Emma McSpadden
Digital Content Producer
Lubbock, Texas
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Emma is a Digital Content Producer and a lover of writing. She graduated from Texas Tech University in 2021 where she studied journalism and creative media industries. She has worked with Just The News in Washington, DC, The Daily Toreador and Women's Republic. She also worked as an undergraduate researcher for TTU's Classics department.
Emma has been writing since she could pick up a pen and paper. When she is not in the newsroom, she is reading a fantasy book, taking pictures or playing an instrument.
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A Texas man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to take a 13-year-old girl from a children’s indoor amusement center.
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Lubbock police have found a body “possibly related” to the disappearance of 18-year-old Lakaria Moore.
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Lubbock County law enforcement are investigating after a body was found in northwest Lubbock.
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Plainview ISD has announced classes will resume while DPS troopers patrol the campuses and evaluate “threats of violence” aimed at the school and its personnel.
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The Lubbock Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing man.
The FBI will be joining the investigation on the sexual assault of a 6-year-old Plainview ISD student at South Elementary.
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The Hobbs Police Department is looking for information after a man was killed in a hit-and-run on Monday.
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A community is mourning the loss of a high school student who was killed in a head-on crash.
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The Meadow community is in mourning after a student was involved in a head-on collision Monday evening.
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A Lubbock man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison after stabbing two sheriff’s deputies in 2020.
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A 90-year-old woman was flown to Lubbock after a deadly crash in Ector County. A passing train also struck a truck involved in the crash.
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A sentencing date has been scheduled for former Hale Center teacher Amy Gilly, who is accuse of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
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Jury selection has started for a woman accused of throwing her newborn baby in a dumpster in Hobbs.
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The Hobbs Police Department is looking for a man wanted for murder after a fatal shooting in March.
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Police stated SWAT team members had to gas the subject out of a bunker in the backyard of the home.
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A Littlefield man has admitted to exchanging sexually explicit photos with an 11-year-old girl and sneaking into her bedroom.
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A Lubbock jury has sentenced 24-year-old Luis Munoz to 99 years in prison for his role in a drug deal that left a man paralyzed.
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A convicted drug trafficker who was arrested in Lubbock has been sentenced to over 13 years in prison.
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A Lubbock grand jury has indicted a man on murder charges after a woman was found dead in the roadway in south Lubbock County.
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A member of Lorenzo ISD’s Board of Trustees has been arrested after reportedly firing a gun at a truck that was “hot rodding” in front of his home.
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A man involved in a deadly crash on Easter Sunday in 2018 has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide.
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A jury deliberated for 25 minutes.
A Lubbock jury has found Andrew Castillo guilty of aggravated assault of a child under 6 years old.
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Emergency crews responded to a rollover near Wolfforth on Tuesday morning.
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A man is barricaded in a vehicle after a cross-county police pursuit Wednesday afternoon.
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A Lubbock grand jury has indicted a man who reportedly crashed into and shot at a car with a family inside.
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A Lubbock man has been arrested after reportedly running over a woman near a bar in downtown Lubbock.
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The Crosby County Sheriff’s Office received a ‘false statement’ regarding the kidnapping of a 16-year-old in Ralls.
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A California man has been sentenced to life in prison after stabbing a Plainview man 93 times, killing him.
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A Hobbs newspaper carrier was shot this mornings while delivering newspapers to the community.
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A two-year-old boy has died at Covenant Medical Center after a crash in Midland County.
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Five juveniles in a stolen vehicle were injured and arrested after a police chase led to a crash.
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A fundraiser has been set up for the family of Ruben Garcia, who was killed in a stabbing on Friday.
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A Plainview man has been arrested following an assault with a knife on Sunday.
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“We ask for prayers for peace and healing not only for us but for all the people Yahir touched in his life."
A high school student in Texas has died after sustaining a severe head injury during a junior varsity football game.
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A Muleshoe man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for criminal sexual conduct involving a 14-year-old girl accused of attempted murder.
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After nearly two years of fighting for change, Reese’s mother, Trista, informed KCBD that Reese’s Law was signed this evening.
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The 4th on Broadway celebration will feature a live performance from musician Vanilla Ice during the evening concert.
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