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Laura Lippman discusses how poetry feeds her spirit and looks back on her longstanding run with indelible character, Tess Monaghan, who has appeared in a dozen novels. While sharing her writing experiences, she invites listeners to take a seat on her (theoretical) analyst's couch to uncover snags interfering with meaningful storytelling. Laura was a reporter for twenty years, including 12 years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2025. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe and Barry awards. She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor's Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association. She grew up in Baltimore and attended city schools through ninth grade. After graduating from Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., and attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her other newspaper jobs included the Waco Tribune-Herald and the San Antonio Light. She returned to Baltimore in 1989 and has lived there since. She is the daughter of Theo Lippman Jr., a Sun editorial writer who retired in 1995 but continues to freelance for several newspapers, and Madeline Mabry Lippman, a former Baltimore City school librarian. Her sister, Susan, is a local bookseller. Her newest novel is MURDER TAKES A VACATION. Learn more at Lauralippman.comSpecial thanks to Net Galley for an advance review copy. Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro RecordingFollow the Writing Table:On Twitter/X: @writingtablepcEverywhere else: @writingtablepodcastEmail questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including stories about poisonous books, The Late Show, Oprah, and James Frey. Then, stick around for a chat with Laura Lippman!Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2025. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe and Barry awards. She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor's Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association.Ms. Lippman grew up in Baltimore and attended city schools through ninth grade. After graduating from Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., Ms. Lippman attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her other newspaper jobs included the Waco Tribune-Herald and the San Antonio Light.Ms. Lippman returned to Baltimore in 1989 and has lived there since. She is the daughter of Theo Lippman Jr., a Sun editorial writer who retired in 1995 but continues to freelance for several newspapers, and Madeline Mabry Lippman, a former Baltimore City school librarian. Her sister, Susan, is a local bookseller.

Hour 2 of Jake & Ben on June 16, 2025 Zach Smith from the Waco Tribune-Herald joined to talk about V.J. Edgecombe, who could be in play for the Jazz at Number 5. Also, how does Baylor football project this year? BYU Football Head Coach Kalani Sitake joined DJ & PK this morning, hear that interview here.  First 6 revealed for Team USA's Olympic Hockey roster. No Clayton Keller... yet. 

Zach Smith from the Waco Tribune-Herald joined to talk about V.J. Edgecombe, who could be in play for the Jazz at Number 5. Also, how does Baylor football project this year?

Jake & Ben Full Show on June 16, 2025 Hour 1 Ricky O'Donnell, NBA Writer for SB Nation, joined Ben to talk NBA Finals and preview the NBA Draft. Which prospects fit the Utah Jazz the best?  Top 3 Stories of the Day: Blockbuster trade sends Desmond Bane to Orlando, NBA Finals Game 5 tonight, Florida Panthers go up 3-2 in Stanley Cup Finals.  Reports from Team USA U19 Practice indicate that AJ Dybantsa is one of the best players on the floor.  Hour 2 Zach Smith from the Waco Tribune-Herald joined to talk about V.J. Edgecombe, who could be in play for the Jazz at Number 5. Also, how does Baylor football project this year? BYU Football Head Coach Kalani Sitake joined DJ & PK this morning, hear that interview here.  First 6 revealed for Team USA's Olympic Hockey roster. No Clayton Keller... yet. 

Joan Robinson Hill and her husband, Dr. John Hill, were the darlings of Houston's high society in the 1960s. Joan was a champion equestrian from one of Houston's wealthiest families, and John was a successful plastic surgeon with a love for classical music. They were young, attractive, and seemed to have it all—a picture-perfect couple moving through a world of horse shows, charity events, and fancy parties. But behind the scenes, things weren't as perfect as they seemed. Joan and John were opposites in many ways, and their differences caused tension from the start. To make matters worse, Joan's father, Ash Robinson, was a major presence in their lives. He was fiercely protective of Joan and had no problem getting involved in her marriage, which only added more strain. By 1969, the cracks in their relationship couldn't be ignored any longer. The problems in their marriage came to a head, setting off a chain of events that would stretch over six years and leave a trail of heartbreak, betrayal, and tragedy for everyone involved.Join us on Patreon to hear all three parts today.Today's snack: Texas caviarSources:Thompson, Thomas (2001). Blood and Money (reprint ed.). Running Press. ISBN 978-0-78670-947-2. https://casetext.com/case/hill-v-robinson-4 https://abc11.com/post/iconic-texas-mansion-murder-home-1561-kirby-market/14856894/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8iAlY5WI4 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99420354/lilla-paulus “Family of ‘Blood and Money' victim Hill can't collect.” Corpus Christi Caller, Jun 19, 1982, p. 11B.Kelly, Lee. “Novel Killings: ‘Blood and Money' murder feud fosters multitude of libel suits.” Waco Tribune-Herald, Apr 22, 1980, p. 8C.“Toxic syndrome may have killed Houston heiress.” The Miami Herald, Nov 24, 1980, p. 6D.Arrillaga, Pauline. “Blood & Money: 30 years after Houston murders, the mystery lives on.” Abilene Reporter-News, Mar 21, 1999, p. 4A.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18763073/ann_louise-kurth#:~:text=Ms.,the%20Hyltin%2DManor%20Funeral%20Chapel https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c4f2add7b049347d0da0 https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/30/archives/family-of-slain-texas-surgeon-sues-exfatherinlaw-for-76-million.html https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1976/51364-7.html https://www.aspentimes.com/news/local/jim-calaway-remembered-for-legacy-of-giving-back/

Zach Smith, Baylor beat writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald, joins Mike Detillier and Herb Tyler to preview the Texas Bowl between the LSU Tigers and the Baylor Bears.

This hour, Mike Detillier and Herb Tyler preview the Texas Bowl between the LSU Tigers and the Baylor Bears. Also, Zach Smith, Baylor beat writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald, joins the show to give insight into the mood in Baylor's locker room ahead of the bowl.

On today's show, Mike Detillier and Herb Tyler preview the Texas Bowl between the LSU Tigers and the Baylor Bears. Mike and Herb talk to: Zach Smith, Baylor beat writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald, Jeff Palermo, Louisiana Radio Network news & sports director / host on Tiger Rag radio, and Tracy Cowley, who'll cover Texas Bowl for Fox Sports,

 Hour 3 of JJ & Alex. Zach Smith of Waco Tribune-Herald Who starts at QB for Baylor? Bengals are in trouble at 0-3 Utah Hockey Club wins another preseason game

Zach Smith of the Waco Tribune-Herald joined JJ & Alex to get his thoughts on this Baylor football team who is hosting BYU this Saturday.

Jake & Ben Full Show from September 4, 2024 Hour 1 The Big 12 has a lot of important matchups win Week 2 of College Football. How will the conference fare? Top 3 Stories of the Day: Big Movers in AP Top 25 Poll, Utah HC TV Broadcast crew revealed, WNBA beat College Football in ratings.  Dion Stanley got penalized for spinning the ball after a touchdown. Let the kids celebrate! Hour 2 Zach Smith, who covers Baylor football for the Waco Tribune-Herald, joined the show to preview Utah's opponent this weekend.  What You Got Wednesday: Biggest Has-Been College Football Programs, Best Love/Hate Items.  Ben has never been known to show affection in public. 

Zach Smith, who covers Baylor football for the Waco Tribune-Herald, joined the show to preview Utah's opponent this weekend.

Hour 2 of Jake & Ben on September 4, 2024 Zach Smith, who covers Baylor football for the Waco Tribune-Herald, joined the show to preview Utah's opponent this weekend.  What You Got Wednesday: Biggest Has-Been College Football Programs, Best Love/Hate Items.  Ben has never been known to show affection in public. 

Managing editor of the Clifton Record, W. Leon Smith, continued working both Judy Whitley and Mickey Bryan's cases for years. In 1999, when ex-Clifton policeman Dennis Murry Dunlap was officially named Judy's killer, Leon was almost certain Joe Bryan hadn't murdered his wife Mickey but couldn't find the evidence to exonerate him. A few years later, a Waco attorney began looking into Joe's case and was appalled at the lack of evidence he was convicted on. It was this attorney's student at Baylor University Law, Jessica Freud, however, that inarguably proved Joe Dale Bryan should not have been convicted. Still, an old school, old guard Texas judge wasn't willing to write the wrong the state had made.Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: innocencetexas.org, The Clifton Record and the reporting of W. Leon Smith, The Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times' two-part series “Blood Will Tell” by Pamela Colloff,  The Waco Tribune-Herald, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172881/, court appeal documents, and 20/20 ABC.#JusticeForMickeyBryan #JusticeForJoeBryan #JusticeForHelenKilgore #JusticeForSheliaVandygriff #CliftonTX #WacoTX #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

In 1991, Don Whitley visited the editor of the local newspaper with a plea: help him get justice for his daughter, slain Clifton, Texas teenager Judy Whitley. He had a suspect in mind who might also be responsible for another crime – the murder of 44-year-old Clifton Elementary School Teacher Mickey Bryan. The newspaperman knew that Mickey's wife Joe Bryan had been convicted of the crime, and he had faith in the justice system, but while searching for justice for Judy Whitley, doubts began to emerge. Particularly, when a Clifton Policeman became a seemingly viable suspect for both. Part 5 of 6.Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: innocencetexas.org, The Clifton Record, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The New York Times, The Waco Tribune-Herald, The Corpus Christi Times, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172881/, court appeal documents, and 20/20 ABC. #JusticeForMickeyBryan #JusticeForJoeBryan #CliftonTX #WacoTX #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

