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.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:48 PM CDT
|By KWTX staff, Tommy Witherspoon and Jordan Gartner
Authorities are investigating a crash that killed a firefighter and injured two troopers.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 12:35 AM CST
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians were shot and killed Feb. 28, 1993, during one of the largest law enforcement operations in the country at that time.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:15 PM CST
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Those procrastinating taxpayers who have waited until the last minute to pay property taxes won’t be able to blame the bad weather if they are assessed a late penalty.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2022 at 3:08 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon and Jordan Gartner
A robbery victim in Texas was able to contact authorities by activating his OnStar device.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 10:23 AM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon and Debra Worley
A man who impregnated his ex-girlfriend’s daughter after sexually abusing her for five years was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon and Jordan Gartner
A 20-year-old Texas man has been placed on felony deferred probation after pleading guilty in a sexual assault case.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
Jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court got crash courses in crime scene investigations and graphic autopsy results Tuesday during the second day of David Earl Johnson’s murder trial.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 12:51 PM CDT
|By Tommy Witherspoon
A Texas man who asked an 11-year-old family member to record him having sex with his girlfriend was convicted Tuesday.