Brittany Michaleson
Reporter
Lubbock, Texas
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Brittany Michaleson joined KCBD in January of 2021. She is a multimedia journalist who loves meeting new people and sharing their stories. She grew up not too far from the Hub City, in Plains, Texas, watching NewsChannel 11 and is excited to start her career with such a respected team.
Her passion for journalism began in high school, competing on the UIL team. She took that passion to Lubbock Christian University, where she wrote for The Duster Today, hosted several radio shows, and studied abroad in Avila, Spain. Her final semester, she was an intern in Washington, D. C., at the Voice of America in the Latin American Division for a weekly show called Venezuela 360. She graduated in 2020 with a degree in Mass Communications and minors in Spanish and Linguistics.
A native West Texan, Brittany loves being a part of the Lubbock community and is excited to kickstart her career sharing your stories.
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Co-owner Hailee schilling says the company has sent shirts all over the country. Through the process, they’ve heard stories from Bartlett’s friends, people he taught in academy, his SWAT family and his military family.
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In May, the 28-year-old started feeling sick. After testing positive for COVID-19, he was sent home with medicine. Two days later, he told his fiancée he couldn’t breath or feel his arms. Since he’s been in the hospital, Jose has seen his kids three times.
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Raul Diaz, property crimes detective and leader for one of LPD’s negotiation teams, says with law enforcement under a magnifying glass in today’s society, it’s even more important they get things right using communication.
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A Lubbock man is scheduled to be on the guilty plea docket Tuesday for a murder charge from 2016. Jonathan Lovato, 38, initiated a police chase, causing a deadly wreck after running a red light.
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After a challenging year for many families, a Plainview mom is giving back to those in need.
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After a devastating storm tore through Lamesa the last weekend in June, neighbors banded together to start recovery. A month later, Jaytaun Rebber, owner at Beautique Salon and Spa, is offering to help keep her colleagues above water.
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If you’re traveling through Texas, there’s a number on the back of your driver’s license for roadside assistance. Texas DPS sergeant Johnny Bures says it’s not a free tow or gas, but could help keep you safe.
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RVs can be in the street if the driver is present and you’re loading and unloading for a trip. If you’re outside of that time frame, it could mean a Class C misdemeanor and a fine of $50 to $500.
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The City is proposing $174.5 million to widen and rebuild roads in every district across the city. The project includes 13 different portions, ranging from sections of 34th street and 114th street.
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Heavy rain in May and June pulled us out of the drought, giving fiber producers a good start. But, the relief may not last for long.
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District Judge William R. Eichman II says look at several factors to set bond, the nature of the alleged offense, the safety and wellbeing of the victim and community, the likeliness to show up and the ability to pay.
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While escorting a funeral procession in July 2001, he was injured in a motorcycle crash and died from those injuries days later. Every year for the past 20 years, officers in the motorcycle unit travel to Odessa to visit Kendricks’ grave and stand alongside his family.
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Captain Bill Bridgewater says on the one hand, they’re openly investigating him as a missing person, but on the other, they can’t rule out that he is a fugitive from justice. Meanwhile, his family is still looking for answers.
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In districts with fewer than 25 percent in person most of the year, students who met math test expectations dropped by 32 percent. In reading, they dropped by 9 percent. However, in districts with more than 75 percent in person, students who met math expectations only dropped by 9 percent, and in reading that was down by just 1 percent.
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Baker and THT designs are honoring Caleb at the Auto Glass Company downtown and hope to bring awareness to noncombat deaths. She wants the mural to inspire young people to have a spirit of patriotism, like Caleb did. It should be ready just in time for Independence Day.
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The holiday weekend approaches as blood banks across the country are facing critical shortages. Vitalant, a nonprofit blood provider for Lubbock hospitals, is down to a 2 to 3 day supply.
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City administrator Kimberly Perez says the City is only a few months into the fiscal year and the EMS budget is already more than halfway depleted. Interim EMS director Chris Pickering says the current budget doesn’t allow for high enough wages to help keep people on staff.
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Within 24 hours, Lubbockites raised more than $1,700 to help Adkins keep her new apartment. Several people also called and emailed KCBD, hoping to help Adkins focus on healing.
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It was Adkins’ first night without a ride from her new job when she was walking home Thursday night. She says she heard an engine, turned and saw a headlight, and was struck, around 11:20 p.m. Now, Police are looking for the driver who injured her.
