Amber Stegall
Digital Content Manager
Lubbock, TX
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Amber is the Digital Content Manager at KCBD NewsChannel 11. She has been with the company since 2007. She has moved within the company and has managed at WXIX in Cincinnati and WAFB in Baton Rouge. She is from Ropesville, TX. She is a graduate of South Plains College and attended West Texas A&M University.
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Police in Texas got an interesting call Wednesday morning regarding goats running in and out of traffic in Lubbock.
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Sterman Young and his wife Virgie have been married for more than 80 years. The couple from Post, Texas both were diagnosed with COVID-19 and have been separated since. After many days apart, they were reunited thanks to the team at Covenant Health.
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The Lubbock County Grand Jury has indicted a former New Deal baseball coach on a charge of indecency with a child. The Texas Rangers investigated Jason Ybarra, 33, earlier this year. His attorney has released a statement that Ybarra vigorously denies the allegations.
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A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson said the driver of the pickup that collided with the bus died at the scene Friday afternoon, and two adults who were on the bus later died from their injuries.
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Jessica Roxana Wheeler, of Lubbock, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography.
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A Lubbock woman has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison for using Church on the Rock money to pay for personal expenses, including vacations to Disneyland and Las Vegas, in the amount of more than $450,000.
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A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges relating to a sexual relationship with a student “13 or 14 years of age.”
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Forty defendants – including 15 arrested in Wednesday’s “Operation Taste the Rainbow” in Lubbock – have been charged with gun and drug crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah.
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A chase from Roswell, NM to Carlsbad, NM, ended with a convicted murderer under arrest and a kidnapped woman recovered safely. The chase ended after the vehicle he was driving ran out of gas.
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Arrest warrant reveals new details as Omar Soto-Chavira arrives at the Lubbock County Detention Center.
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Below is a list of community events the public is invited to attend to honor Lubbock County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Josh Bartlett and injured Levelland Police Officer Shawn Wilson.
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A Lubbock man who turned himself in last week to police on a charge of aggravated assault of a peace officer, has now been charged with murder for a shooting in San Angelo.
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A Georgia teen who had been missing since May 15, 2021, has been found after a Lubbock man was arrested and charged with starting an online relationship with the 14-year-old and taking her from Georgia to Texas.
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A fire that destroyed a home Sunday afternoon has now claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy who has autism. Hunter Cash St. Clair was pulled from the burning home Sunday around 2:15 p.m.
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Texas Rangers say the arrest of 35-year-old Shawn Casey Adkins came after the Texas Rangers Unsolved Crimes Investigation Program took a new look at the investigation for the murder of 13-year-old Hailey Dunn.
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Bart Reagor and his wife Annette have been ordered to pay $2,715,760, plus pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest and attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $38,560 to Universal Underwriters Services Corporation.
A Lubbock woman has taken a plea deal after being accused of using Church on the Rock money to pay for personal expenses, including vacations to Disneyland and Las Vegas, in the amount of more than $450,000.
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A 27-year-old woman has been charged with capital murder after a 3-year-old was found dead in a Snyder apartment on May 18, 2021.
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Thirteen of the 15 former Reagor-Dykes Auto Group employees have now been sentenced to serve time in prison and are required to pay restitution monthly.
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A woman, a 14-year-old and a 12-year-old were arrested Wednesday evening after the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office was called to the 200 block of Kimberly Drive.
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A man who was indicted for the murder of a woman who went missing in 2006 in Llano County on May 3, 2021 turned himself in to the Lubbock County Detention Center on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. He was released after posting a $2 million bond.
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One person has died after a shooting at the South Plains Mall parking lot.
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Fifteen former Reagor-Dykes Auto Group employees have pleaded guilty to various crimes involving “dummy flooring” and check kitting at the fallen auto giant. The first sentencings are set to happen on May 4, 2021 in Amarillo. The last will happen on July 27, 2021.
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During the arraignment, he pleaded not guilty and was released on a personal recognizance bond.
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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the FBI and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Texas are searching for 17-year-old Kristen Galvan. April 23 is her 17th birthday. Authorities believe she is being trafficked in Texas.
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Recreational marijuana is now legal in New Mexico.
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A Lubbock woman pleaded guilty Thursday morning to an aggravated kidnapping that happened in January 2020 and has been sentenced to seven years in jail.
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Two female toddlers were rescued by U.S. Border Patrol Agents on Tuesday evening after being dropped over a border barrier just west of Mt. Cristo Rey, which is near El Paso, Texas.
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An unidentified man is lucky to be alive after being found dumped in the Meadow landfill early Friday morning.
A Muleshoe ISD employee has been arrested after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
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The Lubbock Police Department received a call requesting a welfare check to the Ashton Pointe Apartments. Officers arrived on scene shortly before 9:30 p.m. and located 23-year-old Molly Beckman deceased with multiple stab wounds.
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Lubbock Police, with the assistance of federal and Michigan agencies, have located 14-year-old Mattie Worley in Alden, Michigan.
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18-year-old Dominic Joe Rodriguez has been sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to a sexual assault that happened on Texas Tech campus back in December 2019.
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Two men who allegedly purchased sex from a 13-year-old trafficking victim have been arrested and charged with child sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
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Just after 10 a.m. on Sept. 16, authorities said the toddler was found and is being placed in a foster home.
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Lubbock Police Officers are searching for 30-year-old Darren Coker of West Monroe, Louisiana, who was last heard from at approximately 9:40 p.m. Sept. 14 while at the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
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It has been 17 years since the murder of 21-year-old Cynthia Palacio in Lubbock. Now, authorities say the murder has been solved.
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On Wednesday, 99-year-old Anna Jo Thomas was released from Covenant Health after being hospitalized for COVID-19. She was hospitalized for a week and was sent home with a large celebration and a birthday cake. You see, she will turn 100 years old on Sept. 19.
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Family members of two of the deceased victims of last August’s mass shooting in Odessa are filing suit against a gun parts manufacturer and supplier who provided the semi-automatic weapon to the killer, according to the attorneys for the families.
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A four-day sex offender compliance operation with federal, state and local law enforcement led to 20 arrests in Lubbock County. The operation started on Aug. 10 and lasted through Aug. 13.
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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has issued a missing child notice for 3-year-old Wyatt Price and 5-year-old Alysandra Price.The Lubbock children were last seen on July 23, 2020.
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Officials say three people were arrested during the operation, which was in the 600 block of Avenue Q.
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The Roswell Police Department searching for a man accused of fatally shooting his brother early Wednesday morning.
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Officials with 4ore! Golf in Lubbock say they are aware of three employees who have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Attorneys for the Reagor-Dykes Auto Group estate filed a motion late Monday morning claiming former CFO Shane Smith “cooked the books,” allowing him to take $527,076.81 commission payments he was not owed.
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Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety say a State Trooper was arrested in Lubbock and charged with prostitution on June 3, 2020.
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A Lubbock man and woman were arrested at the Hidalgo International Bridge by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 10, 2020 after officers found 77 pounds of alleged methamphetamine and nearly five pounds of heroin hidden in the vehicle they were driving.
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Officials with the City of Tahoka have issued a COVID-19 disaster order update, mandating a stay-at-home order other than travel for essential activities or to obtain essential goods and services.
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A 33-year-old New Mexico man is recovering in a hospital and is in custody of the New Mexico State Police after being accused of assaulting a Roswell police officer and stealing his patrol vehicle.