunch Break”
Lubbock-Cooper High School senior DeTayevion “Taye” Lang—a 17-year-old Black student with a straight-A average—is currently…
Setting Sail on the “Yachts” of Lubbock: Drug Ring Gets a 20-Year Vacancy
Welcome to the Hub City, where the only thing flatter than the horizon is the…
Lubbock’s Most Persistent Ex-Boyfriend Earns a $35k ‘Get Out of Jail Promptly’ Card
In a city where the most exciting thing to do is usually watching a tumbleweed…
Hub City Hospitality: Where the ‘Service Industry’ Takes on a Whole New Meaning
Well, pack it up, everyone. National Human Trafficking Awareness Month is officially over, and the…
Lubbock’s Favorite Informant/Entrepreneur Snags 12 Years of Government-Funded Housing
Lubbock’s own Christian Castro—a man who treats the local judicial system like a frequent flyer…
TruFit, True Terror, and the ‘Pastor’ Who Forgot the Commandment About Restraint
Well, Lubbock, it’s 2026 and we finally have an update on the nightmare that happened…
Easter Egg Hunt, Gunfight Edition: Two Dead, Kids Nearby, and the Shooter Gets Deferred Adjudication
In the latest installment of Only in Lubbock, a deadly Easter Sunday shootout that left…
Hot & Juicy, Cold Cash: Lubbock Discovers “Seafood” Was Apparently a Side Hustle
Lubbock police have arrested Biwu Liu—owner of Hot & Juicy Seafood—and Fu Gao on charges…
Local “Actor” Gets 50 Years for Arson, Assault, and Setting a Woman on Fire—Method Acting Gone Horrifically Wrong
In a story that is grim even by Lubbock standards, Ynez Spencer was sentenced this…