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Avenue P Conflict Resolution: Lubbock Man Indicted for Shooting the Same Guy He Already Stabbed
Welcome back to another thrilling episode of Lubbock’s Finest Criminal Minds. This week, a Lubbock County grand jury finally got around to indicting 42-year-old Tommy Rios for a fatal April shooting. Because nothing says “vibrant local nightlife” quite like a Friday night verbal altercation outside a convenience store in the 5900 block of Avenue P. [...]Read More... from Avenue P Conflict Resolution: Lubbock Man Indicted for Shooting the Same Guy He Already Stabbed
Lubbock’s Finest Introduce Hot New Trend: Creative Birth Certificate Forgery
Leave it to the Hub City to turn a basic custody dispute into a high-stakes, first-responder crossover episode of Maury. Meet April Mora, a 38-year-old Lubbock police officer, and Jonathan Forkner, a 39-year-old Lubbock firefighter. This dynamic public-service duo is currently enjoying some forced time off after being arrested by the Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Finest Introduce Hot New Trend: Creative Birth Certificate Forgery
Lubbock Criminal Mastermind Pioneers New Escape Tactic: Running Himself Over
Just when you think the Hub City has peaked in terms of local driving talent, a Monday morning commute reminds us that the bar can always go lower. Around 4:30 a.m. today, Lubbock Police attempted a routine traffic stop near 28th Street and Avenue P. Instead of pulling over like a functioning member of society, [...]Read More... from Lubbock Criminal Mastermind Pioneers New Escape Tactic: Running Himself Over
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Local Genius Decides Best Place to Flex His Realistic Toy Gun is His Former High School Parking Lot
Ah, Frenship High School. Where the alumni just can’t seem to stay away, and the parking lot drama never truly dies. Meet 17-year-old Roland Hernandez, a former student who apparently missed the thrilling ambiance of third-period algebra so much he decided to make a triumphant return visit this week. Only he didn’t come back to [...]Read More... from Local Genius Decides Best Place to Flex His Realistic Toy Gun is His Former High School Parking Lot
The Lubbock “Civil” Breakup: Where ‘Getting Your Stuff Back’ Includes a Side of Lead
Ah, Sunday in the Hub City. While most of us were arguing over the last basket of rolls at Texas Roadhouse, the fine folks over on 38th Street were busy turning a routine property retrieval into a scene from COPS. Because in Lubbock, you don’t just move out of a house—you survive it. Let’s talk [...]Read More... from The Lubbock “Civil” Breakup: Where ‘Getting Your Stuff Back’ Includes a Side of Lead
West Texas Sends Its Best: Midland Man Learns D.C. Has Actual Gun Laws the Hard Way
Because life in the Permian Basin clearly wasn’t thrilling enough, 45-year-old Michael Marx of Midland decided to export some classic West Texas “charm” straight to the nation’s capital. On Monday afternoon, Marx found himself near the National Mall, right along the route of Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade. Instead of doing normal tourist things like [...]Read More... from West Texas Sends Its Best: Midland Man Learns D.C. Has Actual Gun Laws the Hard Way
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Global Oil Crisis Threatens Lubbock Budget, City Fights Back with Revolutionary “Buy Gas When We Need It” Strategy
Well, folks, the geopolitical dominoes are falling, and right at the end of the line is our beloved Hub City, getting kicked directly in the wallet. Thanks to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran choking off the Strait of Hormuz, gas prices across Texas have surged from an adorable $2.55 back in February to a soul-crushing [...]Read More... from Global Oil Crisis Threatens Lubbock Budget, City Fights Back with Revolutionary “Buy Gas When We Need It” Strategy
LPD Chief on SB4: We’re Not Doing Anything Different, We’re Just More Confused Now
Texas has officially decided that every local cop should moonlight as a junior Border Patrol agent, but Lubbock Police Chief Seth Herman isn’t exactly rushing to buy his officers olive-drab uniforms. SB4, the law that turns illegal entry into a state crime, is technically set to go into effect on May 15. However, Herman basically [...]Read More... from LPD Chief on SB4: We’re Not Doing Anything Different, We’re Just More Confused Now