When it was time for the defense to present their case in the State of Texas V. Joe Dale Bryan, for the murder of Mickey Marlene Bryan, attorney Charles McDonald was confident he'd get his client off. Not only did he truly believe in Joe's innocence, but also, the prosecution simply had no evidence. Certainly nothing scientific. But, did the fact that the state presented what they had as forensic facts influence the jury? With the murder of Judy Whitley earlier in 1985 still unsolved, it seems likely the public was looking to close at least one of the cases. And since Judy's had no suspect on trial, Mickey's murder, at the hands of someone statistically more likely to have committed it, might help put the public's mind at ease should it be closed. But at what cost?Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: innocencetexas.org, The Clifton Record, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The McAllen Monitor, The Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times, The Waco Tribune-Herald, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172881/, court appeal documents, and 20/20 ABC. #JusticeForMickeyBryan #JusticeForJoeBryan #CliftonTX #WacoTX #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

As the State of Texas V. Joe Dale Bryan got underway, the prosecution was pulling no punches. Witnesses from Texas Ranger Joe Wiley to victim Mickey Bryan's brother Charlie Blue had damning indictments of Joe Bryan. But on cross-examination, defense attorney Charles McDonald, during these two witnesses particularly, didn't hold back and pointed out at least some of the big holes in the state's case. There was reasonable doubt all over the place, and it's especially easy to see in hindsight, but with upstanding law enforcement officer and upright citizens testifying against Joe, would jurors see it?Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: innocencetexas.org, The Clifton Record, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The McAllen Monitor, The Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times, The Waco Tribune-Herald, The Corpus Christi Times, court appeal documents, and 20/20 ABC. #JusticeForMickeyBryan #JusticeForJoeBryan #CliftonTX #WacoTX #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

Longtime sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle, John McClain spent the last 40 years covering the NFL. Before his time in Houston, the Waco native graduated from Baylor in 1975, and worked at the Waco Tribune-Herald from 1973 - 1976. In addition to being an inductee in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the former president of the Pro Football Writers of America also has a plaque in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. McClain is memorialized in Canton, Ohio as the winner of the Dick McCann Memorial Award in 2006. He was also named a Texas Gridiron Legend in 2015, the only other media members who are Gridiron Legends are fellow Texas Sports Hall of Famers Dave Campbell and Mickey Herskowitz. Beyond being honored in multiple halls of fame, McClain also plays a key role in honoring others through those organizations. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Seniors Committee, and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee. McClain was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few months before Clifton Elementary fourth grade teacher Mickey Bryan was slain, another unimaginable and heinous crime took place less than a mile away. There were rampant whispers going around what the small city's newspaper referred to as “The Famous Clifton Rumor Mill,” and when Joe Bryan was arrested and charged with his wife's murder, the chatter grew louder and more intricately weaved. In the months leading up to the trial, Joe felt abandoned by just about everyone but his closest friends and family. When it came time to enter the courtroom, he told others he was ready to get it behind him so he could find Mickey's killer. But nothing is ever that easy.Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: innocencetexas.org, The Clifton Record, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The McAllen Monitor, The Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times, The Waco Tribune-Herald, The Corpus Christi Times, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172881/, court appeal documents, and 20/20 ABC. #JusticeForMickeyBryan #JusticeForJoeBryan #CliftonTX #WacoTX #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

Before the 1985 murder of 4th grade teacher Mickey Bryan in Clifton, there were several other murders, including the April 1984 murder of 13-year-old Helen Kilgore, whose body was found in Bosque County. After she was identified, at least for a while, authorities were theorizing the killing was an occult ritual or sacrifice to Satan because of a tattoo Helen had. It's unclear how much time and evidence the ridiculous theory cost detectives, or if their suspects were worthy of investigation. Because of the Satanic Panic angle, unfortunately, the case received little attention in the media.If you have information about the murder of Helen Marie Kilgore, please call Texas Crime Stoppers 1-800-252-8477. You may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000 in return.Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: The Clifton Record, The Waco Tribune-Herald, The Corpus Christi Times, The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), and The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)#JusticeForHelenKilgore #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCase #SatanicPanicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

Pete Talks About the New Class With Brice Cherry, Sports Editor of The Waco Tribune Herald, Former Texas AP Sportswriter of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 1985, the seemingly idyllic life of small-town educators Mickey and Joe Bryan came crashing down when she was shot and killed in their home. Joe, who was out of town for a work conference, appeared devastated and though they could find no signs the Bryan home had been forcibly entered, the Clifton, Texas Police first theorized the crime was a burglary gone wrong. But when Mickey's brother come to town and discovers a shocking piece of evidence alongside his ex-FBI Private Investigator, a new motive arises. Or, perhaps more accurately, a new motive is created. Was Joe responsible for Mickey's slaying? The lead investigator, a Texas Ranger, was hellbent on proving that was the case.Support the Texas Innocence Project at innocencetexas.orgYou can support Gone Cold – Texas True Crime and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us at https://www.gonecold.comFollow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcastSources: cityofclifton.org, tshaonline.org, innocencetexas.org, The Clifton Record, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The McAllen Monitor, The Austin American-Statesman, The New York Times, The Waco Tribune-Herald, The Corpus Christi Times, 20/20 ABC, KWTX.com, People.com, and KCNTV.com #JusticeForMickeyBryan #JusticeForJoeBryan #CliftonTX #WacoTX #BosqueCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #Disappeared #Vanished #MissingPerson #Missing #Homicide #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

JJ & Alex take you through the day in sports. Jazz fall two spots in the lottery Why is Bronny James getting praise from some NBA scouts? Jared Goff is getting paid Zach Smith of the Waco Tribune-Herald on Baylor football Will Denver keep winning vs. Minnesota How many wins are projected for Utah and BYU?

JJ & Alex talk some Baylor football with Zach Smith of the Waco Tribune-Herald. The Bears play both BYU and Utah this fall. Baylor also has a new offensive coordinator on staff, and head coach Dave Aranda is on the hot seat after two poor years.

JJ & Alex talk a lot of college football this hour with Zach Smith of the Waco Tribune-Herald as he covers Baylor football. Also, there are some updated win totals for the Big 12 and the two local teams are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

In this episode we discuss the murder of David Harris and the trial and psychology of his wife and killer Clara.E-mail me at Pugmomof1@gmail.com; visit me on Instagram as True Crime University_True Crime University is part of the Debauchery Media Network. Visit all our podcasts at welcometothedebauchery.com References:    Wikipedia, Murderpedia, Out Of Control by Steven Long, Texas Monthly, Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast- April 28, 2005, chron.com/news/houston-texas, Midland Daily News, cover.hubpages.com, allthatsinteresting.com, medium.com, KHOU.com, Tyler Morning Telegraph, Waco Tribune-Herald, Austin American- Statesman, thecircular.org, Webmd.com, psychiatry.org, "Anthropology": "Mariticide as an Extreme Form of Family Violence"- 2015, law.justia.com: Clara Harris vs The State of Texas 2004

