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.
Education
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Chelsea Collinsworth and Emma McSpadden
49-year-old Jamie Lee Pruett will now be facing murder charges after 32-year-old shooting victim Christian Rios died from his injuries on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 3:51 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
Officials described it as a “one-of-a-kind theme park” to be built on 97 acres of land in the Dallas area.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 6:16 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
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.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 10:30 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
Residents in Yoakum County have reported getting phone calls from people claiming to have taken their families hostage.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 6:17 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A man involved in a deadly crash on Easter Sunday in 2018 has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 7:33 AM CST
|By Emma McSpadden and Amanda Alvarado
A jury deliberated for 25 minutes.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 6:16 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
30 people are facing charges stemming from a three-day human trafficking operation across Lubbock.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:19 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A Central Lubbock shooting has left a 15-year-old dead.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:17 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A California man has been sentenced to life in prison after stabbing a Plainview man 93 times, killing him.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:15 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
Four people were found dead in a house fire in Clovis early this morning.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 6:24 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
The Lubbock Police Department Metropolitan Special Crimes unit is seeking information regarding a Sunday evening shooting that left one man dead.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 11:55 AM CST
|By Emma McSpadden and Chelsea Collinsworth
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in the roadway after a crash Tuesday morning.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 12:48 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A woman has been charged after reportedly robbing a Lubbock grocery store disguised in a wig and armed with a BB gun and then assaulting officers during her arrest.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:24 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A Lubbock man is accused of threatening and assaulting a woman, causing her to be taken to the hospital.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
One person has been taken to the hospital after a shooting in South Lubbock.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 3:27 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
Lubbock police have a suspect in custody after an early morning stabbing that killed 49-year-old Ruben Garcia.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 8:09 AM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
The Texas Tech Police Department issued a crime alert after a masked man attempted to rob two people near campus.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 6:27 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A Central Lubbock apartment building was evacuated after reports of “the smell of gas” from inside one of the apartments.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 9:15 AM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
The Four Sixes longtime horse manager Dr. Glenn Blodgett has died.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 12:23 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
Texas Parks and Wildlife is hosting Holiday in the Parks with events across the state, including in Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 6:26 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A former boys basketball coach for O’Donnell ISD has been federally indicted on charges involving inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old student.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 6:35 PM CST
|By Emma McSpadden
A Lubbock grand jury indicted 17-year-old Bailey Forrest on a murder charge; Forrest was one of three teens arrested after a man was found dead in his car parked in an alley.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2022 at 7:31 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
One person was injured after a shooting at Goodfellas Bar & Grill in Plainview.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 10:23 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
A Lubbock grand jury indicted a man on two child pornography charges on Wednesday.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 6:56 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
The Lubbock Police Department is searching for a woman suspected in a 2021 murder.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 9:46 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
Tyson Isaac, one of five people facing jail time for two shootings that left one person dead, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
The Lubbock Police Department responded to a shots fired call in central Lubbock around 3:15 p.m.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 11:58 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
“We ask for prayers for peace and healing not only for us but for all the people Yahir touched in his life."
Updated: Sep. 3, 2022 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden and Jordan Gartner
A high school student in Texas has died after sustaining a severe head injury during a junior varsity football game.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 2:54 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
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.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
Six South Dakota teens have been arrested after leading police on a chase over three counties, according to the Floyd County Record.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
A Lubbock Grand Jury has indicted Elisa Bengoa on charges relating to a fatal crash involving alcohol in March of this year.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
After nearly two years of fighting for change, Reese’s mother, Trista, informed KCBD that Reese’s Law was signed this evening.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
Nearly nine years later, Carlos Rodriguez has pleaded guilty to the 2013 murder of Zoe Campos.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
The Lubbock Police Department Major Crash Unit responded to a crash following a police chase.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
Palo Duro Canyon State Park has closed its trails due to flooding in the canyon.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
A middle school team from Southcrest Christian School were crowned national winners at the 20th annual eCYBERMISSION National Judging & Educational Event.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
The FBI continues to work with Clovis Police to catch the “Man in Brown Bandit” after a second bank robbery in Clovis.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Emma McSpadden
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is leading an amicus brief addressing possible violations of a woman’s freedom of speech and freedom of religion in a case where she refused to design websites for weddings for same-sex couples.
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