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Local GTA Enthusiast Trades 120 MPH Thrills for 15 Years of Federal Boredom
Welcome to Lubbock, where the wind blows at 50 mph and our criminals drive at 120. Jeremiah Daniel Rossette, a 29-year-old who apparently mistook Highway 84 for a closed course in Need for Speed, just entered a federal guilty plea for a January 2025 carjacking that was essentially a one-man parade of bad decisions. The [...]Read More... from Local GTA Enthusiast Trades 120 MPH Thrills for 15 Years of Federal Boredom
Hub City Conflict Resolution: Another Gas Station Argument Ends in Gunfire
Because apparently, we can’t even buy a bag of Takis and a fountain soda in this town without it turning into a scene from a low-budget Western, 41-year-old Tommy Rios is currently enjoying the hospitality of the Lubbock County Detention Center. Our latest installment of “Central Lubbock Charm” went down Friday night near 59th and [...]Read More... from Hub City Conflict Resolution: Another Gas Station Argument Ends in Gunfire
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 apparently, he felt his job performance was suffering because he lacked “lived experience.” To fix this, he headed over to the 7200 block of Avenue S last Sunday to see [...]Read More... from Smith Unit Guard Takes a “Career Research” Trip to the Other Side of the Bars
Politics
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Ken Paxton Attacks the Real Enemy of Democracy: Your Unused Visa Gift Cards
Our favorite legal eagle and part-time hobbyist Attorney General, Ken Paxton, is back at it again. This time, he’s filed a lawsuit against ActBlue, the fundraising powerhouse for Democrats, because apparently, the biggest threat to the Lone Star State isn’t the crumbling infrastructure or the fact that it’s 105 degrees in April—it’s people donating to [...]Read More... from Ken Paxton Attacks the Real Enemy of Democracy: Your Unused Visa Gift Cards
Local Man Writes Laws, Hires Self to Enforce Them, Claims He’s Saving the ‘Tech Brand’ from Reality
In the most “Lubbock” move since the last time we paved a road only to dig it up a week later, Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton is doing a victory lap for a problem he personally manufactured. For those keeping track of the grift, Creighton spent his time in the State Senate writing the very [...]Read More... from Local Man Writes Laws, Hires Self to Enforce Them, Claims He’s Saving the ‘Tech Brand’ from Reality
Trump Kills $7M Grant Because Apparently Learning to Farm is “Too Woke” Now
Meet Diana Padilla, a woman from Harlingen who had the audacity to think that teaching Texans how to grow their own food was a good idea. For years, she and her husband have been running a community garden, giving “pep talks” to people who couldn’t afford organic kale at the farmer’s market. It was all [...]Read More... from Trump Kills $7M Grant Because Apparently Learning to Farm is “Too Woke” Now
Guns
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Local GTA Enthusiast Trades 120 MPH Thrills for 15 Years of Federal Boredom
Welcome to Lubbock, where the wind blows at 50 mph and our criminals drive at 120. Jeremiah Daniel Rossette, a 29-year-old who apparently mistook Highway 84 for a closed course in Need for Speed, just entered a federal guilty plea for a January 2025 carjacking that was essentially a one-man parade of bad decisions. The [...]Read More... from Local GTA Enthusiast Trades 120 MPH Thrills for 15 Years of Federal Boredom
Hub City Conflict Resolution: Another Gas Station Argument Ends in Gunfire
Because apparently, we can’t even buy a bag of Takis and a fountain soda in this town without it turning into a scene from a low-budget Western, 41-year-old Tommy Rios is currently enjoying the hospitality of the Lubbock County Detention Center. Our latest installment of “Central Lubbock Charm” went down Friday night near 59th and [...]Read More... from Hub City Conflict Resolution: Another Gas Station Argument Ends in Gunfire
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 apparently, he felt his job performance was suffering because he lacked “lived experience.” To fix this, he headed over to the 7200 block of Avenue S last Sunday to see [...]Read More... from Smith Unit Guard Takes a “Career Research” Trip to the Other Side of the Bars
Public Health
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Texas Medical Board Decides ‘Death’ is Just a Teachable Moment (With a Very Short Quiz)
Welcome to Texas, the only state where “standard of care” has been replaced by “consulting a lawyer while the patient bleeds out.” The Texas Medical Board has finally broken its silence on the deaths of Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi, and their solution is exactly what you’d expect from a state that considers a 99-year [...]Read More... from Texas Medical Board Decides ‘Death’ is Just a Teachable Moment (With a Very Short Quiz)
Shallowater: Come for the Small-Town Charm, Stay for the Radioactive Kidney Failure
Our neighbors in Shallowater just got some glowing news from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It turns out the local tap water has officially surpassed the EPA’s “try not to grow a third arm” limit for combined uranium. While the feds suggest 30 micrograms per liter is the maximum acceptable amount for human survival, [...]Read More... from Shallowater: Come for the Small-Town Charm, Stay for the Radioactive Kidney Failure
East Lubbock Hospitality: Now Featuring Free Dental Exams (From Stray Dogs)
Nothing says “Good morning, Hub City” quite like an 8:00 AM cardio session involving a pack of aggressive dogs. On Thursday morning, an elderly woman in the 2400 block of East 8th Street found out the hard way that in Lubbock, the sidewalks aren’t just for walking—they’re a buffet line for neighborhood hounds whose owners [...]Read More... from East Lubbock Hospitality: Now Featuring Free Dental Exams (From Stray Dogs)
Education
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Tech Leisure Pool Stays Dry: A Masterclass in Paying for Things You Can’t Use
