Kase Wilbanks
Anchor, Reporter
Lubbock, TX
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Kase Wilbanks joined KCBD in July of 2017. He grew up just down the road in Idalou watching NewsChannel 11 and is thrilled to finally be a part of the team he's long admired.
While watching KCBD, Kase became fascinated with broadcast news and hearing the stories of folks across the area.
He took that passion for journalism up I-27 to West Texas A&M University in Canyon, TX. That's where he joined many organizations throughout the Communication Department like the campus radio station, KWTS 91.1 FM, the National Broadcasting Society, and WTTV. While in the process of earning his degree, Kase was a part of several award-winning productions including Steps to Promise, a documentary for Amarillo's Downtown Women's Center.
After graduation, Kase started his career at KVII ABC 7 Amarillo. In the High Plains Kase covered stories ranging from the deadly wildfires of March 2017 to the Texas Panhandle Honor Flight and stories that showed what the Panhandle Spirit is all about.
Kase returns to KCBD after spending the summer of 2014 interning in the newsroom. He's excited to once again be back in the South Plains and telling your stories.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
It will be five years since Jeannie Quinn was found dead in Abilene on April 17 and there’s still only a person of interest named in her case, 61-year-old Ricky Don Henderson.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:11 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
State Senator Charles Perry was a leader in legalizing the hemp industry in Texas in 2019 and is now authoring new legislation for more regulation and penalties for some uses.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 10:12 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
The deadline to challenge the FCC National Broadband Map is January 13 and the Texas Broadband Development Office is urging Texans to review its accuracy and challenge the map, if necessary, citing billions of dollars in funding.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 3:27 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Dr. Scott Frankfather returned to his hometown in 2009 to provide Ob/Gyn care at the Yoakum County Hospital, and, since then, has welcomed thousands of babies into the world.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 9:49 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
The Natural Science Research Laboratory (NSRL) has eagerly awaited the day it could unearth the skeletal remains of its rhinoceros, buried several years ago.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 8:47 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Early voting begins Monday, April 25 for the May 7 Election. It is not only for cities and schools but for all Texas voters to decide on two proposals to change the state constitution.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 6:55 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
The uniqueness of shortwave radio is proving beneficial for reaching across the world at a time of war and WTWW’s radio “legends,” including one from Lubbock, are working to entertain and inform.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 6:22 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
This year would be much different for the band after the tragic November 19 crash that took the life of the band director, Darin Johns, and bus driver, Mark Boswell, as well as injured numerous students.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2021 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
A lucky 180 first-year medical students received their white coats on Sunday.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
The West Texas Cycling Association is taking part in the International Ride of Silence, a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways.
Updated: May. 11, 2021 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
“It’s about honoring those folks that lost family, about those folks that that stood up and said ‘We’re not gonna let this beat us down’,” Stephen Faulk, VP of MWM Architects said. “There’s a true West Texas spirit around here and not much can knock us down.”
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 at 6:22 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
While the region braces for unbelievably low temperatures, officials are also preparing for the fire season that could result from the weather conditions that have plagued the South Plains.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 5:51 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
As the sunny South Plains prompts more property owners to invest in solar energy production, companies like Xcel Energy are encouraging customers to contact their utility company.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 5:53 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
Gregory estimates around 75 people were set to harvest around 1,500 acres Wednesday. William Clark Green Cotton Relief Fund donated fuel and Hurst Farm Supply assisted, as well.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
The Lubbock Police Department has now been able to connect a few dots about the disappearance of Sandy Michelle Cervantes who was last seen in June of 2019 but not reported missing until February of 2020. However, the investigation has come to a point where the public’s help is needed.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Out in Slaton, the summer months of 2020 were spent preparing thousands of acres of South Plains land used to grow hemp. The processing facility was an empty building in early May, but is now drying the bales that seem to not stop coming.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 1:44 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
A week ago, word came that Mac Davis was critically ill. Now, the late entertainer has returned to the hometown he never forgot. He was laid to rest on Monday at the age of 78 at the City of Lubbock Cemetery.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
The bakery is offering supporters campaign signs, buttons and a letter from the candidate, which outlines is platform. The letter says that platform is not “stale.”
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Josh Abbott joined Senator John Cornyn to discuss a bill he proposed with Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar to aid parts of the entertainment industry impacted by COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Daniela Hernandez-Salas has volunteered for 27 years with Look Good Feel Better, a program that provides patients with tools to overcome the effects of cancer.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Commander McCool, a graduate of Coronado High School, was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia, which was destroyed upon reentering the Earth’s atmosphere in February of 2003.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2020 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
Slow and steady, that's how students are moving back into student housing on the campus of Texas Tech.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2020 at 10:16 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
We just received the 911 call recording from this dramatic rescue.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 8:46 PM CDT
|By Kase Wilbanks
The bill, introduced by Representative Jodey Arrington of Lubbock and Representative Henry Cuellar of Laredo, is deemed the Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2020. The Ports-to-Plains Alliance has worked for more than two decades on extending the Interstate.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2020 at 5:58 PM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
A boy from Florida who runs for our heroes says he's headed to Lubbock later this week to give a grant to injured Lubbock Firefighter Matt Dawson.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2018 at 1:05 AM CST
|By Kase Wilbanks
It's been 15 years since the United States and the world stood in shock on Feb. 1, 2003, watching the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrate and fall from the sky, killing all seven crew members, including two who made their mark in Lubbock, Willie McCool and Rick Husband.
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