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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - South Plains College educators came together to learn about the transfer process today for “Transfer Summit Day” in partnership with Texas Tech. The event had the goal of addressing student transfer issues and finding ways to improve the transfer process for students. Panel discussions are also offered on topics ranging from scholarships and financial aid to housing and dorm information.

SPC ‘Transfer Summit Day’

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The ABC Pro Rodeo has raised more than $1 million for the Lubbock Boys & Girls club over the span of 80 years. So this ain’t the Boys & Girls Club’s first rodeo. The ABC Pro Rodeo was created for these kiddos 80 years ago when it was just called the Boys Club.

ABC Pro Rodeo raises $1 million for Boys & Girls Club over 80 years

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Mackenzie Middle School students are making a difference in the community, staying late after school to serve. The ‘Mack Makers’ club was created in the fall, after six students approached Library Media Specialist Angela Rajcic, wanting to use their creativity and kindness to help others.

Mackenzie Middle School ‘Mack Makers’ making a difference through community service

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) -On Daybreak Saturday. Tornadoes kill at least 11 across Midwest and South. City of Lubbock spring & summer irrigation guidelines start today. As always, be sure to join Parker Shofner (kcbd.com) for your top weekend headlines. Download the free KCBD NewsChannel 11 app, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Saturday morning top stories: Grant McCasland arrives in Lubbock

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Combining his skills, passion, and desire to help others, one Wolfforth man is bringing his dream to life. Xzavier Moreno is offering free haircuts in Lubbock and has already inspired another to join his team and give back. “It’s like artwork to me, I think art...

Curbside cuts: Wolfforth man giving free haircuts inspires others

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock police are responding to a home in north Lubbock for reports of a barricaded subject. SWAT and negotiators were called to the 2600 block of Colgate St. around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Police stated this is an isolated incident and that there is no threat...

SWAT responding to barricaded subject in north Lubbock

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The City’s spring and summer irrigation restrictions become effective on Saturday, April 1 and continue through Saturday, September 30. Irrigation is allowed from midnight to 10:00 a.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to midnight on your assigned watering days. Turn off irrigation every day from...

City of Lubbock announces spring & summer irrigation guidelines

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A Lubbock-area student out-lifts his competition, while some others donate their time to the community for KCBD NewsChannel 11′s Tell Me Something Good. Lubbock-Cooper High School junior Jaileel Ross won the state powerlifting championship for the 198 pound weight class. Ross also set a record...

Lubbock-Cooper powerlifter snags state title, LCU having ‘Day of Service’

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Meet Rolo KCBD’s Pet of the Day with Lubbock Animal Shelter! He is a one-year-old shepherd mix who’s been at the shelter for about five months. Staff says he is very outgoing! He also loves to play in water and is very active. Rolo is up to date on all his shots, is neutered and microchipped. He can be adopted for free today for the Lubbock Animal Shelter.

KCBD’s Pet of the Day: Meet Rolo

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Easter Sunday is April 9, but you can celebrate this weekend with various events hosted by the City of Lubbock and various organizations. Here’s a list of events ahead of Easter weekend:. Saturday, April 1. The City of Lubbock’s Parks and Recreation Department will be...

Celebrate upcoming Easter holiday with events planned around Lubbock

Levelland, TX

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Even though performances don’t start until Thursday night, the ABC Pro Rodeo is already having an impact on the city of Levelland. Starting Thursday night, 2,000 seats in the Mallet Event Center will be full. While attendees might be spending some big bucks to go to the ABC Pro Rodeo, Levelland thrives from the extra cash.

The ABC Pro Rodeo leaving an economic impact on Levelland

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - WHAT: Texas Tech University hosts Elizabeth Smart. WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday (March 30) and 6 p.m. Friday (March 31) WHERE: Lanier Auditorium, Texas Tech University School of Law, 3311 18th St. Student Union Building (SUB) Ballroom, 15th Street and Akron Avenue. EVENT: Texas Tech will...

Elizabeth Smart featured speaker for Texas Tech events

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A 17-year-old said she warned law enforcement about Jamie Lee Pruett weeks before deputies arrested him for a deadly shooting. The teenager said the 49-year-old was a regular customer and was always friendly, but on February 22, he crossed a line. “He went in for a...

KCBD Investigates Discounting Danger: Lubbock police say they investigated teenager’s complaints about Jamie Lee Pruett weeks before the deadly shooting

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - LPD confirmed that 39-year-old Joshua Molinar has been taken into custody on charges of aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury. SWAT and negotiators were called to the 2600 block of Colgate St. around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday for reports of a barricaded subject. Police stated this was...