Just when you thought you might actually escape the West Texas heat without developing a permanent layer of grit on your skin, Texas Tech has some “great” news. The Leisure Pool—that glorious oasis of student fees and questionable tan lines—is keeping its gates locked. It was supposed to open mid-April, but apparently, “maintenance” is the [...]Read More... from Tech Leisure Pool Stays Dry: A Masterclass in Paying for Things You Can’t Use
Local Man Writes Laws, Hires Self to Enforce Them, Claims He’s Saving the ‘Tech Brand’ from Reality
In the most “Lubbock” move since the last time we paved a road only to dig it up a week later, Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton is doing a victory lap for a problem he personally manufactured. For those keeping track of the grift, Creighton spent his time in the State Senate writing the very [...]Read More... from Local Man Writes Laws, Hires Self to Enforce Them, Claims He’s Saving the ‘Tech Brand’ from Reality
Texas Tech Chancellor Promises “Efficiency” is the Only Reason He’s Deleting Your Identity
Our very own Chancellor Brandon Creighton—a man who apparently loved the censorship bill he wrote as a Senator so much that he moved into the Texas Tech System just to make sure the “Delete” key stayed warm—is back in the news. He’s currently doing a victory lap for his new course guidelines, which have successfully [...]Read More... from Texas Tech Chancellor Promises “Efficiency” is the Only Reason He’s Deleting Your Identity
Local Government
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Texas Water Board Asks for ‘Public Input’ on Our Impending $174 Billion Dust Bowl 2.0
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) just dropped the draft for its 2027 State Water Plan, and the news is about as refreshing as a mouthful of haboob dust. To avoid a total state-wide “Mad Max” scenario over the next 50 years, the state claims it needs a cool $174 billion. That’s more than double [...]Read More... from Texas Water Board Asks for ‘Public Input’ on Our Impending $174 Billion Dust Bowl 2.0
Dry Heat, Dry Pools: Lubbock Perfects the ‘Concrete Hole’ Aesthetic for Summer 2026
Congratulations, Lubbock! We’ve officially achieved our goal of becoming a literal desert with zero oases. The city recently announced that for the 2026 season, public pools will remain exactly as they’ve been since 2024: bone-dry concrete pits suitable only for skateboarding or heatstroke. Clapp Pool, our final holdout of municipal hydration, has officially been declared [...]Read More... from Dry Heat, Dry Pools: Lubbock Perfects the ‘Concrete Hole’ Aesthetic for Summer 2026
Pick Your Poison: The 2026 Race to Sink the Hub City
Welcome back to another episode of “Who Wants to Rule This Dust Bowl?” as the mayoral candidates for the 2026 election crawl out of the woodwork to promise us the world while the potholes on 34th Street continue to swallow subcompact cars. Leading the pack is incumbent Mark McBrayer, who’s spent two years bragging about [...]Read More... from Pick Your Poison: The 2026 Race to Sink the Hub City
Economics
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Concrete Jungle Dreams: Machine Wins Round One on North Ave K
While most of us were still nursing our third cup of bitter gas station coffee and contemplating the existential dread of another Tuesday in the dust bowl, someone over on North Ave K was having a much more literal “trap” of a morning. Around 8:44 a.m., Lubbock Fire Rescue had to rush to a local [...]Read More... from Concrete Jungle Dreams: Machine Wins Round One on North Ave K
Socialism for Me, But Not for Thee: Lubbock Farmers Beg for Cotton Handouts
In a move that will surely surprise absolutely no one who understands how “free markets” work in West Texas, our local ag overlords are back at the federal trough. The Buy American Cotton Act (BACA) is gaining steam, because apparently, being the “best fiber in the world” isn’t quite enough to beat the competition in [...]Read More... from Socialism for Me, But Not for Thee: Lubbock Farmers Beg for Cotton Handouts
Matador Down: Toby Neugebauer Bails on Trump’s AI Pipe Dream Before the AC Even Turns On
West Texas has always been the land of big hats and no cattle, but Fermi America—led by our very own high school “pharmaceutical” connection, Toby Neugebauer—has taken the trope to a literal, multi-billion-dollar scale. The “President Donald Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus” (yes, that’s the real name, and no, the irony isn’t lost on [...]Read More... from Matador Down: Toby Neugebauer Bails on Trump’s AI Pipe Dream Before the AC Even Turns On
Police
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The King is Coming, so the Cavalry is Here to Make Sure You Don’t Die Before the Encore
Because apparently, Lubbock drivers are so collectively incapable of navigating a paved road without causing a catastrophe, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched a covert “surge” operation. Dubbed “Operation Tejas”—which sounds like a Steven Seagal movie that went straight to DVD—this initiative involves busing in troopers to babysit our local officers (why do [...]Read More... from The King is Coming, so the Cavalry is Here to Make Sure You Don’t Die Before the Encore
Local GTA Enthusiast Trades 120 MPH Thrills for 15 Years of Federal Boredom
Welcome to Lubbock, where the wind blows at 50 mph and our criminals drive at 120. Jeremiah Daniel Rossette, a 29-year-old who apparently mistook Highway 84 for a closed course in Need for Speed, just entered a federal guilty plea for a January 2025 carjacking that was essentially a one-man parade of bad decisions. The [...]Read More... from Local GTA Enthusiast Trades 120 MPH Thrills for 15 Years of Federal Boredom
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 apparently, he felt his job performance was suffering because he lacked “lived experience.” To fix this, he headed over to the 7200 block of Avenue S last Sunday to see [...]Read More... from Smith Unit Guard Takes a “Career Research” Trip to the Other Side of the Bars