LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – On Daybreak Today, <\/p>\n
Artemis II splashdown tonight <\/p>\n
NASA is preparing for the return of the Artemis II crew The Orion spacecraft is expected to splashdown just after 7 tonight off the coast of San DiegoDetails here: Artemis II\u2019s moon finale is almost here with a Pacific splashdown to cap NASA\u2019s lunar comeback<\/a><\/p>\n Man sentenced for double murder <\/p>\n A judge sentenced Justin Aleman to 50 years in prison for a double murder at Mackenzie Park in 2024 He pleaded guilty to killing his uncle, Angel Aleman, Lydia Hernandez and their dogFull story here: Man pleads guilty to 2024 murder of man, woman and killing their dog<\/a><\/p>\n Crews battle \u2018Purple Monster Fire\u2019<\/p>\n Crews are battling a 15,000 acre wildfire in the Panhandle <\/p>\n The Purple Monster Fire in Oldham County is 55% contained <\/p>\n Find updates here: Crews continue battling a fire in Oldham County<\/a><\/p>\n Melania Trump denies ties to Epstein <\/p>\n First Lady Melania Trump says Epstein did not introduce her to President Trump She also denied being his friend or having any knowledge of his crimes Read more here: Melania Trump delivers statement at White House denying knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes<\/a><\/p>\n Peace talks begin Saturday <\/p>\n The U.S. and Iran will begin high level peace talks tomorrow in Pakistan Meanwhile, Israel and Lebanon are set to begin talks next week in Washington, D.C.Find the latest developments here: US, Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n As always, be sure to join Angie Winn<\/a>, Joshua Ramirez<\/a> and Shania Jackson<\/a> for your top headlines. Download the free KCBD NewsChannel 11 app, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – On Daybreak Today, Artemis II splashdown tonight NASA is preparing for the return of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2629,319,251,168,170,169,2632,2631,2630,2053],"class_list":{"0":"post-244153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-daybreak-today","9":"tag-kcbd","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-lubbock","12":"tag-lubbock-headlines","13":"tag-lubbock-news","14":"tag-morning-headlines","15":"tag-national-news","16":"tag-state-news","17":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}