During the Great Depression, newspapers struggled alongside other businesses throughout the country, as many of their customers were having to pinch pennies like never before. At the time of this 1974 interview, Harlon Fentress was chairman of the board of directors of Newspapers Incorporated, which owned the Waco Tribune-Herald. He recounts his days in the advertising department of the Waco News-Tribune during the early thirties: "We had a good many promotions because business was bad in those days, and we would create events which would supply advertising. Well, let's say we had a Father's Day coming up. Most of the merchants didn't pay much attention to it. We would create a Father's Day special edition or a special section of the paper. Things of that nature." In addition to the Waco papers, in the 1930s Newspapers Incorporated owned several small-town newspapers in Texas. Fentress recalls the challenge of collecting payments in Breckenridge, where the bulk of distribution was rural: "Our circulation man would start out with some old model car—it was probably an old Willys-Knight or something like that—with a half stock trailer on behind it. He would come back in the evening with a couple of sheep, a dozen chickens and four or five dozen eggs and slab of bacon. (laughs) They paid for their subscription that way." Longtime Waco newspaper editor Harry Provence describes the Waco Times-Herald, the afternoon paper, during the Depression years: "The staff was trimmed to the very bone, and the people who were still there, who'd been there during the early thirties, recalled 10 percent salary cuts more than once just to keep the thing going. As a matter of fact, in 1938 we had a 10 percent salary cut—out of a clear blue sky in June of '38. I got married and got a salary cut all in one easy operation. (laughter) They never got to the point of requiring us to buy our own pencils, but they doled them out like they were selling them to us. And it was just against the rules to spend any money that you could possibly get out of. The papers were small; there wasn't enough advertising to—well, if we got a sixteen-page paper we just thought the millennium had come. Most of the issues, if you go back through our files, are eight, ten, and twelve pages, year after year, during—all during the thirties." Provence explains the journalism term close editing and its importance during the thirties: "The minimum number of words to convey the—the story. As I said awhile ago, we had small newspapers; our standing orders were to get all the news in the paper, and that meant that the superfluous language just had to go. And we wore out a—many a black pencil marking through whole paragraphs and sentences and words." The Waco News-Tribune and Waco Times-Herald weathered the economic slump of the 30s and merged together in 1973 to form the Tribune-Herald. No doubt Fentress and Provence could have drawn parallels between the Great Depression and the recent Great Recession concerning their impact on the newspaper industry. Throughout the 1930s, newspaper employees had to make do with a shoestring budget and no-frills work environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bette Horn Smith, age, 85, of Robinson, Texas was welcomed into Heaven by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sun, January 21, 2024. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, January 27 at Meadowbrook Baptist Church, Robinson with Dr. Cary Killough and Pastor David Cozart officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Waco Memorial Park. There will be a visitation from 5 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 26 at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, Waco.Bette was born September 9, 1938 in Waco Texas to Lloyd Marion Horn and Flora (Sue) Estelle Patterson. She graduated from Waco High School and after taking some journalism classes at Baylor University she became a reporter for the Waco Tribune Herald for 10 years. She then worked as a copy writer at KWTX Radio for 10 years. She retired in Dec 1998 after almost 10 years working for Quala-T Imprints. She met the love of her life, Jerry Smith, of Caruthersville, Missouri while he was stationed at Connally Air Force Base and they were married January 1, 1960. They moved to Robinson from Waco in 1974 and joined Meadowbrook Baptist Church. Her passion was teaching children about Jesus. That included Preschool Sunday School, Kindergarten and 29 years as director of Children's Worship. After that she became the director of the Meadowbrook Homebound Ministry. She was a dedicated servant of Jesus Christ for 50 years. Her hobbies included painting, reading, crocheting, country music and playing cards and dominos with family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother-in-law Alfred Smith. Bette is survived by her husband Jerry Smith, daughter Shelley and husband Jim Trainor of St. Petersburg, Florida; brother-in-law Roy Smith and wife Judy of Jonesboro Arkansas; sister-in-law Martha Cruz of Yellville, Arkansas as well as several cousins and many treasured friends. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to the Meadowbrook Baptist Church Homebound Ministry or Bldg. Fund, 1207 N. Old Robinson Rd., Robinson, TX 76706. The family wishes to express appreciation to the MBC Homebound Ministry and St. Anthony's Care Center.

It could be the last time the Baylor Bears and Texas Longhorns meet on a football field so what better way to preview the game than to bring in Waco Tribune-Herald columnist Brice Cherry and beat writer Zach Smith for the On Second Thought podcast?Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls join the Tribune scribes in breaking down the matchup and predicting if Baylor will keep close of if the Longhorns will blow them out in Waco as the oddsmakers suggest.

Alex Kirry and Scott Mitchell talk about Utah vs. Baylor with Zach Smith from the Waco Tribune-Herald. Also, is college football going to consolidate by 2040? Follow UnRivaled on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alex Kirry and Scott Mitchell are joined by Baylor beat writer Zach Smith from the Waco Tribune-Herald to talk the Bears vs. Utah. Follow UnRivaled on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

   Slam the Gavel welcomes back Patriot Mom and Dad to the podcast with recent updates. They were last on the podcast Season 3, Episode 140 and Season 4, Episode 38.  They discussed the march  against CPS corruption. Patriot Mom discussed the retaliation they both have endured after filing a Mass Tort Federal Lawsuit on the County, but went into default, as well as discussing how the Governor terminated the Commissioner. There have been 3 false allegations placed on Patriot Dad. Now there have been recent death threats toward Patriot Dad such as, "he deserves to be put in a wood chipper feet first," and on the mug shot page a comment was made, "get a rope." Fox 44 KWKT also wrote a slanderous article as well as the Waco Tribune Herald.    There is a lack of empathy, Patriot Dad explains. Senators have involved themselves in other parents cases such as Senator Bob Hall. Patriot Mom would like to know, "what disqualifies our family for JUSTICE?" They blame Judge Nikki Mundkowsky for the predicament they are in. Patriot Dad states, "all I want is to show my innocence in court, get our kids back and live in peace." Patriot Dad gives statistics of children placed in the Foster Care system in Texas.   They explained the family dynamics of Patriot Mom's mother's interference for the last 15 years and the brainwashing of their children in her care. Their son was ruled out twice and should have been returned to Patriot Mom and Dad. WHERE IS JUSTICE FOR THIS FAMILY? Patriot Dad is willing to talk to anyone regarding his case and not just believe the first thing they hear.https://immadtooharry.com/To Reach Patriot Dad: dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.comhttp://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/https://www.buzzsprout.com/1364944/subscribeSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)Support the showSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/

Slam the Gavel welcomes back Patriot Mom and Dad to the podcast with recent updates. They were last on the podcast Season 3, Episode 140 and Season 4, Episode 38.  They discussed the march  against CPS corruption. Patriot Mom discussed the retaliation they both have endured after filing a Mass Tort Federal Lawsuit on the County, but went into default, as well as discussing how the Governor terminated the Commissioner. There have been 3 false allegations placed on Patriot Dad. Now there have been recent death threats toward Patriot Dad such as, "he deserves to be put in a wood chipper feet first," and on the mug shot page a comment was made, "get a rope." Fox 44 KWKT also wrote a slanderous article as well as the Waco Tribune Herald.     There is a lack of empathy, Patriot Dad explains. Senators have involved themselves in other parents cases such as Senator Bob Hall. Patriot Mom would like to know, "what disqualifies our family for JUSTICE?" They blame Judge Nikki Mundkowsky for the predicament they are in. Patriot Dad states, "all I want is to show my innocence in court, get our kids back and live in peace." Patriot Dad gives statistics of children placed in the Foster Care system in Texas.    They explained the family dynamics of Patriot Mom's mother's interference for the last 15 years and the brainwashing of their children in her care. Their son was ruled out twice and should have been returned to Patriot Mom and Dad. WHERE IS JUSTICE FOR THIS FAMILY? Patriot Dad is willing to talk to anyone regarding his case and not just believe the first thing they hear. https://immadtooharry.com/ To Reach Patriot Dad: dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/ Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maryann-petri/support

This is part 2 of Irene Garza's case. When we left off, Father Feit had been sent to a monastery so the church could get him off their hands. But this certainly isn't the end. Years later, two witnesses come forward with stories that match almost identically. With this new information, what will they do with Father Feit? To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelictiOur merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcastMusic by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.Sources:Break in cold case: Police arrest former beauty queen's priest in her 1960 killing (smh.com.au)Unholy Act – Texas MonthlyEx-priest coming back to Texas to stand trial in the gruesome death of a Valley beauty queen (mysanantonio.com)Author Leon J. Podles :: The Murder of Irene Garza Case Study14 Aug 1960, Page 30 - Waco Tribune-Herald at Newspapers.comAltar Ego: Former Priest John Feit and Death of Irene Garza | Phoenix New TimesWitnesses Take The Stand in John Feit Trial – Fox News South TexasMonk Testifies Feit Spoke Of A Woman – Fox News South TexasWitness Say Feit Told Her “She Was Next” – Fox News South TexasInside the Trial of Former Priest Charged with 1960 Murder of Texas Schoolteacher, by Lourdes Aguiar, Josh Gaynor And Ruth Chenetz, 48 Hours - CBS News (January 27, 2018) (bishop-accountability.org)Clergy Letter Regarding Feit Investigation | PDF (scribd.com)Cold Case Files - Season 2 episode 6 - Devil in Disguise48 Hours - Sins of the Father

We're back! New year, new series! This series involves cases that went cold for a time but heat back up and eventually are solved. Also, this IS a two part episode which we forget to say until about halfway through. Irene Garza was a beauty queen who taught less fortunate children. The Saturday before Easter in 1960, she goes to mass and confession but never returns home. Five days later her body is found in a canal. The only suspect is a priest. But this wasn't something you really said out loud...To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelictiOur merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcastMusic by:Kai Engel "Daemones"Blooper music by: Art of Escapism "Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.Sources:Break in cold case: Police arrest former beauty queen's priest in her 1960 killing (smh.com.au)Unholy Act – Texas MonthlyEx-priest coming back to Texas to stand trial in the gruesome death of a Valley beauty queen (mysanantonio.com)Author Leon J. Podles :: The Murder of Irene Garza Case Study14 Aug 1960, Page 30 - Waco Tribune-Herald at Newspapers.comAltar Ego: Former Priest John Feit and Death of Irene Garza | Phoenix New TimesWitnesses Take The Stand in John Feit Trial – Fox News South TexasMonk Testifies Feit Spoke Of A Woman – Fox News South TexasWitness Say Feit Told Her “She Was Next” – Fox News South TexasInside the Trial of Former Priest Charged with 1960 Murder of Texas Schoolteacher, by Lourdes Aguiar, Josh Gaynor And Ruth Chenetz, 48 Hours - CBS News (January 27, 2018) (bishop-accountability.org)Clergy Letter Regarding Feit Investigation | PDF (scribd.com)Cold Case Files - Season 2 episode 6 - Devil in Disguise48 Hours - Sins of the Father

