Crime
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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
The Frankford 500: Four Genius Minds Meet a Light Pole at 114th Street
Nothing says “Saturday night in the Hub City” like thinking you can outpace the law on a street that is basically one long, flat line to nowhere. Around 12:20 a.m., some local visionary decided that “reckless driving” near 82nd and Frankford wasn’t a prestigious enough charge. When an officer tried to pull them over, the [...]Read More... from The Frankford 500: Four Genius Minds Meet a Light Pole at 114th Street
Local Thief Earns “Grand Theft Kayak” Merit Badge After Raiding Girl Scout Storage Unit
Patty Pruitt has spent 15 years teaching local girls how to tie knots and build fires, only to realize she forgot to teach them the most vital Lubbock survival skill: how to defend a storage unit from a guy with a sledgehammer and a vendetta against Dutch ovens. In a classic Hub City “welcome to [...]Read More... from Local Thief Earns “Grand Theft Kayak” Merit Badge After Raiding Girl Scout Storage Unit
Politics
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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
Missing Person Alert: Local Senator Spotted in Iowa Looking for Love (And a 2028 Nomination)
In a shocking development that will surprise absolutely no one in Lubbock who has tried to get a constituent request answered this decade, Senator Ted Cruz has been found alive and well. Unfortunately for us, he wasn’t spotted anywhere near the South Plains or even the Texas border he loves to talk about. Instead, our [...]Read More... from Missing Person Alert: Local Senator Spotted in Iowa Looking for Love (And a 2028 Nomination)
UNT Proves That Education Is Much Cheaper When You Stop Paying Educators
In a move that surely has the bean-counters at Texas Tech salivating with envy, the University of North Texas has decided to fix its massive $45 million budget hole by simply paying its smartest people to go away. UNT just approved buyouts for 40 faculty members, saving a whopping $4.7 million—which, if you’re doing the [...]Read More... from UNT Proves That Education Is Much Cheaper When You Stop Paying Educators
Guns
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North Avenue J Proves Once Again That Nothing Good Happens After Midnight in Lubbock
It’s 2:30 on a Monday morning. In normal cities, people are fast asleep, dreading the upcoming workweek. But this is the Hub City, baby, which means the 2100 block of North Avenue J was just getting its second wind. Lubbock police rolled up to a residence expecting a standard-issue suicide call, only to discover that [...]Read More... from North Avenue J Proves Once Again That Nothing Good Happens After Midnight in Lubbock
Lubbock: Providing High-Quality Firearms to Mexican Cartels One Unlocked F-150 at a Time
Chief Seth Herman has officially released the Lubbock Police Department’s 2025 annual report, and the news is exactly what you’d expect from the Hub City. Apparently, our local youth have traded in 4-H projects and TikTok dances for “prolific” gang violence. According to Herman, juvenile crime is skyrocketing because kids these days just don’t understand [...]Read More... from Lubbock: Providing High-Quality Firearms to Mexican Cartels One Unlocked F-150 at a Time
Lubbock Hospitality: Where We Feed Your Dog Treats and Then Shoot It
Welcome to Bell Farms, the South Lubbock suburban dream where the HOA fees are high and the trigger fingers are apparently even higher. In the latest installment of “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” a black German Shepherd named Oakley decided to take an unauthorized tour of the 2400 block of 144th Street. Because this [...]Read More... from Lubbock Hospitality: Where We Feed Your Dog Treats and Then Shoot It
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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Clean Title, Dirty Deals: How Texas Tech and the Feds Scrubbed Bart Reagor’s Mansion for the Chancellor
Remember last month when we told you the Texas Tech University System dropped millions on a new 19th Street mansion for Chancellor Brandon Creighton, courtesy of Lubbock’s most famous federal inmate, Bart Reagor? Well, it turns out getting a state university into the master bedroom of a convicted bank fraudster requires the kind of bureaucratic [...]Read More... from Clean Title, Dirty Deals: How Texas Tech and the Feds Scrubbed Bart Reagor’s Mansion for the Chancellor
UNT Proves That Education Is Much Cheaper When You Stop Paying Educators
In a move that surely has the bean-counters at Texas Tech salivating with envy, the University of North Texas has decided to fix its massive $45 million budget hole by simply paying its smartest people to go away. UNT just approved buyouts for 40 faculty members, saving a whopping $4.7 million—which, if you’re doing the [...]Read More... from UNT Proves That Education Is Much Cheaper When You Stop Paying Educators
Raider Power? More Like Raider-Hush: Texas Tech Rebrands as a Very Expensive Trade School
In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has spent more than five minutes in West Texas, the Texas Tech Board of Regents has decided that the “university” part of Texas Tech University was getting a little too trendy. Following the lead of Chancellor Brandon Creighton—the man who literally wrote the state law he’s [...]Read More... from Raider Power? More Like Raider-Hush: Texas Tech Rebrands as a Very Expensive Trade School
Local Government
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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
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
City Hall Learns to Read: Gary Boren Sues His Way Onto the Ballot
Lubbock is currently embroiled in its favorite pastime: a legal slap-fight over things that should be simple. Gary Boren wanted to run for the District 4 seat, but City Hall tried to kick him to the curb because he’s only lived in the district for two months. Apparently, the City Secretary thinks you need to [...]Read More... from City Hall Learns to Read: Gary Boren Sues His Way Onto the Ballot
Economics
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We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?
Crack open a warm, un-refrigerated beer, Lubbock, because Texas has officially taken the crown. According to a depressing new federal report, the Lone Star State led the entire country in residential electricity shutoffs, racking up over 3 million disconnections. We also swept the competition in natural gas shutoffs, because why settle for just being hot [...]Read More... from We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?
Breaking: Lubbock Residents Shocked to Find Out Big Trucks Require Actual Money to Move
In a turn of events that surprised absolutely no one with a basic grasp of geopolitics, gas prices in Texas have skyrocketed to a delightful $3.78 a gallon. Apparently, when you close the Strait of Hormuz during a war, the magic juice that makes your oversized dually go “vroom” gets a bit pricier. While the [...]Read More... from Breaking: Lubbock Residents Shocked to Find Out Big Trucks Require Actual Money to Move
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
Police
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LPD Proves Even Flashing Lights Can’t Protect You From Lubbock Traffic
It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning in the Hub City, which means it’s the perfect time for everyone to completely forget how basic road infrastructure functions. Right on cue around 9:30 a.m., a Lubbock Police officer and a local motorist decided to have a high-stakes meeting of the minds—and bumpers—at the intersection of I-27 and Erskine [...]Read More... from LPD Proves Even Flashing Lights Can’t Protect You From Lubbock Traffic
The Frankford 500: Four Genius Minds Meet a Light Pole at 114th Street
Nothing says “Saturday night in the Hub City” like thinking you can outpace the law on a street that is basically one long, flat line to nowhere. Around 12:20 a.m., some local visionary decided that “reckless driving” near 82nd and Frankford wasn’t a prestigious enough charge. When an officer tried to pull them over, the [...]Read More... from The Frankford 500: Four Genius Minds Meet a Light Pole at 114th Street
Lubbock: Providing High-Quality Firearms to Mexican Cartels One Unlocked F-150 at a Time
Chief Seth Herman has officially released the Lubbock Police Department’s 2025 annual report, and the news is exactly what you’d expect from the Hub City. Apparently, our local youth have traded in 4-H projects and TikTok dances for “prolific” gang violence. According to Herman, juvenile crime is skyrocketing because kids these days just don’t understand [...]Read More... from Lubbock: Providing High-Quality Firearms to Mexican Cartels One Unlocked F-150 at a Time