Sunday morning top stories: Texas Tech beats OU in overtime

AUSTIN, TX (NEWS RELEASE) – The Texas Tech Lady Raiders hit the road Wednesday for a contest against No. 20 Texas. Seeking the first season sweep of the Longhorns since 2012-13, Texas Tech (16-7, 4-6 Big 12) enters the contest having won three-of-five against Texas. INSIDE THE MATCHUP:. MATCHUP:...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Your Wednesday morning brief. The second day of the Hollis Daniels trial saw new testimony from Daniels’ friend group. He pleaded guilty to the murder of TTPD Officer Floyd East, Jr. on Monday. Former friends and roommates testified on Tuesday, discussing the events leading up...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A widely-loved Lubbock musician has died after many months fighting pelvic cancer. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Lubbock musician battling stage four cancer, friends seeking financial help. Ben Vasquez, known on stage as Lexxxi Steel, co-founded the band Whips-N-Kisses, an 80s Hair Metal Tribute Band. The group is also...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - After a slight warm-up today, temperatures are dropping back down tomorrow. Overnight tonight temperatures will be in the lower 30s, with mostly clear skies. Tomorrow’s high temperatures will only be in the mid-40s. It is going to be a windy day with north winds around 15...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - UMC announced they are on a cardiac diversion due to air handlers being down in their cath lab. Due to air handlers in the cath lab being down at this time, we are on a cardiac diversion for any patients that have the potential of needing to go to the cath lab. This should be fixed within the next 2 hours. We will provide updates as our operations come back online.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - ‘Heroic Hunter’ is inspiring his community and his family to keep going, as the Floydada 6-year-old battles leukemia for the second time. His family juggles caring for him, work and paying the bills. His mom, Kayla Wells, says it’s a balancing act many families can relate to.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A Lubbock family is honoring teenager Hunter Mayhall’s legacy after he was killed in a crash, encouraging others to #LiveLikeHunter. The 18-year-old Ropes student died in a rollover Tuesday morning on an icy Brownfield Highway while on his way to school. Since the crash, the...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Willie McCool, a Coronado high school graduate, was one of seven astronauts on the STS-107 mission that ended catastrophically 16 minutes prior to its scheduled landing upon re-entry, killing all 7 crew members. The Lubbock ISD magnet campus named in his memory honored his legacy Monday morning.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock’s Texas Roadhouse has made its big move to its new location at 6101 Slide Rd. The popular chain restaurant will be serving Lubbock starting Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. The restaurant closed Saturday to start moving in. Michael Smith with Texas Roadhouse says...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - As expected, a cold, windy day on the South Plains with little moisture for communities. Tomorrow, a brief warm-up with afternoon temps is expected to edge back into the low to mid-50s by late afternoon. Some clouds through mid-day, then westerly winds of 15-20 should push the clouds east and combine with the sunshine to bring in some warmth.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Pleasant spring-like weather graced the South Plains area yesterday afternoon. We are getting a reminder, however, that we are not yet in Spring. Lubbock yesterday hit 78° degrees. Twenty degrees above the average and just three degrees shy of the record for February 6. With the mostly sunny sky and light wind late in the afternoon, it was a nice respite from the cold spells during the last two weeks.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KJTV) - From the Good Dog Gang:. Momma Brontë has been through a lot in her short life, but it hasn’t affected her joyous spirit. She was very pregnant when she was seized by local authorities in Lamesa right before Christmas. She had her puppies in the shelter, and the animal control officer contacted us to pull her. Soon after we got her, she just wasn’t acting right, and she was diagnosed with bronchitis & pneumonia. Thankfully, the meds cleared it up & she is doing great now.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Police are still searching for a black four-door sedan that is possibly connected to a deadly mid-January shooting. The LPD’s Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit is again asking for the public’s help to identify and find the vehicle. The sedan was last seen in the...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - I hope that you enjoyed the last two days of sunny skies, warm winds, and highs in the 70s. Those conditions will disappear rapidly overnight as a fast-moving cold front brings clouds, strong northerly winds, and about a 30-degree drop in temperatures. The latest cold front...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A man has been arrested after reportedly hitting a pedestrian with his moped. Police responded to 19th Street and Avenue S around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening in response to a crash. Upon arrival, officers found one person with moderate injuries. Police stated a moped, driven by...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Two popular New Year’s resolutions are to get more exercise and enjoy more time with family. Here we are a month into the new year, why not make a pledge now to do both?. That’s the advice from Dr. Tammy Camp, a Texas Tech Physician...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Wednesday is Day 3 of the capital murder trial of Hollis Daniels, the 24-year-old who fatally shot Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East, Jr. back in October 2017. The State played video from Officer East’s body camera on Wednesday that shows Daniels shooting and killing him....

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - After deliberating for two hours, a Lubbock jury sentenced Alexander May to 10 years of probation following his manslaughter conviction. His sentencing comes after the jury deliberated for just 30 minutes before finding him guilty of manslaughter on February 3 for killing Jonathan Pesqueda in a wrong-way crash in 2017.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The family of 18-year-old Jonathan Pesqueda, the victim of a wrong-way drunk driving crash that happened in 2017 is speaking out. This comes after a Lubbock jury sentenced Alexander May for Pesqueda’s death Monday. The family says May’s privilege is getting in the way of justice.

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The Code Administration Department of the City of Lubbock will conduct a field exercise in the Guadalupe neighborhood on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. This exercise area will be bordered by Interstate 27, Marsha Sharp Freeway, Avenue Q, and Erskine...