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Lubbock, TX

Lubbock County, TX

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - David Earl Thomas, 62, a high-risk sex offender, was arrested by the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office on May 17, with a reward paid for his capture. Thomas is one of three Most Wanted fugitives captured in Texas recently. DPS released this statement on Friday afternoon:

Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive captured in Lubbock

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Memorial Day Weekend is over and the start of summer is here, along with the start of boating season. Game Warden Lt. Aaron Sims shared some tips for how you can stay safe on the water this summer. Coming off a busy weekend on local lakes,...

Texas Game Wardens share summer boating safety reminders

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Overcast, misty, foggy conditions this morning with sprinkles and showers mixed in. Sun begins to become more prominent towards the end of the morning and early afternoon. Highs today upper 70s and low 80s. Afternoon remains relatively clear of rain for most, with some thunderstorms initiating...

Cloudy Start to Saturday

LUBBOCK, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) - Investigators with the Lubbock Police Department’s Major Crash Unit are scheduled to conduct a mapping operation on Thursday, June 1. The operation is set to begin at 9 a.m. in the 3200 block of the Marsha Sharp Freeway in connection to case 23-15745. Westbound...

LPD Major Crash Unit to conduct mapping operation Thursday morning

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - On this first day of Pride Month, 2023, LubbockPRIDE would like to announce that our annual Lubbock Pride Festival will be held on Saturday, June 10th from noon to dark, with vendors open from noon to 7pm. Moving the Festival to June, during the internationally...

LubbockPRIDE hosting 2023 Pride Festival

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - With some severe storms already causing damage in the area, and more in the forecast, repair shops are seeing an uptick in business. Whether it’s tennis ball or pea-sized hail, storms can give vehicles a new look. Allen Scott at A.S. Dent Shop near 34th and Slide has seen more drivers coming in lately with the dreaded makeover.

Severe storms sending more business to Lubbock dent shops

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The FiberMax Center for Discovery is building two new exhibits that are meant to educate visitors about where food and fiber come from. It broke ground Thursday on what Executive Director Lacee Hoelting hopes will open up new frontiers in agriculture education. First is the Cotton Heritage Center, which is meant to tell the story of cotton.

New exhibits coming to FiberMax Center for Discovery

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Here’s Pete with our teams left in regional finals. Lubbock Cooper 6 Argyle 2 (Lubbock Cooper leads series 1-0) New Home 5 Hawley 1 (New Home leads 1-0) New Home 12 Hawley 2 (New Home wins series and advances to State for 4th time in last 5 years)

Extra Innings Scores for Thursday, Jun. 1

Lamesa, TX

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the western South Plains and Eastern New Mexico, counties in green below. The watch is in effect until 10 p.m. Central Wednesday. The watch includes Dimmitt, Muleshoe, Littlefield, Morton, Levelland, Plains, Brownfield, Lovington, Hobbs, Seminole...

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for western South Plains, Eastern New Mexico

Hockley County, TX

Whiteface, TX

HOCKLEY COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - An early morning crash in Hockley County has left a Whiteface woman dead. Just before 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, 38-year-old Linda Garza was driving south on Santa Fe Street about three miles northeast of Whiteface. According to a DPS report, both of her right tires went off the edge of the roadway. Garza overcorrected to the left, causing her vehicle travel into a field east of the road.

Whiteface woman dies in Hockley Co. crash

Lynn County, TX

Tahoka, TX

LYNN COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - Major roads, including Hwy. 87, have been closed in Lynn County due to flash flooding. UPDATE: US 380 East of Witts Butane in Tahoka to US 84 in Garza County will be shut down with barricades and signs until further notice. US 87 south of...

Major roads near Tahoka, O’Donnell, Post closed due to flash flooding

For the seventh consecutive time, Texas Tech baseball has been invited to compete in the NCAA postseason. It was announced Monday morning the Red Raiders would be headed to the Gainesville Regional as a 3-seed. June baseball has become the standard in Lubbock since head coach Tim Tadlock joined the program in 2013, leading Texas Tech to the postseason eight times over his 11-year tenure. Texas Tech’s seven-straight trips ranks tied for the sixth-longest active streak in college baseball as Southern Miss also owns a streak of seven. The Gainesville Regional is in an elite class, hosting a pair of baseball mainstays in June, as Florida owns the second-longest streak in baseball with 15 straight trips.

Preview: Red Raiders set for Gainesville Regional

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - On Wednesday, The United Family presented CASA of the South Plains, Inc. with a check for $10,000 as well as helped them draw winners for their Casas for CASA fundraiser. Throughout the month of May, CASA sold raffle tickets for several custom-built playhouses, a doghouse...

CASA draws winners for Casas for CASA raffle

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - An Enhanced Risk sits over most of our area, as severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon. Some scattered showers through the morning are possible, with thunderstorms beginning to initiate to the west early this afternoon and sweep through the area throughout the afternoon and evening. Threats...

FAWD: Severe T-Storms This Afternoon [UPDATED 8 AM]

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - update 7:02 p.m. The National Weather Service has dropped much of the South Plains from the tornado watch, with the watch continuing until 8 p.m. for the Rolling Plains and southern South Plains. All the rainfall today has cooled the temperature into the 60s and even upper 50s on the Caprock, making the atmosphere more stable.

FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY: Severe threat shifting east

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center hosted the West Texas Regional Mental Health Conference on Wednesday, to help facilitate cooperation between providers and offer detailed training tips for professionals in our region. Previously, there was no conference like it in West Texas and health professionals had...

TTUHSC hosts mental health training conference for West Texas professionals

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Covenant Medical Center & Covenant Children’s each received the Partner for Change award from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. “Sustainability is at the heart of our healing mission,” said Mike Siwek, Covenant Health executive director...

Covenant Medical Center, Covenant Children’s win national award for environmental sustainability

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. As has been the pattern, some of these storms may become severe. Have a plan in place for you and your family in case severe weather threatens. What will everyone do? Where will everyone go? How will you...

South Plains updated severe weather outlook

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Lubbock sailor who died at Pearl Harbor returns home

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A U.S. sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor has returned home to his family more than 80 years after...

Lubbock sailor who died at Pearl Harbor returns home

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