Diamond Hubbard
Producer
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Diamond Hubbard joined KSWO in 2021 as a multimedia journalist. She welcomed her first child in 2023, and is now a producer for Good Morning Texoma.
Diamond is a Cleveland, Ohio native. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in 2020. There, she was the news anchor for Aggie News & Views for three years, as well as a social media team member for school newspaper The A&T Register. She has interned at Black Girls in Media as an email strategist and at Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Greensboro, North Carolina where she wrote scripts, assisted in marketing, created press releases, and anchored shows.
She loves live music, seafood, and shopping. She spends her time traveling and spending time with her family.
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The Lawton Police Department is warning citizens of scammers posing as panhandlers.
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Thursday morning a home caught fire on the 2900 block of Northwest 18th Street in Lawton.
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Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for the resignation of the McCurtain County Sheriff, commissioner, investigator, and Jail Administrator.
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The Lawton Police Department is warning local business owners and citizens about recent counterfeit $20 bills they’ve become aware of.
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The latest Senate amendments to the House Education Plan are causing arguments from lawmakers.
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Fista ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the new era of defense innovation
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The festival starts Thursday at 3 p.m. and will continue through April 9th. The festival will be packed full of events.
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One soldier's family said they can't waiting to spend more time with their father now he's retired.
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Matthew a former Chief Meteorologist of the First Alert 7 Weather Team at KSWO. Previously he was on KSWO’s Good Morning Texoma for several years and also was the lead storm chaser. When he started at KSWO in 2011, he was the weekend evening meteorologist.
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One person has been shot and is currently at OU Medical in unknown condition, and another person is deceased inside a residence on North Heffington road.
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Tarra Gilbert now known as Dr. Tarra Bates got her start at KSWO in 1980. She started as an editor, then a photographer, then a reporter. After two years of reporting, she was promoted to backup co-anchor.
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Women’s History Month has highlighted the vital role of women in American history since 1981, and today we continue that tradition by spotlighting women in law enforcement, right here in Lawton.
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March is National Endometriosis Awareness Month. A local woman is sharing her story about her battle with this disease
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A Tik Tok influencer is in the spotlight here in Lawton after he posed as an underage girl to “expose” men talking to minors.
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The Adopt a Child campaign at the boys and girls club in Lawton is now underway. Jacobi Crowley, the executive director of the club, said this fundraiser is to help as many children as possible have a successful future.
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“It creates a lot of efficiency in the organizations, instead of a council member calling one of 15 department heads about something. The council member is able to go directly to the liaison person who can take care of a lot of those things,” Lawton Mayor Stan Booker said.
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The Oklahoma Historical Society is sponsoring a travel contest and you won’t need to leave the state to have fun in this adventure. All you have to do is visit museums and historic sites around Oklahoma.
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Lawton officials say soon when entering Lawton City Hall people will have to walk through a metal detector at the main entrance. They also plan on using handheld wands to search items and bags.
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Can you imagine losing something a long time ago and now finding it? Well, this has happened to a Lawton resident who lost his wallet 25 years ago.
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The votes are in, and Oklahomans have officially rejected legalizing recreational marijuana after State Question 820′s special election.
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Michael Cleghorn has resigned as Lawton City Manager effective March 8th, 2023.
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There were 18 proposed locations and the three proposed today were Mid Town Square lot at 13th and Gore, the old Police station, and railroad avenue north of the creamery
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The meeting is taking place 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Banquet Room of Lawton City Hall.
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Jason Delonais has been in law enforcement for 13 years. He has served half of his career as Chief of Police for the Town of Fletcher. He said when he took the job 6 years ago, the department needed major work.
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According to the City of Duncan a storm touched down in Duncan around nine Sunday night and just 10 minutes later Duncan Regional Airport registered winds gusting at 66 miles per hour.
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The daughter of the man killed in a hit-and-run on Tuesday night said she wants her father’s death to be the last hit-and-run death in Lawton.
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“I agree big business needs to come to Lawton, I am all for that, but are we willing to sell our soul out to a company that looks good on the surface, but have not thoroughly researched?”
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The double shooting Thursday, on Gore Blvd in front of Ice Tre’s Barber Shop has left many of the barbers and their clients traumatized.
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In honor of Black History Month we are highlighting local black influencers, who are still making history. James Smith is the City of Lawton's first Black police chief.
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Lawton City Council members unanimously voted to not require general business licenses.
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Bethlehem Baptist Church was established in 1901 before Oklahoma earned its statehood, the church is now 121 years old.
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Lawton City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to start the bidding process to renovate the McMahon Auditorium. It’s expected to cost seven million dollars.
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A 20-year-old man named Christopher was last seen around 6 pm, near southbound from 900 block of Pine in Waurika.
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Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Jason Lowe said this inaugural celebration is special to him because Black History is Oklahoma History.
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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you already have your gifts picked out. Prepared or not, businesses across Lawton are ready for last-minute orders.
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Local dispensaries in Lawton are in favor of the measure, saying it will generate a lot of business and benefit the state.
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Residents of the Copper Ridge Apartments in Lawton are saying they're alive today because of a brave man who woke them up during a fire
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Several people aren’t able to stay in their apartments tonight after a fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. at the Motif Manor Apartments in Lawton.
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At today’s state of address, the big topics were tax cuts, teacher pay raises, and permanent gender-altering surgeries. Local state representatives and state senators gave their opinions about what Stitt had to say
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Construction is underway at the Medicine Park Zoo and Aquarium for a new enclosure for Ky, their resident grey fox, but they admit they could use a helping hand after funding fell short. That’s why a group of kids is diving in head first, to get this fox a home
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A Lawton family of 6 is devastated after their home caught fire early Thursday morning. They said they are grateful to have made it out without any injuries.
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The recent search for Athena Brownfield left many people with questions about what qualifies for an Amber Alert and how would the Lawton Police Department handle a similar situation. The Lawton Police Department said when dealing with missing children every situation is different.
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These types of restrictions have been rewritten only twice since they were implemented during the 1980s AIDs crisis. The proposed policy would eliminate time-based restrictions and instead ask questions that assess HIV risk regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
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A Lawton family and restaurant staff are speaking out after their chef was recently hit by a car. He was reportedly walking north of 38th street to the neighborhood Walmart on lee when hit by a car.
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Volunteers took to the streets of Lawton today, trying to figure out just how many homeless people live in Lawton during the “point in time count.”
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Family, friends, and many Oklahomans gathered in Enid Wednesday for the funeral of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield.
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The family of the man who was killed at the Executive Inn last Wednesday is speaking out. They said the Lawton Police Department did not notify them of their family member’s death.
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There have been two homicides in Lawton since the beginning of the year. Those deaths and one other homicide are still under investigation by the Lawton police department.
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One woman saw a need to keep up an abandoned cemetery where a World War I veteran and many others are buried.
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Playground equipment next to the miracle league field at Elmer Thomas Park in Lawton mysteriously caught fire overnight.
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