Texas Leaders Scramble to Protect Our Kids from the Dangers of “Accomplished Teaching”
National Board Certification—the “gold standard” of teaching that’s reportedly harder to get than a Master’s degree—is currently on the chopping block in Austin. Why? Because it turns out being an “accomplished teacher” involves things like “self-reflection” and “not traumatizing children,” which apparently doesn’t sit well with the Texas brand. Our brilliant state leaders are worried [...]Read More... from Texas Leaders Scramble to Protect Our Kids from the Dangers of “Accomplished Teaching”
Economics
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Don Quixote Wins: Feds Freeze West Texas Wind Projects to Protect Our Precious Radar (and Oil)
The U.S. Department of Defense has apparently decided that the greatest threat to American national security isn’t cyber warfare or geopolitical rivals, but giant, stationary metal pinwheels. In a move that surprises absolutely no one who tracks the federal government’s ongoing crusade against renewable energy, the DoD has put 54 wind projects across Texas on [...]Read More... from Don Quixote Wins: Feds Freeze West Texas Wind Projects to Protect Our Precious Radar (and Oil)
Lubbock Justice: Blast Through a Red Light, Kill a Family, and Get Five Years of ‘Pretty Please Don’t Do It Again’
Welcome back to Hub City, where the speed limits are purely vibe-based, stoplights are decorative, and the local justice system operates on a sliding scale of how much your family name matters. Our latest example of Lubbock excellence features 35-year-old Jordan Merchant—Principal and President of Construction at 7B Development—who just walked out of the 140th [...]Read More... from Lubbock Justice: Blast Through a Red Light, Kill a Family, and Get Five Years of ‘Pretty Please Don’t Do It Again’
The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
It turns out the “Texas Miracle” Governor Abbott keeps preaching about is actually just a high-stakes trade: we give Silicon Valley our remaining groundwater, and in exchange, they give us a massive “Stargate” data center that creates three jobs and enough heat to finish off the Panhandle. Rural Republicans like Rena Schroeder are finally realizing [...]Read More... from The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
Education
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Frenship Aide Thought a 7-Year-Old’s Body Was Apparently Up for Discussion
A former Legacy Elementary special education aide has been fired, arrested, and charged with voyeurism after making lewd comments about a seven-year-old student’s chest — then physically exposing the child to another staff member, apparently just to drive the point home. The April 29 incident was witnessed by four colleagues and caught on classroom security [...]Read More... from Frenship Aide Thought a 7-Year-Old’s Body Was Apparently Up for Discussion
Tech Drops $3.5M on a Fraudster’s Fixer-Upper (Because Market Value is for Poor People)
In a move that surprises absolutely no one familiar with how money vanishes in this town, the Texas Tech University System recently confirmed they dropped a cool $3.5 million on Bart Reagor’s old mansion on 19th Street. You remember Bart, right? The guy currently trading his signature “Let’s Roll” catchphrase for a taxpayer-funded bunk in [...]Read More... from Tech Drops $3.5M on a Fraudster’s Fixer-Upper (Because Market Value is for Poor People)
Paxton Plays Hallway Monitor: LISD Investigated for Not Being “Churchy” Enough
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a man who knows a thing or two about being under investigation himself, has decided to spend his time auditing the interior decor of Lubbock ISD. Paxton is “investigating” whether our local schools are complying with Senate Bill 10, the high-priority law that ensures every child has a convenient stone-tablet [...]Read More... from Paxton Plays Hallway Monitor: LISD Investigated for Not Being “Churchy” Enough
Public Health
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Covenant Hospital’s Elite Diagnostic Team Takes Four Days to Realize a Stroking Teenager Isn’t Just High
