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.
Education
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 2:42 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
The Hale County Sheriff’s Office reports a Hale Center teacher has been arrested and is facing charges for an improper relationship between an educator and a student.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:30 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
A Lubbock man has been officially charged with aggravated assault with a weapon in a case where a woman was beaten, stabbed then set on fire.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 6:47 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
An arrest warrant has been issued for 36-year-old Guadalupe Antonio Navarrette. He is accused of murdering 29-year-old Vanessa Najera.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 6:27 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
The arrest warrant for a man involved in a domestic disturbance on Monday afternoon revealed graphic details about what is believed to have happened in the 10600 block of Elgin Ave.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 6:28 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
The Littlefield community is mourning the loss of the Littlefield ISD Athletic Director and head football coach Jimmy Thomas.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 6:26 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
The Hockley County Sheriff’s Office and Levelland Police Department were assisted by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI in multiple raids across Hockley County.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 10:35 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
A Lubbock man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison, fines, and supervised release after he admitted to scheming his way onto private chartered flights, yachts, limousines, expensive vehicles, and more.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2022 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
Lubbock police say four people were found dead inside a home that was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:34 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall and Jordan Gartner
A Texas homeowner says her home was hit by thieves twice, but one of them was injured while trying to get away.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 9:26 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall and Jordan Gartner
The parents of a Texas child currently on life support are asking for prayers during a difficult time.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall and Jordan Gartner
Police in Texas got an interesting call Wednesday morning regarding goats running in and out of traffic in Lubbock.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall and KCBD Staff
Sources tell KCBD no charges will be filed against Kyle Carruth after the Attorney General’s Office convened a grand jury in the death of Chad Read.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety have released the identities of the 11 people involved in the fiery crash that killed nine people.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 1:58 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall and KCBD Staff
Bart Reagor has been sentenced to 14 years for lying to the International Bank of Commerce about a $10 million working capital loan for his dealership, Reagor-Dykes Auto Group.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 4:17 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 1:52 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
Eleven years after the disappearance of 13-year-old Hailey Dunn in Colorado City, the longtime person of interest in the case, Shawn Casey Adkins, has been indicted on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2021 at 11:13 AM CST
|By Amber Stegall and Gray News staff
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.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:34 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
Jessica Roxana Wheeler, of Lubbock, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:29 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:51 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.”
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:12 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
Arrest warrant reveals new details as Omar Soto-Chavira arrives at the Lubbock County Detention Center.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2021 at 1:10 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2021 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 11:01 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 10:09 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 12:33 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: May. 26, 2021 at 2:45 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 9:40 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
One person has died after a shooting at the South Plains Mall parking lot.
Updated: May. 4, 2021 at 7:19 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2021 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
During the arraignment, he pleaded not guilty and was released on a personal recognizance bond.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2021 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
Recreational marijuana is now legal in New Mexico.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 11:32 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 2:42 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
An unidentified man is lucky to be alive after being found dumped in the Meadow landfill early Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 10:39 AM CST
|By Amber Stegall
A Muleshoe ISD employee has been arrested after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 5:02 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2020 at 2:01 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
KCBD has learned an Arizona real estate development company, BH DevCo, signed a letter of intent with Lubbock Economic Development Alliance (LEDA) in August 2020 to build a 278,000 square foot, $24 million warehouse near the Lubbock airport.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2020 at 4:09 PM CST
|By Amber Stegall
Lubbock Police, with the assistance of federal and Michigan agencies, have located 14-year-old Mattie Worley in Alden, Michigan.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 2:03 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 12:00 PM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
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.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 11:52 AM CDT
|By Amber Stegall
Just after 10 a.m. on Sept. 16, authorities said the toddler was found and is being placed in a foster home.