LPD: Barricaded subject in custody, charged with aggravated kidnapping

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - 50 years ago in January 1973, the Paris Peace Treaty was signed. Two months later on march 29, the last of the United States combat troops were pulled out of Vietnam, though full U.S. military involvement didn’t end until 1975. With the exception of the U.S. National Archives, The Southwest Collections and the Special Collections Library on Texas Tech’s campus holds the largest archive collection on the Vietnam war.

50 years since United States troop withdrawal: Lubbock has one of the largest Vietnam archive collections in the U.S.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Strong winds wrap up the week on the South Plains with gusts from 55-63 mph over the area. Fortunately, winds will be much lower on Saturday and Sunday. March did exit like a lion, but the weekend will be much calmer. Saturday will feature winds of...

Calm weather greets the South Plains for April

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Today sees highs in the 70s and lighter breezes, before temps and winds gradually pick up, with a streak of fire danger beginning tomorrow. Overnight, lows drop to the mid-to-upper 40s. Sunday sees a surge in dry air, bumping highs to the mid 80s and bringing back windy conditions. Some slight chance for light showers in the north eastern counties Sunday evening.

Great Saturday, More Fire Danger Sunday

Slaton, TX

SLATON, Texas (KCBD) - The Slaton ISD school board hosted a special meeting Friday accepting the retirement of Superintendent Jim Andrus. The board also discussed applications for the Superintendent position. Slaton ISD posted the job listing on March 10. Superintendent Andrus says he has been working with the school board...

Slaton school board accepts retirement of Superintendent Jim Andrus

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock police responded to a robbery at Harbor Freight Tools in central Lubbock on Thursday morning. Police were called to Harbor Freight in the 3400 block of I-27 just before 9 a.m. Police described the robber with the following characteristics:. Male. Hispanic. Six feet tall. Thin...

Police looking for suspect after robbery at central Lubbock Harbor Freight

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today,. A man is in custody after a six hour standoff yesterday near North University and Colgate Street. Joshua Molinar is now charged with aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury. Details here: LPD: Barricaded subject in custody, charged with aggravated kidnapping. Migrant center deaths investigation.

Thursday morning top stories: Grant McCasland to be named new Head Coach for TTU Men’s Basketball

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The Lubbock Arts Alliance welcomes jazz-tango musician Pablo Aslan to the 45th Annual Lubbock Arts Festival on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 2 p.m., at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre, 1501 Mac Davis Lane. Argentine-born musician and producer Pablo Aslan is recognized internationally as...

Pablo Aslan & Texas Tech Tango Orchestra in concert at the Lubbock Arts Festival

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Here’s Pete with your high school baseball scores and highlights from around the South Plains.

Extra Innings Scores for Friday, Mar. 31

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills player who collapsed on the field in January, was on Capitol Hill Wednesday to advocate for more Automatic External Defibrillators or AEDs, the portable device that can jump start the heart. Athletic trainers used one at that game to save his life.

Athletic trainer: Much more than ice and tape

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - After finishing last at State as a Sophomore, Lubbock Cooper’s Jaileel Ross was motivated to do better this year. He set records in Regionals in Squat, Deadlift & Total Weight. Last weekend he was back at State in the 198-pound class and he won the...

Lubbock-Cooper’s Jaileel Ross wins state powerlifting title

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Winds continue today, and pick up again tomorrow. Lows tonight in the upper 40s low 50s. Some pre-frontal warming boosts temps slightly tomorrow, highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. A slight boundary moves in, dropping temperatures slightly and bringing a very small chance for...

Wind over the next several days, and slight temp drop

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Multiple sources have confirmed to KCBD that North Texas men’s head basketball coach Grant McCasland will be the new men’s head coach for the Texas Tech Men’s Basketball program. Sources say an official announcement will not come until after tomorrow’s NIT Championship game...

Multiple sources: Grant McCasland will be named new Head Coach for TTU Men’s Basketball

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - DEAR EVAN HANSEN, winner of 6 TONY AWARDS® including Best Musical and GRAMMY AWARD for Best Musical Theater Album, is coming to The Buddy Holly Hall on April 4 & 9, 2023. A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that...

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ coming to Buddy Holly Hall

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Lubbock organizations supporting survivors of human trafficking

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Thursday at 10 a.m. One Voice Home, Voice of Hope, and Open Door gathered at Atmos Energy on 66th St. to...

Lubbock organizations supporting survivors of human trafficking

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