J. b. Smith

Tribune-Herald wraps up Saturday #Txapme awards with 6 first place awards and four others.

At #txapme awards, Brice Cherry wins star sportswriter of the year for class 3a.

At #txapme awards dinner: For Class 3a, JB Smith for star reporter of the year, Bill Whitaker honorable mention for star opinion writer.

A recount on my part...besides the first place awards there were other wins by Kristin Hoppa, Witherspoon and Carl Hoover. More to come tonight.... #txapme https://t.co/d4X70VdimS

J.B. Smith @JBSmithTrib

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The first round of awards at #txapme conference. Six Trib awards so far including first place to Tommy Witherspoon, Brice Cherry, Chris Oliver, Bill Whitaker. Congrats! https://t.co/N5uxgMF6N7

Kirsten Crow of Corpus Christi Caller-Times and a Trib alumnus, wins Class 3A business reporting. #txapme

Carl Hoover of the Tribune-Herald wins second place in Class 3A for comment and criticism. #txapme

Tribune-Herald opinion editor Bill Whitaker wins first place Class 3A for general column writing. Whitaker wrote about Baylor's continuing legal struggles over sexual assault. #txapme.

Tribune-Herald sports editor Brice Cherry wins Class 3A first place award for sports column writing. Column was about coaches' growing paranoia about media. #txapme

Tommy Witherspoon of Tribune-Herald wins first place in class 3A for feature writing for story on human trafficking. #txapme

Class 3A deadline writing, honorable mention to Kristin Hoppa of Tribune-Herald. #txapme

Class 3a: Tribune herald wins 1st place for video shorter than 2 minutes. Chris Oliver's video on wildlife rehab. #txapme

Online live coverage, class 3: 2nd place to Tommy Witherspoon for Twin Peaks trial coverage. #txapme

At the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors conference in Corpus Christi. They'll be handing out awards in next few minutes. #txapme

This is Texas Freedom Force is best known for protesting removal of Confederate monuments, often displaying Confederate flags and rifles at protests.

This is Texas Freedom Force members headed to Waco's 3 p.m. March for Our Lives rally for counterprotest, displaying guns and seeking to "outnumber liberal nutcases."

I'll be covering Waco "March for Our Lives" at 3 p.m. today. Stay tuned to https://t.co/opkNd1z3iQ for updates. https://t.co/07eojeB9re