Alex Kirry and Scott Mitchell are joined by John Werner of the Waco Tribune-Herald to get insight on the Baylor Bears who travel to Provo to take on BYU. Follow UnRivaled on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ellen Whitfield and I discuss how she went from being a reader to a copyeditor to a book reviewer to a publicist with BOOKS FORWARD. We talk specifically about budget numbers for authors preparing to promote their newest launch, strategies for promoting backlists, entering awards contests, what every author should include in their email signature, working with a publisher's in-house publicity team, and so much more. Ellen balances her understanding of “the other side of the desk” when it comes to media pitching, with a true love of an avid bibliophile. She was part of the journalism community for more than seven years, working at respected print and online media outlets including The Dallas Morning News, The Advocate newspapers of Baton Rouge and New Orleans (where she coordinated book coverage), the Waco Tribune Herald and others. Her experience on the editorial side of the travel, community and lifestyle sections of newspapers, along with her social and online media savviness as a popular Bookstagrammer, is to the benefit of authors across genres. She has an eye for design and a passion for detail. Ellen provides daily mentorship to the Books Forward team and trains incoming publicists to provide expanded services to our growing and beloved Books Forward family. A Louisiana State University graduate, Ellen lives in the Bayou State with her newspaper-executive husband, bright-and-spirited daughter (we know where she gets that from!) and an ever-growing collection of 550 books.

00:00 - "The Sauce Boss"/Cats beat Omaha 15:50 - John Werner from Waco Tribune-Herald 23:54 - Interview with KSU WBB coach Jeff Mittie 32:46 - Breaking down KSU MBB

When two drifters were apprehended states apart in 1983, one began confessing to any and every unsolved murder under the hot Texas sun and beyond. Though the slaying of Clarence Ray Hudgins in Gregg County, Texas had all the signs of a well-planned out hit, and these two drifters' crimes were nothing of the sort, Texas Ranger Glenn Elliot still wanted to explore the possibility that Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Elwood Toole were responsible. Spoiler: they were not.If you have any information about the assassination of Clarence Ray Hudgins, please contact Gregg County Crime Stoppers at 903-236-7867.You can donate to law enforcement investigations that need funding or upload your DNA into a database used only for law enforcement investigations at DNAsolves.comIf you don't have DNA data from a consumer testing site, you can get a kit at connect.DNAsolves.comPlease consider donating to the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group, a non-profit set up in hopes to fund the testing needed to give the families of Fort Worth murder victims justice. You can make an incredible impact on these folks' lives by donating. Please go to: https://haynow.appcapable.com/customerForm?paymentFormId=6169c6306671d56b5e215507&fbclid=IwAR2pnENlLwT7msIXDCF3Bot6fu0T4dLthEoMZOe4QFhDb8JClEv9KORAkv0You can support gone cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcast......and on YouTube at: youtube.com/c/gonecoldpodcastSources for this episode include the documents supplied to us by Ray Hudgins's Mother Kathryn as well as The Waco Tribune-Herald, The Washington Times, The Kilgore News-Herald, The Tyler Morning-Telegraph, The United Press International Archives, TexasRanger.Org, and the Longview News-Journal #JusticeForRayHudgins #Kilgore #KilgoreTX #GreggCountyTX #Texas #TX #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #UnsolvedMysteries #UnsolvedMurder #Assassination #ConfessionKiller #HenryLeeLucas

The Texas Longhorns are off the bye week and face a crossroads game at Baylor Saturday. Waco Tribune-Herald writers Brice Cherry and John Werner visit this week's On Second Thought podcast to give a primer on the No. 16 Bears, who are off to a 6-1 start under second-year coach Dave Aranda and also discuss the probability of Texas and Baylor continuing their rivalry after the Horns and Oklahoma Sooners depart for the Southeastern Conference. Hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls also dive into the current mental state of Steve Sarkisian's Horns, who have blown double-digit second-half leads in losses to the Sooners and Oklahoma State and if they are in the right head space to turn the season around in a hostile environment against a confident opponent.

Waco Tribune-Herald reporter @BriceCherry joins the show to discuss just how close @BaylorBaseball was to making the tournament.

The Houston Chronicle's UH beat writer Joseph Duarte is joined by Waco Tribune-Herald writer John Werner as they break down the Final Four matchup between UH and Baylor, the rise of both basketball programs, who has the advantage at the guard spots and what could await either team in the national championship game. Connect with Joseph Duarte and John Werner.    Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

89: Tough Love On December 6, 2016, 17-year-old Clay Brewer murdered 61-year-old James Woolsey at the Turn-About Ranch in Escalante, Utah. 15-year-old Cristian Cuellar-Gonzalez was killed by another student on October 12, 2016, at Brookhaven Youth Ranch in Waco, Texas. Topics also discussed include Paris Hilton; Utah SB127; Hannah Archuleta lawsuit. Brought to you by Best FiendsMusic:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.com www.bensound.comSources:Larry D. Curtis, KUTV. “Inspired by Paris Hilton, teen files lawsuit over sex abuse at Utah ranch. February 24, 2021. https://kutv.com/news/local/inspired-by-paris-hilton-teen-files-lawsuit-over-sex-abuse-at-utah-ranchJessica Miller, Salt Lake Tribune. “Woman says she was punished at Turn-About Ranch after reporting a sexual assault.” February 24, 2021. https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2021-02-24/woman-says-she-was-punished-at-turn-about-ranch-after-reporting-a-sexual-assaulthttps://www.turnaboutranch.com/about-us/faq/Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune. “Lawsuit claims Utah rehab ranch broke its own rules by admitting an addicted teenn- who then killed a staffer.” December 6, 2018. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/07/lawsuit-claims-utah-rehab/Mori Kessler, St. George News. Arizona teen sentenced for 2016 murder of youth rehab ranch employee.” October 13, 2018. https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/10/13/mgk-arizona-teen-sentenced-for-2016-murder-of-youth-rahab-ranch-employee/#.YD2l55NKjt3Associated Press. “The Latest: Teen used metal stick to kill counselor.” December 9, 2016. https://apnews.com/article/a8c0d501a4394ab9892e3b562506e2dbJessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune. “Teen who ‘lost his mind’ is charged with killing Utah youth-facility staffer.” December 10, 2016. https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4693422&itype=CMSIDJessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune. “In an emotion-packed hearing, a teen is sentenced for murdering a Utah staffer at a rehab ranch.” October 11, 2018. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/12/an-emotion-packed/DJ Bolerjack, Larry D. Curtis, KUTV. “Details emerge about killing of Escalante counselor, suspect’s attempted escape.” December 9, 2016. https://kutv.com/news/local/details-emerge-about-killing-of-escalante-counselor-suspects-attempted-escapePat Reavy, Deseret News. “Teen accused of killing had planned escape from youth ranch, sheriff says.” December 7, 2016. https://www.deseret.com/2016/12/7/20601949/teen-accused-of-killing-had-planned-escape-from-youth-ranch-sheriff-saysPat Reavy, Deseret News. “Teen charged with killing Escalante man said he lost his mind.” December 9, 2016. https://www.deseret.com/2016/12/9/20602112/teen-charged-with-killing-escalante-man-said-he-lost-his-mindCBS News. “Murder charge for teen accused of killing worker at Utah troubled youth ranch.” December 9, 2016. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-charge-for-teen-clay-brewer-accused-of-killing-worker-jimmy-woolsey-at-utah-troubled-youth-ranch/Tim Baker, Sky News. “Paris Hilton testifies over ‘physical and mental abuse suffered at school’.” February 9, 2021. https://news.sky.com/story/paris-hilton-testifies-over-physical-and-mental-abuse-suffered-at-school-12213372Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News. “Paris Hilton demands oversight of teen facilities, alleges ‘daily’ abuse at Utah center.” February 9, 2021. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/paris-hilton-demands-oversight-teen-facilities-alleges-daily-abuse-utah-n1257149Sarah Curran, ET Canada. “Kat Von D reveals she suffered ‘major PTSD’ after attending same boarding school as Paris Hilton.” October 6, 2020. https://etcanada.com/news/699449/kat-von-d-reveals-she-suffered-major-ptsd-after-attending-same-boarding-school-as-paris-hilton/Katie McKeller, Deseret News. “Paris Hilton backs Utah bill to regulate troubled teen centers: ‘You can’t silence me’.” February 8, 2021. https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/2/8/22272722/paris-hilton-testifies-in-support-of-bill-to-regulate-troubled-teen-centers-provo-legislature-2021DJ Bolerjack, Larry D. Curtis, KUTV. “Details emerge about killing of Escalante counselor, suspect’s attempted escape.” December 9, 2016. https://kutv.com/news/local/details-emerge-about-killing-of-escalante-counselor-suspects-attempted-escapeKathy Iandoli, Billboard Magazine. “Bhad Bhabie talks viral success, Kodak Black rumors & using haters as inspiration.” December 26, 2017. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8078673/bhad-bhabie-interview-viral-success-dr-phil-record-deal/Bill Finley, The New York Times. “Horse therapy for the troubled.” March 9, 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09horsenj.htmlJonny Bonner, courthousenews.com. “Torture alleged at Utah treatment center.” June 27, 2012. https://www.courthousenews.com/torture-alleged-at-utah-treatment-center/Jonny Bonner, courthousenews.com. “Utah treatment center cleared of torture case.” January 2, 2014. https://www.courthousenews.com/utah-treatment-center-cleared-of-torture-case/Erik De La Garza, courthousenews.com. “Mom blames youth ranch for son’s death.” October 12, 2016. https://www.courthousenews.com/mom-blames-youth-ranch-for-sons-death/Olivia Messer, Waco-Tribune Herald. “16-year-old arrested on murder charge after fight in West.” October 13, 2014. https://wacotrib.com/news/local/16-year-old-arrested-on-murder-charge-after-fight-in-west/article_1fe77e74-6900-58a4-9abd-440e77eb7437.htmlDon Bolding, Waco-Tribune Herald. “Boy, 16, dies after fight at treatment center.” October 13, 2014. https://wacotrib.com/news/local/boy-16-dies-after-fight-at-treatment-center/article_5ccd453c-eaec-5e0a-a59c-c5d89dbafb30.htmlCiara O’Rourke, statesman.com. “Treatment center under investigation after Travis County teen dies.” October 22, 2014. https://www.statesman.com/article/20141022/NEWS/310229633Ciara O’Rourke, statesman.com. “State faults treatment center in death of Travis County teenn.” September 24, 2016. https://www.statesman.com/NEWS/20160924/State-faults-treatment-center-in-death-of-Travis-County-teenhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CF47gZynqx9/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading&hl=enKatie McKellar, Deseret News. “Utah legislature oks bill pushed by Paris HIlton to regulate ‘troubled teen’ centers.” March 2, 2021. https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/3/2/22310585/utah-legislature-oks-bill-pushed-by-paris-hilton-to-regulate-troubled-teen-centers-2021-provohttps://rcccmcc.com/2020/04/17/blake-wade-pursley/https://rcccmcc.com/2020/01/28/john-christopher-inman/Thao Hua, Scott Martelle. “Other possible molest victims of psychiatrist are being sought.” May 6, 1998. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-06-me-46840-story.htmlChuck Wyatt, Alpenhorn News. “Death row serial molester connected to CEDU.” November 12, 2009. http://www.heal-online.org/cedu111209.pdfLori Basheda, Orange County Register. “Mom vs. child killer:” guess who won?” June 7, 2012. https://www.ocregister.com/2012/06/07/mom-vs-child-killer-guess-who-won/Lori Basheda, Orange County Register. “O.C. child killer hangs himself on death row.” May 30, 2012. https://www.ocregister.com/2012/05/30/oc-child-killer-hangs-himself-on-death-row/Lori Basheda, Orange County register. “O.C. child killer’s twisted road to death row.” May 29, 2012. https://www.ocregister.com/2012/05/29/oc-child-killers-twisted-road-to-death-row/Matt Coker, OC Weekly. “James Lee Crummel’s death row suicide gives no closure to family of missing victim.” June 5, 2012. https://www.ocweekly.com/james-lee-crummels-death-row-suicide-gives-no-closure-to-family-of-missing-victim-6442124/Maia Szalavitz, Mother Jones. “The cult that spawned the tough-love teen industry.” September/October, 2007. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/cult-spawned-tough-love-teen-industry/Dana Kennedy, Pagesix.com. “Missing kids at Paris Hilton’s boarding school possibly linked to convicted killer.” September 5, 2020. https://pagesix.com/2020/09/05/serial-killer-may-be-linked-to-missing-kids-at-paris-hiltons-boarding-school/?_ga=2.168846113.1689495421.1614648257-1279190748.1569451667Andy Hirschfeld, observer.com. “The multi-billion dollar ‘troubled teen’ industry is getting a true-crime reckoning.” July 10, 2020. https://observer.com/2020/07/this-is-paris-hilton-the-lost-kids-troubled-teen-industry/

