Tommy Witherspoon
KWTX Managing Editor
Waco, Texas
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Tommy Witherspoon is a longtime newspaper journalist who began his career at the Corsicana Daily Sun in 1980.
He worked 39 years at the Waco Tribune-Herald before joining the staff at KWTX as managing editor in March 2022.
Tommy is a native of Weatherford, Texas, and graduated from the University of North Texas with a journalism degree.
He has three sons.
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Police arrested a Waco man Thursday after his grandmother, his mother and another woman reported he assaulted them after he became irate at a Goodwill store.
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Fifteen women who reported they were sexually assaulted while students at Baylor University have settled their federal lawsuits against the university, culminating a protracted scandal that tarnished the Baptist school’s image and led to the ousters of its disgraced head football coach and prominent president.
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A McLennan County grand jury indicted Christopher Hundl, 38, and Daniel Savala, 67, each on one count of continuous trafficking of persons.
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McLennan County deer breeders Steven Wieser and Jason Chancey are suing the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
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A convicted murderer remains free on bond after his arrest Saturday on charges he violated a protective order by assaulting a Waco woman.
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One of two men who shot and killed Jatron Lavar Thomas in October 2020 was sentenced to 45 years in prison Friday.
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A McLennan County jury on Friday failed to reach a verdict in the murder-fore-hire trial of Waco Attorney Seth Sutton.
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Seth Sutton is on trial on criminal solicitation of capital murder charges.
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Seth Sutton is charged with criminal solicitation of capital murder.
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The lawsuit will seek more than $1 million in damages.
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The suit alleges the woman suffered facial injuries and an arm injury.
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A Waco man who was charged with assaulting a pregnant woman in May 2020 was found guilty on one felony count and not guilty on two other felony counts Wednesday.
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A Waco grandmother, who police say was the first person out of her burning house, pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges.
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Testimony is set to begin Tuesday morning in the trial of a Waco man charged with assaulting a pregnant woman in May 2020.
Seth Sutton is set to stand trial Aug. 14 on a solicitation of capital murder charge.
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The Magnolia empire co-founder was accused of conspiring to eliminate his business partners in order to ensure that he alone would profit from Magnolia Realty’s association with his hit TV show.
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A former manager at a Waco restaurant remains jailed after his arrest last weekend on charges he plied minor women with alcohol and sexually assaulted one of them after she passed out.
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A Waco woman jailed last month on allegations she assaulted her adult daughter also has been charged with causing severe injuries to her toddler son.
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Zamar Kirven, who set aside a state championship ring and a promising football career for a Glock 9 mm and hallucinogenic drugs, was convicted Friday of killing two of his best friends while high on LSD.
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A three-time convicted felon was sentenced to 70 years in prison Wednesday after his conviction has a habitual criminal.
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A convicted sex offender described as a “spiritual mentor” to a former Baylor University campus minister remains in the McLennan County Jail.
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A former Clifton police officer, called “an embarrassment to law enforcement” by a prosecutor, was sentenced to 10 years probation and fined $10,000 Friday.
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A former campus minister assigned to a chartered religious organization at Baylor University was arrested Tuesday.
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Lexington Insurance Co. is seeking a declaration from judge that it has no duty to defend Baylor.
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A Waco woman remains free on bond after her arrest on charges she tried to run over her boyfriend on a shopping center parking lot with two children in the back seat of her vehicle.
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The girl, who was eight at the time of the alleged offenses, is expected to testify Wednesday morning.
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A Waco man remains free on bond after his arrest early Monday morning.
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The punishment phase of the trial will begin Friday morning.
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A China Spring man who inappropriately touched two young girls was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after court officials dealt with a juror who changed her mind overnight about his guilt.
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John Creuzot has agreed to prosecute the capital murder case of a Temple man charged in the November 2017 shooting deaths of his 1-year-old daughter and the baby’s mother.
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The Chinse company is on a U.S. Department of Defense investment blacklist.
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The McGregor native estimates he has been arrested at least 50 times during the three decades he was mired in alcohol and drug addiction.
Fifteen women who reported they were sexually assaulted while students at Baylor University are seeking to amend their pending federal lawsuits against the university.
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A former pizza delivery man was sentenced to life in prison with no hope for parole in the shotgun slayings of his wife and mother.
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A former transient with a history of domestic violence, and drug and alcohol addiction, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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An Austin man who sent payments to a 16-year-old Moody boy in exchange for sexually explicit videos and photos pleaded guilty to sexual performance of a child.
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The second of two men charged in the April 2019 shooting death of a budding Waco rapper pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Monday and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
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A Waco man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday night for sexually abusing at least three children, including two family members.
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Authorities are investigating a crash that killed a firefighter and injured two troopers.
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Authorities are working to clear a wreck on I-35 northbound near Tokio Road.
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A new Netflix documentary debuting Wednesday hopes to inform a new generation about the tragedy and to reveal a human side from conflicting perspectives.
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The father has been placed under an immigration detainer and is expected to be deported after he serves his prison term.
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A Waco man who police say shot another man after an argument at a store in August 2021 was indicted on a murder charge Thursday.
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An eight-time convicted felon was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for badly beating a homeless man with a 3-foot metal pipe in August 2019.
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The attorney who defended Marian Fraser says there was no way her client could get a fair trial in Waco.
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Former day care owner will have to serve at least 25 years in prison before she can seek parole.
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The ninth day of former Waco day care owner Marian Fraser’s murder retrial bogged down Thursday afternoon after the judge expelled a juror for violating the court’s instructions and his oath as a juror.
Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday afternoon against former Waco day care owner Marian Fraser after calling the lead police detective in the case and reading portions of Fraser’s testimony from her first trial eight years ago.
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Marian Fraser, 59, remains free on bond after her conviction and 50-year sentence from her first trial in 2015 were overturned.
Prosecution testimony kicked off Wednesday in the murder retrial of Marian Fraser.
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