
Tommy Witherspoon
Managing Editor at KWTX-TV (Waco, TX)
Managing Editor at KNCT-TV (Killeen, TX)
I am a longtime newspaper journalist who works now as managing editor for KWTX, the leading Central Texas television station.
Articles
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1 week ago |
kltv.com | Tommy Witherspoon
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A federal judge in Waco issued a temporary restraining order Friday against McLennan County in a capital murder case involving an alleged mass killer waiting for transfer to a state mental hospital in an attempt to regain mental competency. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright’s order instructs McLennan County officials to take immediate steps to transfer Nicolas Jaimes-Hernandez to a state mental hospital for treatment. Albright set a May 16 status hearing in the case.
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1 week ago |
kwtx.com | Tommy Witherspoon
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A federal judge in Waco issued a temporary restraining order Friday against McLennan County in a capital murder case involving an alleged mass killer waiting for transfer to a state mental hospital in an attempt to regain mental competency. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright’s order instructs McLennan County officials to take immediate steps to transfer Nicolas Jaimes-Hernandez to a state mental hospital for treatment. Albright set a May 16 status hearing in the case.
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kwtx.com | Tommy Witherspoon
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas man who sent and received at least eight images of child pornography last year was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday. Kolton Wade Kellum, 28, a former Texas Farm Bureau employee, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography Friday in a plea agreement with the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office.
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kxii.com | Tommy Witherspoon
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The mother of an 8-month-old infant who died from the toxic effects of methamphetamine in 2023 was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday. Nichole Ann Green, 25, a three-time convicted felon, pleaded guilty to an enhanced murder charge, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine in a plea bargain with the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office that called for her to be sentenced to 40 years in prison on each of the three counts.
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1 week ago |
kwtx.com | Tommy Witherspoon
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The mother of an 8-month-old infant who died from the toxic effects of methamphetamine in 2023 was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday. Nichole Ann Green, 25, a three-time convicted felon, pleaded guilty to an enhanced murder charge, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine in a plea bargain with the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office that called for her to be sentenced to 40 years in prison on each of the three counts.
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Eight-time Waco, Texas felon sentenced to 40 years in prison in multiple burglaries https://t.co/7zgyqL8Fzy

Federal judge grants temporary restraining order against McLennan County in case involving alleged McGregor shooter https://t.co/Mum0RHR7zg

Central Texas man sentenced to 20 years in prison in child porn cases https://t.co/meGbYXqGuR