By Gallagher & Schleicher, as originally in the October 10 Waco Tribune-Herald. After six months of a self-imposed exile from the pages of the Waco Trib, the Davids return with a suggestion of whose advice on voting to most trust.

John Werner of the Waco Tribune-Herald joins Scotty to discuss Baylor's outstanding win against Kansas and look ahead to the remainder of the season, including a trip to Morgantown this weekend. Scotty looks back in detail on how the Bears performed, and presents an Ode to Trestan Ebner. JOIN THE BANTER: Follow @PleaseBearW_Me on Twitter and Please Bear With Me on Facebook. Please Bear With Me features music performed by Iron Kids. Check out Iron Kids wherever you stream music. This podcast is brought to you by BearsIllustrated. Go to https://247sports.com/college/baylor/ for the very best in Baylor football coverage. "Art of Silence - by Uniq" is under a Creative Commons license (Creative Commons – International Recognition 4.0 – CC BY 4.0) Support Please Bear With Me by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/please-bear-with-me This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Hosts John Morris and Brooke Bednarz sit down with legendary Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. Robert chats about the impact of COVID-19 on his offseason plus his thoughts on being named the Waco Tribune-Herald's All-Decade Player of Year honor. RGIII also reminisces about his career at Baylor and the work he put in to return to football with the Baltimore Ravens in 2018 plus much more. 

Charles Fort related the story of how an elderly couple named the Krings were murdered and their house burned, and a number of mysterious bodies found nearby. Discussed here is the story of what actually happened. Also: unreported facts in the cases of the 1909 sightings of the Jersey Devil in Bristol, PA and a possible other interpretation of the famous Houston Batman. Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/60 My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/forgdark/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Austin American-Statesman, June 19, 1953. Bucks County Gazette, July 4, 1901; January 30, 1902. Perkasie Central News, July 2, 1908; April 22, 1909; November 25, 1918. “Attacker of 12 women believed held.” Brownsville (TX) Herald, October 14, 1953. “Beautiful ex-model said suicide victim.” Waco Tribune-Herald, July 4, 1953. “Bellaire mugger strikes again.” Odessa (TX) American, February 26, 1953. “Bellaire phantom suspect caught.” Mexia (TX) Daily News, October 14, 1953. “Bristol dealers are acquitted.” Bucks County Gazette, May 22, 1908. “Bristol liquor dealers arrested.” Bucks County Gazette, February 28, 1908. “Cambria County mysteries.” Altoona Tribune, February 4, 1892. “Death in the flames.” Altoona Tribune, January 29, 1892. “Democrats to have censors for candidates.” Bristol Daily Courier, March 9, 1915. “'Devil prints' in Bristol.” Bucks County Gazette, January 22, 1909. “Houston area love bandit is sought by dogs.” Waco News-Tribune, May 21, 1952. “Houston girl fights off night attacker.” Lubbock Evening Journal, February 5, 1953. “Lynn pleaded guilty.” Bucks County Gazette, February 28, 1908. “Man eludes pair in chase.” Lubbock Evening Journal, May 21, 1953. “Mysterious 'Batman' seen by five persons in Houston.” El Paso Times, June 19, 1953. “Phantom prowlers sought by officers at Dallas, Houston.” Lubbock Morning Avalanche, September 30, 1953. “Purse snatcher is sought at Houston.” Lubbock Evening Journal, October 23, 1953. “Slashed with a knife.” Bucks County Gazette, January 23, 1902. “Suspected mugger held in Houston.” Mexia (TX) Daily News, March 9, 1953. “The borough conventions.” Bucks County Gazette, February 11, 1892. “Two horses killed.” Bucks County Gazette, November 6, 1908. “Woman foils bold attacker in Houston.” McAllen (TX) Monitor, June 11, 1953. Fort, Charles. The Complete Books of Charles Fort. New York: Dover, 1974. Gerhard, Ken. Encounters With Flying Humanoids. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn, 2013. Kernell, Samuel and Michael P. McDonald. "Congress and America's Political Development: the Transformation of the Post Office from Patronage to Service." American Journal of Political Science 42:3 (July, 1999). McCloy, James F. and Ray Miller, Jr. The Jersey Devil. Moorestown, NJ: Middle Atlantic Press, 1976. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37244885/samuel-kring https://walterhutskyjr.com/beckys-grave-the-truth-revealed/ https://www.tribdem.com/news/laurel-highlands-haunts-legends-swirl-around-young-woman-s-grave/article_dccdb3d4-bc59-11e7-a6a2-3fac73a4ba05.html

The Oklahoman's Ryan Aber and Abby Bitterman are joined by John Werner, a beat writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald, to talk about the Sooners' game against the Bears. Then Aber and Bitterman discuss the latest College Football Playoff rankings and share their picks for the wee

The Oklahoman's Ryan Aber and Abby Bitterman are joined by John Werner, a beat writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald, to talk about the Sooners' game against the Bears. Then Aber and Bitterman discuss the latest College Football Playoff rankings and share their picks for the wee

Þann 27. febrúar árið 1993 byrjaði blaðið Waco Tribune-Herald að birta fjölda greina um The sinful Messiah sem fjölluðu um David Koresh og söfnuð hans, The Davidians, en David hélt því fram að hann væri Messías. Í greininni er því haldið fram að David hafði gifts og haf samræði við barnungar stúlkur ásamt því að sanka að sér ólöglegum vopnum í risastórt vopnabúr. Yfirvöld komast á sporið en eftir það hefst röð atburða sem er vægast sagt ótrúleg.