Welcome to Lubbock, where if a 17-year-old athlete collapses and starts vomiting profusely, our premier local medical minds at Covenant automatically assume he’s just on a wicked teenage bender. Britton Voss, a high school junior and baseball pitcher, suffered a literal stroke last Saturday. But instead of getting immediate, life-saving imaging, he spent four whole [...]Read More... from Covenant Hospital’s Elite Diagnostic Team Takes Four Days to Realize a Stroking Teenager Isn’t Just High
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
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Lubbock Police Officer Reminds Us That Driving Here is a Full-Contact Sport
Ah, Monday afternoon in the Hub City. The sun is shining, the dust is blowing, and our local law enforcement is out there making sure the streets remain a chaotic free-for-all. Just after 1:30 p.m. yesterday, a Lubbock Police Department officer decided to liven things up at the intersection of 19th Street and Frankford Avenue [...]Read More... from Lubbock Police Officer Reminds Us That Driving Here is a Full-Contact Sport
Lubbock Teen Completes 19th Street Demo Derby Before Getting A Learner’s Permit
Sunday afternoons in Lubbock are usually reserved for post-church traffic jams or staring blankly at the dust blowing across the Loop. But yesterday, one enterprising 14-year-old decided to spice things up by taking a stolen sedan for a casual joyride around 34th Street and University Avenue. When Lubbock Police spotted him at 2:13 p.m. and [...]Read More... from Lubbock Teen Completes 19th Street Demo Derby Before Getting A Learner’s Permit
Research Boulevard Man Discovers One Easy Trick to Summon a Small Army
Because nothing says “Saturday Night in the Hub City” quite like a multi-agency standoff in a part of town primarily known for dirt and industrial sheds. Around 8:00 p.m. this past Saturday, the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office decided to liven up the 5500 block of Research Boulevard after a “dispute” turned into a tactical fashion [...]Read More... from Research Boulevard Man Discovers One Easy Trick to Summon a Small Army
Local Government
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TxDOT Finally Remembers That Concrete Lawn Ornament South of Town is Supposed to Be a Bridge
Welcome back to the graveyard of progress, Lubbock. After three years of staring at concrete pillars that did nothing but provide shade for confused tumbleweeds, TxDOT has finally decided to finish the U.S. 87/FM 41 overpass. You know, the project that was supposed to be wrapped up in 2024 but is now aiming for “late [...]Read More... from TxDOT Finally Remembers That Concrete Lawn Ornament South of Town is Supposed to Be a Bridge
Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows Leads the Brave Fight to Keep Texas Summer Camps Incommunicado and Hazardous
Remember last year’s catastrophic July 4 floods? The ones where 137 Texans tragically drowned, including 25 children at a Hill Country summer camp who couldn’t be reached because cell towers were down and emergency responders had no way to warn them? In a rare, fleeting moment of actual governance, the Texas Legislature passed a law [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows Leads the Brave Fight to Keep Texas Summer Camps Incommunicado and Hazardous
Apathy Wins in a Landslide: Lubbock Re-Elects the Status Quo with the Support of Twelve People and a Golden Retriever
The “masses” have spoken, and by “masses,” I mean the approximately 9,533 people who realized there was an election happening between their third and fourth trips to Taco Villa. In a city of over 260,000, Mayor Mark McBrayer coasted to victory with 70.3% of the vote. It turns out that if you promise more police [...]Read More... from Apathy Wins in a Landslide: Lubbock Re-Elects the Status Quo with the Support of Twelve People and a Golden Retriever
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The Great Texas Thirst: Corpus is Out of Water, and Lubbock is Just One Dust Storm Away from Joining Them
While we’re all busy complaining about the latest pothole on Slide Road, our neighbors down in the Coastal Bend are currently starring in their own real-life reboot of Mad Max. At least six small towns around Corpus Christi have officially declared disaster status because their reservoirs are hitting a pathetic 8% capacity. Corpus Christi, the [...]Read More... from The Great Texas Thirst: Corpus is Out of Water, and Lubbock is Just One Dust Storm Away from Joining Them
Ted Cruz Saves West Texas From the Imminent Threat of Having Too Much Nature
