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WEATHER AWARE: Friday PM Severe Weather Update
LUBBOCK, TX (KLBK) – KLBK Chief Meteorologist Jacob Riley has an update on Friday night’s severe weather potential for May 3, 2024. A Tornado Watch has been issued for Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Kent, Dawson, Borden, and Scurry counties through 10 PM CDT.
Baseball Recap: Sundown takes down New Deal in a playoff battle
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sundown had no problem doing just that on Monday. They had just enough and edged the New Deal Lions out 14-12. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Sundown also won the last time the pair played last Saturday.
Friday morning top stories: Levelland police chief retiring
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today,. 18-year-old Deborah Williamson was found stabbed to death in August of 1975. New DNA technology helped police find the suspect in a similar murder, which happened a few months later, in 1976. Levelland police chief retiring. Trump hush money trial. Prosecutors played a...
1 arrested in Lubbock County stabbing
Lubbock County Sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested a 48-year-old man accused of a stabbing that left one person injured the night before southwest of the city. Jeremy Stevens was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony. His...
Man sentenced to nine years for beating infant
Lubbock County jurors sentenced a 33-year-old man to nine years in prison for severely injuring a 10-month-old boy two years ago, leaving the child with lasting physical impairments. Brian Castillo faced a punishment of two to 20 years in prison after jurors on Thursday found him guilty of aggravated assault causing serious bodily...
23 Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to a Total of 218 Years, Striking a Blow Against Local Drug Trade
A cadre of 23 drug traffickers in Lubbock has been slammed with a collective 218 years behind bars, a significant shakedown in the fight against drugs and crime in the Texas city. U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Leigha Simonton, announced the final sentencing, delivering a heavy blow to the local drug trade. Beatrice Eunice Gutierrez, the last of the defendants, was doled out an 18-year sentence by Judge James Wesley Hendrix for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Election Day guide: What's on the ballot, where to vote in Lubbock for mayor, Prop A
Saturday is Election Day. Voters in Lubbock and beyond will choose mayors, city councilmembers, school board trustees and more to represent them in local government. Lubbockites will also choose whether to adopt an ordinance reducing enforcement of certain marijuana laws. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. What's...
South Plains Severe Outlook
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - There’s more heat ahead, and also a chance of severe storms. The storm chance today is very limited in scope but tomorrow expands to include much of the KCBD/FOX34 viewing area. A few clouds are possible this morning, otherwise today sunny and breezy with a...
2nd Annual Ranch Verse promises variety of Western talent
The second annual Ranch Verse will be held on August 3 at the National Ranching Heritage Center and in the evening at the Cactus Theater. Acclaimed Western artists Waddie Mitchell, Brigid and Johnny Reedy, Gail Steiger and Ed Ashurst will join Andy Hedges for a special day of Western storytelling, said a press release.
DPS responds to head-on crash just outside of Littlefield on Friday night
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety responded Friday night to a head-on collision on US 84, just east of Littlefield. DPS said around 10:30 p.m. a vehicle left Littlefield on US 84 and was traveling eastbound on the westbound side, when it hit another vehicle heading westbound.
Fight Like Cat: Young Lubbock girl receives Amtryke amidst brain cancer battle
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock Monterey AMBUCS is supporting Lubbock 10-year-old Cat Carrasco amid her battle with cancer. The organization presented her with an Amtryke Monday at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center at Texas Tech. In January, doctors removed a large tumor from the young soccer player’s brain. Now, she has...
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