This months recipient of the IN AGATHA'S FOOTSTEPS goes to Laura Lippman. She was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working full-time and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe and Barry awards.She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association. Ms. Lippman grew up in Baltimore and attended city schools through ninth grade.After graduating from Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., Ms. Lippman attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Her other newspaper jobs included the Waco Tribune-Herald and the San Antonio Light.Ms. Lippman returned to Baltimore in 1989 and has lived there since. She is the daughter of the late Theo Lippman Jr., a Sun editorial writer who retired in 1995, and Madeline Mabry Lippman, a former Baltimore City school librarian. Her sister, Susan, is a local bookseller.

Chemical storage facilities exist all over the country and one of them recently caught fire, poisoning the residents Houston, Texas for three days. In this episode, learn about a Department of Homeland Security program - the CFATS program- designed to protect us from terrorist attacks on dangerous chemical storage facilities like the one in Texas and also discover what needs to be done to ensure that CFATS actually protects us from the threats these chemical facilities pose. There is still work to be done. 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House Homeland Security Committee Committee Members How to Contact: For Senators: firstname_lastname@lastnameofsenator.senate.gov (underscore between first and last) For Representatives: firstname.lastname@mail.house.gov Hearings Securing Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Stakeholders Perspectives on Improving the CFATS Program, House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation, March 12, 2019. YouTube 370 views Witnesses: John Morawetz: Health and Safety Representative ICWUC Health and Safety Representatives International Chemical Workers Union Council Dr. Mike Wilson, Ph.D, MPH: National Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Program, BlueGreen Alliance Pamela Nixon: President, People Concerned About Chemical Safety Kirsten Meskill: Director, Corporate Security, BASF Sound Clips: 13:00 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA): Since CFATS was established, the number of ‘high risk’ chemical facilities has dropped by half. 13:10 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA) I believe - and DHS agreed - that there is an opportunity to take the data on how facilities are reducing risk and use it to develop voluntary best practices that other facilities could use to reduce risk. 13:20 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA) Also, it is not clear to me that CFATS facilities are including employees in the development of site security plans, vulnerability assessments, or inspections – as they are required to by law. 13:30 Chairman Cedric Richmond (LA) Finally, if CFATS is going to be successful, we need to be sure that the program is taking all relevant factors into account to assess risk. Otherwise, we can’t trust that CFATS is truly capturing the nation’s highest risk facilities. For example, right now, DHS does not consider whether the facility is located near a hospital, a school, a residential area, a military base, a power plant, or close to other chemical facilities. Any of these factors could make a facility a more attractive target, or make an event even worse for the surrounding community. 21:00 Dr. Mike Wilson: In the area of emergency response, CFATS gives authority to the secretary to provide information to local governments and I quote "to help ensure that first-responders are properly prepared and provided with the situational awareness needed to respond to security incidents at covered chemical facilities," endquote. This is useful but it's not sufficient if the objective is to give firefighters the ability to respond effectively to an industrial chemical incident. As we know from the experience of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, or EPCRA, firefighters need much more than chemical information. They need to talk to the people who run the facilities in their jurisdiction. They need to get inside those facilities regularly to see how chemicals are stored and processed in order to imagine what could go wrong. They need to train side by side with facility operators. This is pre-fire planning and it's crucial to a safe and effective response and it requires an ongoing commitment by industry. That commitment however needs to be explicitly required under CFATS, more so than what is currently recommended within the non mandatory risk based performance standards because the fact is that except in an emergency, many facilities are reluctant to invite firefighters and other responders in to look around their property, let alone to pull out their equipment and conduct training. I speak to this based on my own 13 years of work as a professional firefighter, EMT, and paramedic. During which time I responded to about 10,000 emergency calls including to industrial chemical releases and fires. I can tell you that to do their job, firefighters need both information and access, and they're like, they're more likely to get these if facilities are required to provide them on a routine basis under CFATS. 22:30 Dr. Mike Wilson Our second recommendation pertains to the role of frontline workers in site security. The existing CFATS language on employee input is helpful but too generic to be effective. Depending on the inclinations of the facility, the term employee input can mean everything from a manager checking the box to get workers sign off on a fully executed site security plan, or it could mean a real seat for workers at management's decision making table. In any case, the right of workers to participate meaningfully in site security decision making needs to be explicit in CFATS because just as they are reluctant to give routine access to firefighters, many facilities are reluctant to seriously involve frontline workers in decision making and yet industry itself recognizes that workers have a great deal of knowledge and experience to contribute. We suggest that you consider language from the 2017 process safety management regulations in California, which require oil refineries to involve workers throughout all phases of process safety decision making. If adopted by CFATS this type of language will help ensure that the insights of frontline workers are genuinely integrated into site security. 23:15 Dr. Mike Wilson Finally, our third recommendation pertains to risk reduction. CFATS is based on a risk management framework, which assumes that dangerous chemicals used at a facility cannot be reduced or eliminated, so they have to be surrounded by layers of protection. Industry is far more innovative and clever than this, of course, and DHS has reported that under CFATS, thousands of facilities have voluntarily taken action to reduce their use of dangerous chemicals by consolidating them from multiple sites into one or two sites, replacing a hazardous chemical with a less hazardous one, reducing the total quantity held on site, or switching to a less concentrated form. These approaches can make a facility much safer, and they have the effect of reducing the desirability of the facility as a target of opportunity. CFATS could do more to encourage or require facilities to implement these types of approaches, and we encourage you to make these changes during reauthorization. 36:45 Kirsten Meskill Over the past four years, the Department of Homeland Security has significantly improved it's administration of the CFATS program and has had a positive impact on enhancing security at chemical facilities. 37:30 Kirsten Meskill While industry was pleased that Congress passed the short term extension in January to avoid a complete shutdown of CFATS, I think we all agreed that it is not the best solution going forward. Longer authorization periods provide important stability for planning security investments and allow DHS to operate the program efficiently and effectively. 38:30 Kirsten Meskill Recently, DHS has been implementing a risk based performance standard at 200 high risk facilities, those that are at tiers one and two. This requires facility operation operators to collect sensitive personal information from thousands of employees and contractors for DHS to vet against the terrorist screening database. DHS is now planning to extend the program to an additional 3000 low risk tier three and four facilities. This will expand vetting to tens of thousands of more employees and contractors. ACC and its members are concerned that was such an expansion is unnecessary and will put personal information at risk. Furthermore, it is unclear what benefit is associated with the additional vetting given the cost. 58:30 Kirsten Meskill At BASF, and I think at many of the companies of our size, many of our facilities, we have worked to reduce our risk. And so we are now down to either three or four tier levels. And so, as I mentioned earlier, this is an enormous number of folks that we have to do the additional screening on, but perhaps the more complicated would be the contractors and visitors that we have on site. And that's where it gets a little bit, a lot more complicated to ensure that all those individuals that are coming onto our site day in, day out, have gone through the screening process. And it's costly. It's very expensive, needless to say for us, as well as for the contractors that support us. 1:07:30 Kirsten Meskill: Our concerns are exposing personal data of thousands more thousands and thousands and thousands of employees and contractors for this terrorist database screening. And whether the value actually is there for the cost and for the, the potential risk of exposing this personal data to cybersecurity risks. Rep. Kathleen Rice (NY): But don't you think that's one of the core ways to ensure security at these facilities? Meskill: Well, we are conducting our own background screening anyway, which includes, you know, criminal background checks also. So it seems duplicative. Yes. Rep. Rice: So have you communicated that? Meskill: Yes. Rep. Rice: And are there any questions that they include in their review or their background check that you do not? Meskill: I cannot answer that question. I don't know the answer to that. Rep. Rice: Okay. Thank you. Mr Chairman. Security Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Building on the Progress of the CFATS Program, House Committee on Homeland Security, February 27, 2019. YouTube 649 Views Witnesses: David Wulf: Director, Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security Nathan Anderson: Acting Director, Homeland Security & Justice, US Government Accountability Office Sound Clips: 2:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Through CFATS, DHS works with chemical facility owners and operators to make sure they have safeguards in place to prevent a bad actor from gaining access to dangerous chemicals stored onsite. In the past, this program has enjoyed broad, bipartisan support on and off the Hill. Officials in the Bush Administration, including former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, were among the first to call for a federal rule to secure chemical facilities. And, officials from the Trump Administration are among the most recent. Last November, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen wrote to Congress urging us to reauthorize CFATS: “[W]e continue to face one of the most serious terrorist threat environments since 9/11. Foreign terrorist organizations are urging recruits to use simple weapons, including toxic chemicals, to target public spaces and events.”Clearly, this threat has not abated. Yet, the Department’s authority to carry out CFATS came very close to lapsing last month that caused this Committee to pass a short-term bill extending the program until 2020. For eight years, CFATS was tied to annual appropriations cycles. Lacking the certainty of a multi-year authorization, DHS struggled to keep staff, develop long-term policies, and work with a regulated community that did not know if the rules would apply the following year. In 2014, Congress worked on a bicameral, bipartisan basis to finally put an end to this pattern by passing a multi-year authorization. I had hoped to work collaboratively in the last Congress, as we did in 2014, to give CFATS a long-term reauthorization. Unfortunately, that did not come to pass, and we once again found ourselves with no alternative but to pass another short-term extension. As Chairman, I do not intend to let that happen again. 5:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Six years ago, there was a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas that caused catastrophic damage and took the lives of first responders who had been called to the scene. On the screen above you is a picture of that scene where volunteer firemen went to that location not knowing what they were going to and they lost their lives. So we need to close that loophole because as a volunteer fireman myself, those public spirited first responders did not know what they were going to until it was too late. So if CFATS had been in place those individuals probably, given the information available, would not have approached it in the same light. 6:45 Rep. Mike Rogers (AL): Now, before I begin, I would like to express my extreme disappointment that the majority staff denied the minority's requests for a witness at today's hearing. Under rule 11 of the rules of the house, the minority is afforded at least one witness at each committee hearing. If denied a witness, the minority is entitled to a separate hearing to take testimony from its witnesses. So pursuant to rules of the house, I'm providing the chairman with a letter signed by the Republican members of the community, formerly invoking our right to a separate hearing of the full committee to hear from minority witnesses. 8:40 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Consistent with the rules that we adopted for this committee, similar to the rules we've had before, we offered a government witness to this government panel and from my understanding, that was not accepted. But you could have had a government witness and we will respond in writing, but the rules we apply are the same rules that this committee has always operated under. 18:30 Nathan Anderson: I will speak first to the department's efforts to identify high risk chemical facilities. Just identifying the universe of facilities that should even be regulated under CFATS has been and may always be a huge challenge. There's no one complete data source of facilities that have chemicals. In 2014 we found that DHS used self reported and unverified data to determine the risk of facilities holding toxic chemicals that could threaten surrounding communities if released. We recommended that DHS should better verify the accuracy of facility reported data. Dhs implemented this recommendation by revising its methodology so it now calculates the risk of toxic release rather than relying on facilities to do so. 20:15 Nathan Anderson: A key quality assurance function involves actions to ensure compliance. And in 2015 we reported that DHS had conducted compliance inspections at 83 of the roughly 1700 facilities with approved security plans. At that time, we found that nearly half of the respective facilities were not fully compliant with their approved security plans and the DHS did not have documented procedures for managing facilities compliance. We recommended that DHS document procedures for managing compliance. As a result, DHS revise CFATS procedures, which we are currently reviewing to determine if they sufficiently document the processes being used to track on compliant facilities and ensure facilities implement plan measures as outlined in their security plans. On a positive note, DHS recently told us that they have conducted more than 2000 compliance inspections. 23:00 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): You saw the picture on the screen earlier about the 12 first responders in West, Texas who unfortunately lost their lives because they were basically responding to an incident that we could possibly cover under CFATS. Now the law requires DHS to share such information as is necessary so Mr. Anderson, you indicated in your testimony that GAO surveyed first responders and emergency planners last year about whether such critical information is getting shared. Tell us what you found in that survey. Nathan Anderson: Of course. As part of our work, we looked at 13, or interviewed 13 or 15 local emergency planning committees. These committees cover about 373 high risk facilities. And 13 of those 15 local emergency planning committees did not have access to the information in CFATS that could potentially be useful to first responders and emergency planners. 27:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): So the majority of the information that was available just was not being shared. Nathan Anderson: I think it's a situation of access. DHS has stood up something called the IP Gateway, which is a forum and a vehicle for communicating that kind of information to first responders. I think this is a situation where the first responders either did not have access or were not familiar with how to use the IP Gateway system. Rep. Thompson: So Mr. Wulf, can you provide the committee with, what do you see as the way forward in this respect? David Wulf: Absolutely, Mr Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity. So obviously, sharing of information with first responders is of the utmost importance and it's something that we highly prioritize as a result. Those who may be called upon to respond to incidents at facilities, high risk facilities or other facilities holding chemicals, need information about those facilities. They need information about the chemical holdings so they know what they are walking into when they attempt to save lives and property. So we have redoubled our efforts over the past couple of years to reach to local emergency planning committees. In fact, in 2018 we visited more than 800 of those local emergency planning committees and we are right now in the midst of a push to reach committees, emergency planning committees, associated with the highest populations CFATS covered facilities in the various counties, the top 25% of those counties across the country. I think another important thing to remember is that CFATS and our chemical security inspectors across the country promote sharing of information with first responders and do that in a way that connects them directly with the facilities. So one of the CFATS risk based performance standards, RPBS nine, was focused on response and it requires that every high risk facility reach out to make contact with their local first responders. And in many cases, our inspectors - our CFATS team - facilitates that contact and that communication. So I think that is another important way in which we are continuing to get the word out and we're pushing, as well, information about that IP Gateway and signing more and more folks up every day to give them access to the portal. Rep. Thompson: Before I lose my time, you know, there was this requirement that at least 25% that you referenced in your comments would be done by the end of March. Where are you percentage wise with hitting that target? Wulf: We're on track to have that done by the end of March. Rep. Thompson: And after that, what's the next target? Wulf: We will continue, you know, circling back and we have, we have met with literally thousands of local emergency planning committees and we're committed to continuing to, to ride that circuit and to ensure that relevant folks, those who have a need to know information about chemical facilities and chemical holdings because they may be called to run into those facilities, have the information. Rep. Thompson: Well, the reason I say that, as I look at the membership of the committee present, a lot of us represent volunteer fire departments in our respective districts. So I think it's really incumbent upon us to push this information out to those departments so that those first responders - who are unpaid doing their civic duty - would not be put at risk simply because the information that's available is not being shared. Can you give the committee some kind of a guesstimate as to when the process can be completed? Wulf: Well, I would say that it's going to be an ongoing, kind of continuing effort. I don't think we will ever stop the outreach, but we will get through those 25%, sort of highest density counties in the next month. I would, I would suspect that, you know, toward the end of this calendar year, we will have gotten to most of the other LEPCs across the country as well. 45:00 Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (NM): In the questions that Chairman Thompson asked, we, I'm glad to hear the DHS is on track for the March 2019 a deadline for doing the outreach to the, uh, high risk chemical facilities. Does that information sharing, uh, include the specific chemical holdings stored, uh, on the sites that the first responders will be responding to? David Wulf: Yes, it does. So first responders who have a facility in their sort of area of jurisdiction can have access and we want them to have access to that information. 47:30 Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (NM): We also discussed a little bit the outreach that's done to employees of facility plans, so the training and exercise and drills that are done, but also limiting access on a need to know basis. I'd like to know a little bit about the input requirement, that there's a requirement to get input from at least one employee, where applicable, or a labor union representative in forming the facility plan. Do inspectors confirm that that input requirement has been complied with? David Wulf: Inspectors will raise that issue during an inspection and will hear from facilities to what extent they have involved employees and or as, as kind of relevant, resident bargaining unit members in the process. So, yup, those discussions happen during inspections. Rep. Torres Small: Are inspectors required to speak with those employees or union representatives? Wulf: It is not a requirement. Rep. Torres Small: And if it is determined, even if they're not speaking with the employees or labor unions that there was not an employee or labor union representative consulted, does that result in disapproving of the security plan? Wulf: It does not. It does not. We sort of leave to the discretion of those who are responsible for the security of the facility, the extent to which it actually is practical to involve, you know, however many employees in the process. Rep. Torres Small: Even though the CFATS Act requires that input? Wulf Well, the CFATS Act talks about involvement to the extent practical. Rep. Torres Small: Thank you. 55:00 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI): I'm from Michigan and we have a large number of these facilities including two in my district and then just outside my district, in Detroit, we had a big chemical fire in years past. So this one's really of interest to my community. I'm guessing my first question, Mr. Wulf is just on accountability. So how would a member of Congress know after March whether the facilities in his or her district have communicated effectively with local law enforcement that there's a shared understanding of kind of the risks? Like how would I know that after March? David Wulf: Are you talking about the communication with the first responders? Rep. Slotkin: Yeah. Because we had this Detroit fire years ago, years ago, but my understanding is we did not have full awareness by the first responders and we didn't lose anyone, but it certainly was a potential risk. So how would I feel comfort that my local responders have been informed with what they need? Wulf: So I think, um, I can tell you with confidence that all facilities within the CFATS program, all facilities covered by CFATS, will have made connections with their relevant local first responders. It is a, it is a requirement of the of the program. It is the focus of one of our risk based performance standards - number nine of 18. It is something that we verify and facilitate, so you can rest assured that that is happening across the 3,300 highest risk chemical facilities and their relevant first responders across the country. 