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It’s been a year and a half of challenges for 7-year-old Josiah Villarreal, who was wounded in a drive-by shooting in 2019.
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While Lubbock’s unemployment rate is better than the state’s, many employers are still struggling to hire.
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Tuesday night, a crowd of Brooklyn’s “prayer warriors” attended the special ceremony, supporting her for this milestone after the toughest year of her life.
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WBU wrestling coach Kiiler Stephens has been coaching for more than 20 years. He says Brian, Christian and Elena were some of the kindest wrestlers he’s ever met.
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The pandemic pushed financial matters to the forefront for many families, but quarantine measures made it difficult to coordinate with advisors. Now, TTU researchers are working to take virtual financial planning to the next level.
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Two years ago, Lauren Casares and Sam Revilla were strangers. Now, they’re preparing for a kidney transplant.
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Lubbock Professional Police Association members say the current pay is a driving force behind retention problems, causing experienced officers to leave the force.
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As of 2:30 Monday afternoon, ERCOT reported three to four times the number of forced outages in its system than what it expects this time of year.
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In 1965, Texas had over 300 rural hospitals. Today that number has dropped almost by half...
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"It shouldn't be this hard to get help for something that can be so important to a young woman's future," one Lubbock mother said.
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After February’s deadly winter storm exposed flaws in the state’s power grid, Governor Abbott signed sweeping reforms to ERCOT.
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In Lubbock, Open Door and Voice of Hope are only two of the organizations at risk of losing that funding.
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The Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with several restaurants and local businesses to raise money for “The Longest Day” on June 20. It’s the day of the summer solstice, where people across the world will “fight the darkness” of the disease.
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Doctors now have a way to detect a devastating disease in newborns, sometimes before symptoms even appear.
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Along with widening the road, the project would include drainage improvement and streetlights. It includes a pedestrian sidewalk on the north side of 114th St., and a wider shared use path along the south for bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users, joggers, and more.
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With temperatures rising and recent rainfall leaving puddles, it’s time to start preparing for those pesky mosquitoes.
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With water still on the ground in some areas, farmers are debating if they can get into the field to plant the remainder of their crop.
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Marine Curtis Pennington served from 1997 to 2001. He was disabled in Iraq and is mourning his brothers who didn’t make it home. After Covid-19 displaced Pennington and his daughter Madison, they moved to Lubbock to start over.
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Investigators with the Lubbock County Sheriff’s say they’re seeing more people pretend to be contractors, asking for money up front to fix your roof or provide lawn service.
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Wednesday night's tornado between Cotton Center and Hale Center touched down within miles from where thousands of people live. While the severe weather wasn't deadly, it affected many ranchers and farmers in the area.
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LP&L’s Electric Utility Board and the Lubbock City Council approved a $77.5 million buyout on Thursday, terminating LP&L’s 25-year contract with Southwestern Public Service.
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Monday night’s storm, on top of recent rainfall in the past few days, caused the water level at Buffalo Springs Lake to rise a foot and a half.
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Homeschoolers are one step closer to being allowed to participate in UIL activities.
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The company hired a cyber security expert and filed a case with the FBI. They are now shifting its focus to helping customers at risk.
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Jennifer Elder lives in a neighborhood right by the Farmer’s Market in Wolfforth. She and her family were watching another storm in a field west of their house, and then realized what was looming right above them.
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Along with his hometown, law enforcement agencies from all over the state lined both sides of the pews at the First Baptist Church in Lamesa to honor the life and service of deputy Samuel Alexander Leonard.
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Businesses are getting a much-needed boost as Texas Tech graduates walk the stage this week - a welcome return to normal after in-person graduations were canceled last year.
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In a poll on the KCBD Facebook page, 35 of 50 respondents said they wouldn’t give their child the COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, at the Civic Center, several 12-to-15-year-olds stepped in line for their first opportunity to get the Pfizer vaccine.
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Superintendent Jim Baum says the main reason for the change was to give teachers an extra day to plan. Right now, they only get about 45 minutes a day to grade and prepare lessons for up to 90 students.
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Several of their family members expressed their gratitude for the tribute. For one survivor, it was a day to reflect on the lessons learned in the aftermath.
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Some business owners have blamed additional unemployment benefits for the worker shortage, but one Lubbock single mother and 18-year veteran of management positions in the service industry says benefits aren't the issue.