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Lubbock, Texas Patch AM: a 5 min read

Good day Lubbock! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What could Lubbock’s proposed data center pause mean for your neighborhood?
  • Lubbock veteran’s RV burned down—here’s how neighbors are helping
  • Lubbock experts share simple daily habits to actually boost your wellness

Also on today's calendar: Livingston Forge Hammer-In and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Record-tying heat, with a high of 99 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Hot; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 99, low: 74.
  • Monday: Hot, with a high of 99 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Lubbock City Council schedules public hearing for data center moratorium (kttz.org) — Lubbock residents will get a chance to speak out Sept. 8 at a City Council public hearing on an 18‑month pause for new data centers in the city. A citizen group, Save Lubbock, gathered nearly 4,000 signatures, and councilmembers are weighing how to balance residents’ concerns with state regulations and future ballot options.
   

2. Lubbock veteran and wife searching for new beginning after fire destroys their RV (kcbd.com) — A Lubbock Marine Corps veteran and his wife are rebuilding after a stove fire destroyed their RV home at Lubbock RV Park on I-27, injuring him with second-degree burns. Their dog survived, and the South Plains Marine Corps League has launched a fundraiser to help cover his recovery and replace essential items as they start over.
   

3. How are you, really?: National Wellness Month starts conversation on mental health (everythinglubbock.com) — Lubbock mental health professionals are using National Wellness Month to remind residents that true wellness goes far beyond spa days and social media trends. They emphasize basics like sleep, movement, and nutrition, and suggest small, realistic changes—like short daily walks, healthier snacks, and limiting doom-scrolling—to better manage stress, anxiety, and long-term health risks.
   

4. ‘Big Wheels deliver meals' to homebound Lubbock residents (kcbd.com) — Lubbock Meals on Wheels just teamed up with local leaders for the “Big Wheels Deliver Meals” day, bringing Sonic hamburgers and friendly faces to more than a thousand homebound residents. The nonprofit, which runs 81 routes daily without government funding, is urgently seeking more volunteer drivers and donations so it can keep serving isolated seniors and disabled neighbors across Lubbock.
   

5. Here are the scores for Week 1 of the Lubbock-area high school football season (lubbockonline.com) — Week 1 of Lubbock-area high school football is in the books, with Estacado topping Lubbock High and Monterey edging Coronado in a one-point thriller. From six-man to 5A, here’s how Lubbock and nearby teams fared and what matchups are still on tap this weekend.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday August 29
  • West Texas High School Bowling Club Free Preview Day @ Whitewood Lanes
    Shallowater ISD 1100 Avenue K, Shallowater, TX 79363
    12:30 pm
  • Lubbock Live →
    Two Docs Brewing Co., 502 Texas Ave, Lubbock
    2:00 pm
    • Monday August 31
  • Tip You Hat to First Responders Week
    Idalou ISD Idalou, TX 79329
  • Open House/Meet The Teacher
    Idalou ISD Idalou, TX 79329
    6:00 pm
  • Wildcat Marching Band Rehearsal
    Idalou ISD Idalou, TX 79329
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hello I’m looking for a forever home for two puppies we found them abandoned by 58th st and I called the dog pound for help they adv me I can take them till Monday to surrender them I really would like to find them a home I can not keep them I have
    a chihuahua already and I stay in a small apartment (Nextdoor Parkway and Cherry Point)
  • Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
    Found on August 4, 2026 in Lubbock, TX 79401 near Broadway Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the finder, view this… (Nextdoor Clapp Park)
  • City of Lubbock Texas posted a job opening for Part Time Recreation Specialist I in Lubbock. Apply here.
  • Hotel Equities posted a job opening for Housekeeper Towneplace Suites Lubbock, TX in Lubbock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lubbock here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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