Michael A. Cantu
News Reporter
Lubbock, Texas
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Michael A. Cantu is the morning News Now reporter for KCBD NewsChannel 11. For the past year, he worked in Central Texas at KCBD's sister station KWTX.
Before moving to Central Texas, Michael worked as a digital content producer and later flourished into a news reporter at KCBD NewsChannel 11.
He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and formerly wrote for its college newspaper, The Daily Toreador.
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Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Michael A. Cantu and Jordan Gartner
A father in Texas is standing guard at an elementary school where his wife works and daughter attends in the wake of this week’s devasting elementary school mass shooting.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 2:27 PM CDT
|By Michael A. Cantu
A recent Pew Research Center survey shows more than 30% of U.S. adults feel they are online constantly. That is up from more than 20% in 2015.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:18 AM CST
|By Michael A. Cantu
Texans now have until June 15 to pay or file taxes because of a postponement by the Internal Revenue Service. The normal April 15 deadline was pushed back because of the recent winter storms.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2020 at 12:44 PM CST
|By Michael A. Cantu
Gov. Greg Abbott has set Jan. 23 as a special election date for State Rep. Drew Springer, who recently won a Senate runoff election.