DALLAS (AP) – Local leaders say a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University fraternity president to serve no jail times highlights the outsized influence alumni play in shaping the criminal justice system in and around Waco. Jacob Walter Anderson was accused of raping a woman outside a 2016 fraternity party. His controversial plea agreement…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) – Authorities have apprehended a 61-year-old man who was released from prison after serving a term for arson when he was supposed to have been transferred to Central Texas on a capital murder charge in the 2006 death of a woman. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Gerald Wayne Brown was free for…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – A state district judge who’s facing criminal charges has been reprimanded by a state commission that criticized his conduct on the bench and says he inappropriately touched three women. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Friday released the letters of reprimand against Judge Guy Williams. The panel determined Williams’…… MORE
Balch Springs (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas resident arrested for a Balch Springs armed robbery has turned out to be the masked bandit who also held up three convenience stores in Mesquite in a three day period this week. 20 year old Johnny Monarrez has confessed to all four robberies, admitting he held up the stores…… MORE
A federal judge in North Texas has ruled the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional due to changes in the federal tax code. Chris Krok gives his thoughts on where this case is headed and how it will turn out…… MORE