Our favorite part-time resident and full-time soundbite machine, Ted Cruz, is back to save us from the terrifying prospect of… birds. Ted is championing a law to ensure the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge never expands, because nothing says “Texas Freedom” like making sure 700,000 acres of dirt stay exactly as dusty and unproductive as God intended. [...]Read More... from Ted Cruz Saves West Texas From the Imminent Threat of Having Too Much Nature
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
Racism
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Texas GOP Claims Victory for “Equality” (By Making Sure Your Vote Matters Even Less)
The Supreme Court finally gave the Texas GOP the permission slip they’ve been begging for. In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has paid attention to the last decade of Texas politics, the court decided that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act isn’t technically dead—it’s just been moved to the intensive care [...]Read More... from Texas GOP Claims Victory for “Equality” (By Making Sure Your Vote Matters Even Less)
LPD Officially Joins the Border Patrol (Despite Being a Six-Hour Drive from the Border)
SB4 is back from its brief legal nap, and our favorite local lawmakers—State Rep. Carl Tepper and State Senator Charles Perry—couldn’t be happier. The law finally gives Lubbock police the power to arrest people for “illegal entry.” Because if there’s one thing we’re known for here in the Hub City, it’s our bustling international coastline [...]Read More... from LPD Officially Joins the Border Patrol (Despite Being a Six-Hour Drive from the Border)
Ernest Butler Park: Lubbock’s Premier Destination for Tetanus and Loneliness
If you’ve ever wanted your child to experience the existential dread of being the only kid with a swing in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, head over to Ernest Butler Park on the East Side. It’s a local landmark, mostly because it currently looks like the set of a low-budget movie about a society that forgot how [...]Read More... from Ernest Butler Park: Lubbock’s Premier Destination for Tetanus and Loneliness
Alcohol
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Mother’s Day in the Hub: Flowers, Brunch, and Window-Side Knifefights
While most of Lubbock was busy overpaying for lukewarm brunch buffets and pretending to like their mother-in-laws this past Sunday, 27-year-old Andrew Ruiz was busy reminding us why we can’t have nice things. According to the Lubbock Police Department, Ruiz decided to celebrate Mother’s Day by turning a casual drinking session on Elkridge Avenue into [...]Read More... from Mother’s Day in the Hub: Flowers, Brunch, and Window-Side Knifefights
Lubbock’s Finest Criminal Geniuses Literally Film Their Own Felonies on the Victim’s Phone
Anthony Jamarillo-Medrano, an 18-year-old resident of our lovely Hub City, was recently treated to a brand new mugshot and a whopping $200,000 bond at the Lubbock County Detention Center. He was arrested on May 4 following a March incident where he apparently decided that committing a sexual assault wasn’t enough—he also needed to make sure [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Finest Criminal Geniuses Literally Film Their Own Felonies on the Victim’s Phone
Lubbock’s Best Designated Driver Hits a Pedestrian, Drives Home, and Bails Out
Leave it to the Hub City to turn a rare moment of actual responsibility into a total disaster. Back in August 2025, a group of friends were doing the classic Lubbock weekend routine: getting absolutely plastered at Rodeo 4. Realizing they were in no condition to operate heavy machinery, one friend did the right thing [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Best Designated Driver Hits a Pedestrian, Drives Home, and Bails Out
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Tech’s $4 Million Savior QB is Suing the NCAA Because He Couldn’t Stop Betting on Romanian Soccer
Just when Texas Tech fans thought they could finally enjoy something nice—fresh off our first-ever Big 12 Championship and a trip to the College Football Playoff—the universe reminded us that we live in Lubbock. Our shiny new $4 million transfer savior, quarterback Brendan Sorsby, is currently banned from the gridiron. Why? Because the NCAA is [...]Read More... from Tech’s $4 Million Savior QB is Suing the NCAA Because He Couldn’t Stop Betting on Romanian Soccer
