Lubbock News

Four Lubbock ISD officers were recognized this year, but one sergeant's work tackling gang activity inside the district really stood out to department leadership.

Most Lubbock County drivers will pay between $75 and $85 to renew their registration in 2026, and yes, that includes a fee for inspections most vehicles no longer have to get.

That old TV sitting in the garage and the half-empty paint cans in the shed, Lubbock actually has a place for all of it.

Jimmy Buffett once told the Landsharks they knew his songs better than he did. That's a pretty hard endorsement to top — and they're bringing that show to Lubbock.

A dragged trailer chain on dry grass. That's all it takes during a Red Flag Warning — and West Texas wind does the rest in minutes.

Tall grass, brush piles, vacant lots — if you live near open land in Lubbock, late summer is when you want to start paying a little more attention to where you're walking.

Retirement, a career change, or just needing steady work — substitute teaching has a way of fitting into more life situations than most people realize.

Texas Tech Physicians and UnitedHealthcare finally landed on a new deal — and for patients in Lubbock, Amarillo, and the Permian Basin, it means no interruption to the care they've been counting on.

Five dollars gets you into a full day of medieval mayhem in the middle of Lubbock — and the kids tag along for free.

Lubbock ISD heads back to class August 12, and those school zone lights are about to start blinking again after a quiet summer.

Metallica, KISS, Aerosmith, Van Halen — they all played the same building that sat without working air conditioning for nearly two decades.

Lubbock keeps growing, but talk to enough locals and you'll hear the same wish list come up again and again — and some of it might surprise you.