Mental Health
Lubbock: Where Your Paycheck is Fat, but Your Soul is Flat
Oh, joy. Another “study” has come out to tell us what we already feel every time we look at a horizon that hasn’t changed since…
Small-Town Gunfire, Big-Town Silence: Slaton Wakes Up to a Nightmare
Late Sunday night, just before 11 p.m., police were called to the 300 block of…
Lubbock Outsources Compassion, Imports Kindness From New York
In a story that manages to be both heartwarming and deeply, painfully West Texas, 13-year-old…
Market Street Shooter Blames COVID, Gets Probation Instead of Prison
Robert Joseph Baker, 39, shot and killed a stranger outside the Market Street at 19th…
Sid Miller Discovers Farmers Have Feelings Too
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller—usually better known for Facebook rants and rodeo politics—actually raised a…
Abbott Drops $121 Million on Lubbock’s New Loony Bin (Coming 2027)
Governor Greg Abbott is patting himself on the back again, this time for greenlighting $121…
Lubbock Proudly Mediocre: Ranks 169th in Best Places to Live List
In its annual report on the Best Places to Live in the U.S., U.S. News…
City Council to Decide if Lubbock Should Pretend to Care About Public Health
Lubbock Public Health spent nearly a year gathering input from 2,100 residents, producing a hefty…
Texas Tech Researchers Take on West Texas’ “Mental Health Wasteland” — Armed With PR and Duct Tape
Turns out, Texas ranks near the bottom for child and adolescent mental health resources. In…
Lubbock Leads Texas in Teen Suicide Attempts—Because of Course We Do
According to a new analysis, Lubbock has the highest rate of youth suicide attempts in…