59:30 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Mr. Wulf, can you provide the committee with how many actions you've brought on facilities inspected that have been found in noncompliance? David Wulf: Sure. And I guess it's kind of a two part answer because of the way the CFATS program and our enforcement processes work. Of course, you know, we strive to work with facilities to bring them into a compliance and by and large facilities have done a good job and are in compliance with their plans. In upwards of 80 cases we have had to resort to our enforcement authorities and to issue, um, a, an administrative order that per the law, um, gives facilities a certain amount of time, um, to get their act together and, and, uh, alleviate whatever the issue might be. We've gotten to the point with five facilities where we have had to issue a civil monetary penalty. Uh, and that has proven in those cases to be the additional impetus facilities needed to come into compliance. Rep. Thompson: So everybody's in compliance. Wulf: Everybody is currently in compliance. We have, you know, it's, this is a dynamic population, right? So facilities are in different stages of perhaps working on their site security plans, getting them to approval. But facilities against which we have been forced and issued civil penalties have come into compliance. 1:00:15 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): Those two facilities in Ms. Slotkin's district, is there a directory that she can go to or is there a way that she can get with you and you can say these two facilities are compliant? David Wulf: Yes, absolutely. If they're CFATS facilities we're glad to sit down and talk through what exists. Rep. Thompson: That was really what she was trying to get to. Wulf: We're glad to get you that information and talk. Rep. Thompson: Thank you. 1:04:00 Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX): Director Wulf, back to you. Should the risk based performance standards be modified to reflect the evolving threat from drones or other unmanned aerial vehicles? David Wulf: Yeah, so the, uh, the drones question, uh, is a, is an important one for sure. And it is a continually evolving sort of threat vector. Uh, I think as they stand the risk based performance standards, uh, account for and we certainly engage with facilities, um, on the reporting of significant incidents. Uh, and we do take in, um, you know, a decent number of reports associated with overflight or flights nearby, high risk chemical facilities of unmanned aircraft aircraft system. So I think we have the tools in place from an incident reporting standpoint. Um, our counterparts at the Federal Aviation Administration I know are working toward a broader framework, uh, and we are working with them on that for critical infrastructure. Rep. Crenshaw: Because it's prohibited under federal law to, to, to interfere with the operation of a drone right now. So is that, is that part of the conversation? I mean, to allow essentially facilities to defend themselves. Is that conversation ongoing?. Wulf: That is probably a part of the broader conversation for sure. And you know, it's, it's an issue that, um, that we had the department are, um, are looking at, not just from a chemical facility angle, but across all critical infrastructure, uh, infrastructure sectors. 1:08:30 Rep. Val Demings (FL): Mr. Wulf, my questions are for you. When DHS is considering whether a facility is high risk, do you include in that methodology or whatever process you use, would you factor in if the facility would be located to a elementary school for example, or a nursing home or hospital? David Wulf: Yes, so we factor in - it's a good question - we tier for a couple of major different threat streams, one of which focused on theft and diversion of chemicals, the other which is focused on facilities where there could be a release into a surrounding community. In those cases of release, we absolutely factor in the surrounding population. One of the things we were able to make some significant headway on, as we kind of basked in the stability that was afforded by long term authorization, was a complete retooling of our risk assessment methodology. So we're now more accurately able to model those surrounding populations and tier more accurately. Rep. Demings: Also studies show that chemical facilities tend to be concentrated in low income and minority communities. In determining facility risks, does DHS consider whether a facility is in close proximity to other chemical facilities that could exacerbate the impact of an attack on an already vulnerable population? Wulf: We certainly consider what is in the surrounding area by way of, by way of population as we do our tiering. Rep. Demings: And so when you consider the proximity to those populations, those low income already very vulnerable areas, what do you factor into? What is it exactly that you were considering or looking at? Wulf: Well, we are considering where the population is located in proximity to a facility and we are kind of modeling, you know, were there to be an incident that caused a release of chemicals, what part of that population would be impacted and what number of fatalities could potentially occur as we're thinking about the tiering. Rep. Demings: Okay. So when you say where the population is located, what exactly does that mean? Could you help me with that? Wulf: It means like how many people are located either, you know, during the day or at night in their homes and their businesses and in the schools and how close they are to the facility and then we look at what type of chemical we're talking about, what quantities of chemicals we're talking about, what the prospect is for release of those chemicals, what quantity could be released. And then there's sort of a plume modeling effort designed to get us to a place where we can kind of model what the consequences would be of a release of chemicals caused by a terrorist. 1:30:30 Rep. Max Rose (NY): Moving on in terms of the voluntary participation of the private sector, it seems as if this is actually a great case in which we have been very successful in that regard. What type of lessons learned can we draw out of this to transfer it to issues of cybersecurity, general counter terrorism.... Where we have to involve the private sector but we're often struggling to get them to come forward? What type of lessons learned can we glean from this? David Wulf: In this case, we do have a regulatory framework, so there's, you know, there's an obligation for facilities and companies that operate facilities that have threshold quantities of chemicals of interest in our regulation to report information to us and if they're assessed as high risk, to be part of the program, to develop site security plans and be subjected to inspections. But I would say that on a purely voluntary basis, the chemical industry writ large, and that cuts across a variety of critical infrastructure sectors, has been fully committed and bought in to this program and has helped us to drive forward key improvements to the program. So one of the ways that happens is through something we call the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council Framework. So we bring together, sector councils, of chemical industry or as the case may be, oil and natural gas industry folks, to talk about ways in which we can continue to enhance our respective critical infrastructure protection and or chemicals security efforts and I do think that is a good model and it's one that the department is also using on the cybersecurity front and across other… Rep. Rose: I take it that the best model in this case was that this was mandatory with private sector involvement. That was the pathway to success then. Wulf: The regulatory framework I think has, has helped for sure. Rep. Rose: Thank you. 1:40:30 David Wulf: CFATS is focused, you know, I think appropriately as a risk based program, and it's targeted at America's highest risk facilities. So those facilities at the highest risk of terrorist attack or or exploitation, that's less than 10% of the facilities that submit top screens for risk assessment by us. 1:42:00 David Wulf: Well, you know, CFATS is a non prescriptive program. We can't require any specific measures. 1:48:30 Rep. Al Green (TX): The CFATS Act of 2014, which requires DHS to create an experimental new program. DHS has performed diligently and the program has been implemented and it seems that as of June 2018 only 18 facilities have taken advantage of this program. And my query is, does it make good sense to keep a program that appeals to 18 facilities? I'm sure that there are some other projects that merit our attention. There are some other goals that we should review in the area of Cybersecurity, first responder outreach, and DHS probably has a lot of energy that it has put into this, that may have been used otherwise. So quickly, if you would please give me some sense of why a program that has accommodated 18 facilities at some, some great expense should be maintained. David Wulf: I appreciate the remarks and that is a fair question. You're referring to the expedited approval program that enables, on an expedited basis, the certification of facility security plans where those facilities adhere to a prescriptive list of security measures. I think it is fair to say, as you noted, that a very small number of facilities have taken advantage - have availed themselves of the program. Rep. Green: If I may, just so that we may understand the size of the language. When you say "small", how many could have taken advantage of it and juxtapose that to the number that have. Wulf: Yeah. So it applies to three, tier three and four facilities, so that would be 90% of our regulated universe could have taken advantage. So upwards of 2,500 facilities could have. Rep. Green: And of the 2,500, 18…? Wulf: 18 have. Yes. I think some of that owes itself to the fact that most facilities were well through the process of developing their site security plans a through the normal process at the time the expedited approval program was rolled out, though we certainly, you know, did our best to publicize it's availability and the fact that most facilities appreciate the contact that they're able to have with inspectors throughout the normal process of developing their site security plan. It tends to improve those plans. So, you know, although we've had a few additional facilities since the reach hearing of facilities occurred within the last couple of years that have availed themselves of the program, the overall number is very small. And the fact of the matter is that our online system through which facilities develop their SSPs is now significantly more streamlined, significantly more user friendly, so this is certainly less incentive to use this other program. Rep. Green: I don't mean to be rude and unrefined but I have to ask him because I have another question. Is it time to review this other program so that we can ascertain whether or not it is something that we should continue with? Wulf: I would say yes, certainly time to, to take a hard look at it. Green: Okay. 1:51:30 Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO): Because the EPA no longer updates a list of the locations these facilities, chemical facilities, it's difficult for me to just pinpoint exactly where they are. 1:57:45 Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS): A couple of takeaways. Mr. Wulf, I think based on what I heard, I think it would help us if you could provide us a with a master list of the facilities that have been regulated. I think that would help a lot. Sound Clip Sources Article: The day after Mueller, The Intercept, March 27, 2019. News Report: Timeline: ITC chemical tank fire in Deer Park, KHOU 11, March 25, 2019. 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Brice Cherry, from Brenham, TX, joins us on our latest podcast episode. Brice is a Sports Editor for the Waco Tribune-Herald in Waco, TX. He is married and they have 2 kids. He is a true follower of Christ and a passion to make HIM known.   Follow Brice on Twitter at @BriceCherry

Don and Carlos preview Texas Tech's game against Baylor at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. At around 22:36 Carlos talks with John Werner, the Baylor beat writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald, about the Bears.

Is offensive coordinator Tim Beck doing a good job in his first season at Texas? Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls debate the subject and preview Texas' Saturday matchup with Baylor. Also, Waco Tribune-Herald sports editor Brice Cherry joins the show and breaks down 0-7 Baylor's tough start under first-year coach Matt Rhule. Plus, NFL and college picks.

Max Domi leads off with Mike Hogan. Then we get to more Art Briles chatter with Phillip Ericksen from the Waco Tribune-Herald, and June Jones audio