Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, criticized Houston Judge Kevin Fine for declaring the death penalty unconstitutional recently. Fine has been heavily criticized by Greg Abbott, Governor Ricky Perry... »
The hopes for a Cinderella season in Wichita Falls came to an end this weekend when the Wichita Falls Wildcats were swept in a two game series by the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. The losses of 5-3 and 3-2, combined with a 3-2 win by the Springfield Jr. Blues... »
An Austin jury sentenced the convicted murderer of former Wichita Falls, Texas, resident Mel Kernena Cotton to death Wednesday, March 10.. The jury deliberated approximately three hours in the Travis County Courthouse before handing down... »
By the laws of nature, when a wild cat smells blood it tracks down the wounded source and attacks it's prey. Wichita Falls sports fans are hoping the same law applies to hockey. With four games left on their schedule the Wichita... »
One year ago Wichita Falls High School watched as crosstown rival Rider became the preferred destination of most eighth graders through the district's Choice Program. It was the seventh consecutive year WFHS, nicknamed "Old High", played... »
Liberty Bell Cotton, mother of murder victim Mel Cotton, testified Friday in the penalty phase of the capital murder trial of the man who was convicted of stabbing her daughter to death in 2003. Although the setting for this dramatic trial is... »
Quarterback David Short threw 5 touchdown passes, including two caught by his brother Denis, as the Wichita Falls Vipers rolled to a 49-6 opening day win over the Sun City Seminoles at Memorial Stadium Saturday. The Seminoles drew first blood,... »
Former Wichita Falls resident Milton Gobert could only sit and watch as the same jury which convicted him of capital murder yesterday in Austin, Texas, listened to prosecution evidence designed to result in his execution. He was convicted of... »
Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General who was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on November 13, 1957, has come a long way in a relatively short time. All the way from this north Texas city of 105,000 which hugs the Red River, to Washington... »
An Austin jury Wednesday convicted 37-year old Milton Golbert of murdering a Wichita Falls lady as her terrified five-year old son looked on as a witness. Now seven years later, her son painted a vivid picture of the brutal murder scene... »
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