Kaitlin Johnson
Assistant News Director at KFDA NewsChannel 10
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Kaitlin was born and raised in Amarillo. She is the Assistant News Director for NewsChannel 10.
She attended West Texas A&M University where she graduated with a degree in broadcasting electronic media and a minor in communication studies.
Kaitlin first came to NewsChannel 10 as an intern in 2012 and officially joined the team as an Assistant Producer in 2016. During her time at the station, she has worked at producing newscasts and managing the station's digital content.
When she's not at the station, Kaitlin spends her free time watching movies, reading and hanging out with her family and friends.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Clovis police are asking for help identifying the suspect in and armed robbery of an Allsups.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 12:06 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Drivers are asked to avoid the area of Southwest 15th and Georgia as emergency personnel respond to what they are calling a serious traffic crash.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 9:37 AM CDT
|By Vanessa Garcia and Kaitlin Johnson
Two people are in custody after a SWAT situation at a home in north Amarillo.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 9:28 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Enter to win the raingauge showdown!
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:27 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
In a special meeting today, the Amarillo City Council voted to move forward on building a pavilion near the Santa Fe Depot.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 10:46 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson and Tamlyn Cochran
Canyon police have arrested a suspect after a SWAT standoff near 5th Ave in Canyon Tuesday night.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 9:03 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in an armed robbery case.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 9:47 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo police are investigating a shooting that sent two people to the hospital overnight.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson and Alyssa Riggs
The City of Amarillo is asking for help identifying a strange figure seen on surveillance camera at the Amarillo Zoo.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson and Kevin Welch
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the bodies of 27-year-old Adilene Adame, of Friona, and 37-year-old Osiel Rodriguez, of Dimmit, were found off of Farm-to-Market Road 1057, about 13 miles east of Friona.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The Texas Panhandle Sports Network will host live streams of high school baseball, softball and track this season.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 9:41 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Law enforcement are searching for a man wanted out of Carlsbad, New Mexico for stealing a vehicle with three search and rescue dogs on board.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
One person has died after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 54 near Nara Visa by the New Mexico and Texas state line.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 2:01 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Law enforcement arrested eight people for drug trafficking charges in Tulia on Tuesday in what authorities called Operation Tulia Takedown.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo residents collected more than 191 tons of trash and debris in a citywide cleanup campaign to celebrate Earth Day.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo police say two people are dead after a crash at 34th Avenue and Lipscomb Street.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 11:11 AM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Kaitlin Johnson
Federal prosecutors filed papers today that contain guilty pleas from two Borger women who entered the U.S. Capitol building during the January 6 confrontation between protestors and police.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear arguments today in the case of the former Portales daycare owners who were convicted of reckless child abuse after leaving two children in a hot car in 2017.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Dumas police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old woman.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 3:09 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The ceremony paid tribute to five officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 6:29 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The Portales Fire Department says as of 4:15 p.m. the fire has been contained, Elida Volunteer Fire Department will have units remaining on scene for a while monitoring for hot spots and flare ups.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo Crime Stoppers is asking for help identifying a suspect who assaulted a store clerk.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 4:19 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Kaitlin Johnson
One of five Borger family members facing charges of participating in the January 6 uprising in Washington D.C. accepted a plea deal today.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 4:02 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Potter, Randall and Curry County sheriff’s departments are participating in the 2022 Spring DEA National Pharmaceutical Take Back Initiative on Saturday, April 30.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The boil water notice for Skellytown has been rescinded.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 10:02 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The population of about 400 people in Turkey will swell by hundreds this weekend to honor the King of Western Swing.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 11:01 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
A former West Texas A&M University athlete pledged nearly $2 million to provide scholarships for student athletes and assistance for each of WT’s women’s athletics teams.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 11:00 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
A dog has died after a fire at an apartment building on North Madison in Amarillo over the weekend.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
A Memphis woman has died after a crash Thursday evening west of Memphis.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Governor Greg Abbott will be among many Texas Tech officials, elected leaders, veterinarians and community members at today’s ribbon cutting for the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The City of Amarillo is celebrating Earth Day with neighborhood cleanups throughout this week.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 2:29 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson and Kevin Welch
A federal judge set a hearing today to begin the prosecution of a suspected Amarillo bomb manufacturer after finding him mentally competent.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 2:23 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Walmart and Sam’s Club are supporting the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks to help support families feeling the economic impact of COVID-19 and inflation.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
A judge sentenced an Amarillo man to 80 years in prison for sexual assault of a child.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 1:29 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Two people have died after a two-vehicle crash south of Hartley over the weekend.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo police have arrested two people after responding to domestic violence calls on Thursday evening.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson and Tamlyn Cochran
The fire is now under control after crews responded to a fire coming from the Ambassador Hotel today.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 1:37 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
A Hereford woman has died after a crash involving a semi-truck in Castro County this morning.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 2:06 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
West Texas A&M University’s Hill Chapel will undergo the first major renovations in its 72-year history.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 11:07 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo Crime Stoppers and Document Shredding and Storage will host the 15th annual Shred It Day this weekend.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The Amarillo Fire Department says two fires at the same house in two weeks have been ruled arson.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 1:06 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The Panhandle Great 25 Nurses Scholarship Committee is accepting scholarship applications from nursing students.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The United Family and Mrs Baird’s Bread honored three teachers as March winners of the Teachers On The Rise program.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 10:02 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo Fire Department crews are working to contain a house fire near South Ong Street and Southwest 16th Avenue.
Coffee Memorial Blood Center at less than 50% of the blood supply needed, critical shortage possible
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 1:54 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Coffee Memorial Blood Center has less than half of the blood supply needed, creating an immediate need for blood donors.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson and Kevin Welch
A federal judge ruled Friday a man suspected of setting off a bomb in the Paramount Terrace neighborhood should have a hearing Wednesday to decide if he is incompetent.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Deputies with the Potter County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people after executing a narcotics search warrant at a home on Sherrill Drive.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
Amarillo police are asking for help identifying a child that possibly fell from a moving car on Monday.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kaitlin Johnson
Crews are responding to multiple grass fires in the area.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Johnson
The Clovis Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a 13-year-old wounded.