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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He leaves behind four children and a lasting West Texas legacy.
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A bicyclist was hit and killed by a truck while he was riding to raise money for other cyclists.
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Investigators say the property manager entered the apartment and found the woman dead.
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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 police are investigating the death of a man who reportedly shot himself during a police chase and rolled his vehicle.
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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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A Lubbock grand jury has indicted a man accused of shooting at a Walmart security guard after attempting to steal items from the store.
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A Lubbock man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of 23-year-old Walter Harper.
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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 Wednesday evening crash just west of Idalou has left one Lubbock woman dead.
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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.
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Officials described it as a “one-of-a-kind theme park” to be built on 97 acres of land in the Dallas area.
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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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Residents in Yoakum County have reported getting phone calls from people claiming to have taken their families hostage.
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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.
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30 people are facing charges stemming from a three-day human trafficking operation across Lubbock.
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A Central Lubbock shooting has left a 15-year-old dead.
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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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Four people were found dead in a house fire in Clovis early this morning.
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The Lubbock Police Department Metropolitan Special Crimes unit is seeking information regarding a Sunday evening shooting that left one man dead.
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A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in the roadway after a crash Tuesday morning.
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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.
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A Lubbock man is accused of threatening and assaulting a woman, causing her to be taken to the hospital.
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One person has been taken to the hospital after a shooting in South Lubbock.
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Lubbock police have a suspect in custody after an early morning stabbing that killed 49-year-old Ruben Garcia.
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The Texas Tech Police Department issued a crime alert after a masked man attempted to rob two people near campus.
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A Central Lubbock apartment building was evacuated after reports of “the smell of gas” from inside one of the apartments.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife is hosting Holiday in the Parks with events across the state, including in Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
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A former boys basketball coach for O’Donnell ISD has been federally indicted on charges involving inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old student.
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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.
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One person was injured after a shooting at Goodfellas Bar & Grill in Plainview.
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A Lubbock grand jury indicted a man on two child pornography charges on Wednesday.
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The Lubbock Police Department is searching for a woman suspected in a 2021 murder.
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Tyson Isaac, one of five people facing jail time for two shootings that left one person dead, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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The Lubbock Police Department responded to a shots fired call in central Lubbock around 3:15 p.m.
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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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Six South Dakota teens have been arrested after leading police on a chase over three counties, according to the Floyd County Record.
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A Lubbock Grand Jury has indicted Elisa Bengoa on charges relating to a fatal crash involving alcohol in March of this year.
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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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Nearly nine years later, Carlos Rodriguez has pleaded guilty to the 2013 murder of Zoe Campos.
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The Lubbock Police Department Major Crash Unit responded to a crash following a police chase.
Palo Duro Canyon State Park has closed its trails due to flooding in the canyon.
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A middle school team from Southcrest Christian School were crowned national winners at the 20th annual eCYBERMISSION National Judging & Educational Event.
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The FBI continues to work with Clovis Police to catch the “Man in Brown Bandit” after a second bank robbery in Clovis.
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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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