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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|By Tommy Witherspoon
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.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:12 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Ukwuachu, 30, who remains on felony probation, filed a writ of habeas corpus Thursday, alleging prosecutors used unsubstantiated phone records that left a false impression with the jury, abused the grand jury process by intimidating Ukwuachu’s roommate and that Ukwuachu’s attorney, Jonathan Sibley, provided ineffective legal assistance.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Joseph Andrade was arrested on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A McGregor man remains jailed after his arrest Tuesday on allegations he sexually abused a 4-year-old female family member.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:56 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A transient with a history of mental health issues was arrested Tuesday after police say he resisted arrest and hit a police K-9 officer in the mouth with a shovel.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 2:30 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
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.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 3:59 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The judge ordered a presentence report by probation officers, which he will review before sentencing.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Waco woman was jailed Thursday after authorities say she was drunk and crashed into two cars waiting in line to pick up school children.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A McLennan County grand jury indicted Christopher Hundl, 38, and Daniel Savala, 67, each on one count of continuous trafficking of persons.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Anderson, 78, would have been up for re-election in the March 2024 Republican primary.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Prosecutor Will Hix said no one can be allowed to take the law into their own hands.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Waco man who forced a 12-year-old family member to perform sex acts on him in exchange for returning her cell phone was sentenced to prison.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The girl, who was 11 at the time, testified during the second day of Cristina Marsh’s trial.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:10 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Testimony got underway Monday in the trial of a former West woman charged with having inappropriate sexual relations with her boyfriend while his young family member watched.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 3:14 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Bellmead man remained jailed Friday after his arrest on five counts of possession of child pornography.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 4:58 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
McLennan County deer breeders Steven Wieser and Jason Chancey are suing the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Paxton sat between two of his 12 lawyers during the morning session. However, he was not present at the counsel table after the lunch break.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2023 at 1:35 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The Texas attorney general’s office will retry Waco Attorney Seth Sutton in a murder-for-hire plot after Sutton’s trial ended in a mistrial.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A 54th State District Court jury convicted Elijah Jamal Craven of murder Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 7:03 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A friend of Elijah Jamal Craven testified Wednesday that Craven told him he shot someone.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Judge Vicki Menard has spent the last 18 years refereeing acrimonious disputes between divorcing couples and deciding which parent will get custody of the children.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 12:38 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Two murder trials are set to kick off Monday at the McLennan County Courthouse.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:19 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Elijah Jamal Craven is on trial in Waco’s 54th State District Court.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 5:32 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A convicted murderer remains free on bond after his arrest Saturday on charges he violated a protective order by assaulting a Waco woman.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
One of two men who shot and killed Jatron Lavar Thomas in October 2020 was sentenced to 45 years in prison Friday.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Convicted felon must be given credit for serving at least 20 years in prison before he can seek parole.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A number of county employees are complaining about what they consider out-of-proportion salary increases for the county’s two chief executive officers.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 2:42 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The McLennan County Jail inmate who died in custody May 25 died from natural causes, according to a final autopsy report.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon and Jasmine Lotts
Joseph Scaramucci has directed a number of sting operations throughout Central Texas that led to the arrest of 660 sex buyers and the closure of a number of massage parlors.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon and KWTX Staff
A McLennan County jury on Friday failed to reach a verdict in the murder-fore-hire trial of Waco Attorney Seth Sutton.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 8:38 AM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The jury in Waco attorney Seth Sutton’s murder-for-hire trial should have Sutton’s fate in their hands before noon Friday.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Seth Sutton is on trial on criminal solicitation of capital murder charges.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 8:05 AM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Sutton is charged with first-degree felony criminal solicitation of capital murder.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 6:35 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Seth Sutton is charged with solicitation of capital murder.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2023 at 7:14 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Seth Sutton is charged with criminal solicitation of capital murder.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The March 28 shooting happened in the 3300 block of Brookview Drive near S.J. Guthrie Park.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Weiss is charged in the murders of Azariah Martinez, and her mother, Valarie Martinez.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The man pulled a knife on his mom, punched her in the mouth and yanked out braids of her hair, police said.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Tammy Renee Blankenship, a former school principal who worked at Midway schools, was set to stand trial Monday, Aug. 14.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Waco woman whose 2020 drunken driving crash killed the mother of four children was placed on felony probation.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 4:06 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The lawsuit will seek more than $1 million in damages.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The suit alleges the woman suffered facial injuries and an arm injury.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The parents of a pre-K student who was sexually abused by a Lorena Primary School teacher during the 2020-2021 school year have filed a federal lawsuit against the Lorena school district and the primary school principal.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 4:12 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The victim was shot after a brawl outside The Warehouse in downtown Waco.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2023 at 11:52 AM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
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.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 5:42 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
The victim testified Deotis Sanders-Gray punched her in the face while she attempted to break up a fight.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Waco grandmother, who police say was the first person out of her burning house, pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Testimony is set to begin Tuesday morning in the trial of a Waco man charged with assaulting a pregnant woman in May 2020.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 4:19 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Waco man named in a sealed indictment remains jailed after his arrest Saturday on a sexual assault charge.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Seth Sutton is set to stand trial Aug. 14 on a solicitation of capital murder charge.