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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The president of the Lubbock Bandidos motorcycle club will spend more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his role in a methamphetamine distribution case. 74-year-old Steven Glenn Ryals, also known as “Hot Tub,” was sentenced Oct. 16 t...
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LUBBOCK, TX (KAMC) – KAMC Forecaster Larry Rodriguez has your Tuesday morning weather update for October 20, 2026. Today's High - 73° Tonight's Low - 56° Today: Mild and mostly calm weather is expected once again Tuesday. Temperatures will range from the lower to middle 70s. Wind...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - First responders are working to clear the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on the South Loop near Slide Rd. Lubbock police say minor injuries have been reported. The access road near Slide is blocked as crews respond. Drivers should expect delays. This is a ...
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- First responders are working the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Loop 289 near Slide Road. The Lubbock Police Department confirmed minor injuries were reported in the crash. Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area as the access road near Slide Road remains bl...
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Tuesday's highs will range from the lower and the middle 70s.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - 13-year-old Ryker Teel is accused of shooting a teacher outside Highland Middle School on Sept. 25, according to police. Teel is facing charges of aggravated assault and tampering with evidence, among others. Just before 11:40 a.m. that day, officers say c...
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Lubbock Fire Rescue is advising residents to take safety precautions against carbon monoxide poisoning as temperatures drop in the South Plains.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Tech Athletics is enjoying plenty of Big 12 success in recent years, but it wasn’t always associated with the conference. The Southwest Conference was founded in 1914 and the Red Raiders got in on the action in 1956. Tech won 11 conference championsh...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows kicked off his campaign tour with a rally dubbed “One Party. One Mission. Strike Force” at the American Windmill Museum on Monday, as he seeks re-election while working to defend his party’s majority. Burrows told support...
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October is Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month, and Texas DPS, along with UMC-EMS, urged the community to take precaution and learn more about the deadly-abused drug....
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Texas Tech men's basketball is gearing up for its latest season and the Red Raiders are starting things off within the top 25 after checking in at No. 19....
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Texas Tech students and Lubbock County election officials are encouraging voter participation ahead of the upcoming November 3 midterm elections.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Voters in Buffalo Springs Lake are choosing board members for Precinct 1, Precinct 3 and one at-large position, which will be decided by all of Lubbock County. The at-large race includes the former general manager of Buffalo Springs Lake, who is asking vot...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Voters in Lubbock-Cooper ISD are getting a say in the district’s property tax rate. The board of trustees wants to raise it by three cents, to a total just shy of $1.20 per $100 valuation. The district reports if voters agree, this would raise payments on ...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - James Talarico, running against Ken Paxton for a U.S. Senate seat, will hold a community rally at Texas Tech University Tuesday, Oct. 27. The event will be held at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion on the Texas Tech campus. The rally marks a stop on what the cam...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock ISD’s AgriSTEM building is now holding its fourth year of classes. The building caters to FFA students with instruction focused on agriculture. Course offerings AgriSTEM Coordinator Coby Johnson said wildlife classes teach hunter safety, boater saf...
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Michael Bara, 71, was sentenced to eight years in prison for two separate cases involving criminal sexual contact and penetration of minors.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Early voting began Monday, and Lubbock County election officials are reminding voters what to have ready before they go to the polls. Troy Havard, the Lubbock County elections administrator, said the first day of early voting is the day to resolve any regi...
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Texas State Representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is set to host a community rally in Lubbock on the campus of Texas Tech next Tuesday, October 27....
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Provided by Wayland Baptist University PLAINVIEW, TX (NEWS RELEASE) - Wayland Baptist University invites the public to celebrate Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, with the Athletics Hall of Honor ceremony, a complimentary cookout, family tailgate activities, and a football g...
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Steven Glenn Ryals, a Lubbock man and Bandidos Motorcycle Club chapter president, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for running a high-purity methamphetamine trafficking operation....
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The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of October 19, 2026. LUBBOCK, Texas -- In the midst of early voting across the state, President Trump is reported to make a return trip to Texas next week. One of these stops in the Lone Star State is none other than L...
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The Texas A&M Forest Service and Science Spectrum will host a free tree giveaway event on October 24 to celebrate Texas Arbor Day.
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PLAINVIEW, Texas (KCBD) - Wayland Baptist University will celebrate a new campus space for prayer and reflection with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. The ceremony for the prayer garden, located just east of the Brown Family Conference Center. According to ...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A Lubbock man has been charged in connection with a crash that killed a Tahoka woman Sunday evening. 34-year-old Monti Johnson was arrested on an Intoxication Manslaughter charge. Just after 6:30 p.m., troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash at the inter...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Early voting begins Monday, October 19 for the November 3 general and special elections. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. everyday through October 30, except Sunday when polls will be open from noon to 6 p.m. You can vote early at any United Superm...
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LUBBOCK, Texas – A Lubbock man was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle after killing a 47-year-old from Tahoka, in a two-vehicle crash in Lubbock County on Sunday evening, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Monday. According to the affi...
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Speaker Dustin Burrows will visit Lubbock on Monday, October 19, as part of his One Party, One Mission Strike Force campaign, according to a press release....
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A suspect named Saul Licon died following an officer-involved shooting in Hobbs, New Mexico, on October 15, 2026.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Silent Wings Museum and the Texas Tech School of Music will host Songs of Yesteryear, a live concert featuring repertoire from the Great American Songbook written in the 1940s, on Saturday, Nov. 7. Students from the School of Music will perform songs t...
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Big 12 officials announced that No. 8 Texas Tech will play No. 25 University of Arizona on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KAMC) – KAMC Forecaster Larry Rodriguez has your Monday morning weather update for October 19, 2026. Today's High - 73° Tonight's Low - 54° Today: A mild day is expected across the area Monday. Temperatures will range from the lower to middle 70s. Winds will be from ...