Lubbock’s Luck Runs Out: Tech’s New QB Hits the Jackpot of NCAA Investigations
Well, it happened again. Just as we were starting to convince ourselves that Texas Tech football might actually provide a distraction from the seasonal dust storms and the creeping existential dread of living in the South Plains, our $5 million savior, Brendan Sorsby, is checking out. He’s heading to an out-of-state residential treatment program for [...]Read More... from Lubbock’s Luck Runs Out: Tech’s New QB Hits the Jackpot of NCAA Investigations
Texas Tech Discovers ‘Sophistication’ Involves Charging 133,000 People a Month’s Rent to Hear ‘Check Yes or No’
Well, “The King” has finally abdicated his throne at Jones AT&T Stadium, leaving behind nothing but empty beer cans, lingering clouds of cologne, and a Texas Tech administration that is absolutely giddy over how much money they just squeezed out of the South Plains. President Lawrence Schovanec took a victory lap this week, noting that [...]Read More... from Texas Tech Discovers ‘Sophistication’ Involves Charging 133,000 People a Month’s Rent to Hear ‘Check Yes or No’
Elections
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Choose Your Flavor of Chaos: Paxton Leads Cornyn as the Texas GOP Tries to Out-GOP Itself
Just when you thought Texas politics couldn’t get any more exhausting, the latest University of Houston Hobby School poll dropped to remind us that the May 26 Republican runoff is going to be a absolute knife fight. Attorney General Ken Paxton—a man who carries more legal baggage than a carousel at the airport—is currently leading [...]Read More... from Choose Your Flavor of Chaos: Paxton Leads Cornyn as the Texas GOP Tries to Out-GOP Itself
Silence is Golden: KFYO’s Resident Loudspeaker Finally Hits Mute
In a shocking turn of events for anyone who thought yelling into a vacuum was a recipe for immortality, local AM radio fixture Chad Hasty has passed away at the age of 43. Hasty, who spent over two decades ensuring that every West Texan’s morning commute was seasoned with exactly the right amount of political [...]Read More... from Silence is Golden: KFYO’s Resident Loudspeaker Finally Hits Mute
Lubbock Early Voting Hits 10-Year Low: Local Democracy Officially Less Popular Than a Dust Storm
Lubbock County just recorded its lowest early voting turnout for a May election since 2014. Over the course of eight grueling days, a whopping 7,800 people managed to drag themselves to the polls. To put that in perspective, we probably have more people waiting in the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A on a Tuesday morning than we [...]Read More... from Lubbock Early Voting Hits 10-Year Low: Local Democracy Officially Less Popular Than a Dust Storm
Religion
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Texas SBOE Solves Literacy Crisis by Deleting Frederick Douglass and Doubling Down on Sunday School
In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has spent more than five minutes in this state, the Texas State Board of Education just gave preliminary approval to a mandatory reading list for 2030. Because if there’s one thing Texas schools are famous for, it’s our love of “mandatory” things—unless it’s masks, vaccines, or [...]Read More... from Texas SBOE Solves Literacy Crisis by Deleting Frederick Douglass and Doubling Down on Sunday School
Judge Rejects Churches’ Quest to Become Tax-Free PACs; Pastors Forced to Stick to Regular Sinning
In a shocking blow to everyone who thinks the Bible is just a very long, dusty voter guide, a federal judge in Tyler just told Texas churches they can’t have their communion wine and drink it, too. A bunch of Christian groups tried to sue their way out of the Johnson Amendment—the pesky 70-year-old law [...]Read More... from Judge Rejects Churches’ Quest to Become Tax-Free PACs; Pastors Forced to Stick to Regular Sinning
From Pews to Prison Hits: Lubbock’s Most “Holy” Predator Tried to Crowdsource a Murder
Just when you thought the story of Luke Cunningham—our local youth-pastor-turned-convict—couldn’t get any more “West Texas Gothic,” the Lubbock DA’s office dropped a bombshell that makes his 40-year sentence look like a participation trophy. It turns out that while Luke was sitting in jail, he wasn’t exactly spending his time reflecting on his sins. Instead, [...]Read More... from From Pews to Prison Hits: Lubbock’s Most “Holy” Predator Tried to Crowdsource a Murder