Residents of Wichita Falls, Texas were gripped in a reign of terror from 1984-86 when four women were brutally slaughtered by a man who has been stopped by law enforcement, yet his odyssey through the court system continues even today, according to an article in the Wichita Falls Times Record News today, Thursday, Dec. 12. Although convicted murdere r Farion Edward Wardrip has been locked up in a steel cage ever since Wichita County District Attorney's Office investigator John Little took him into custody in the late 1990s, the convicted murderer's case is still working its way through the court's appellate system.
Reign of terror ended, but serial murder case continues
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Midland tops in job creation, lowest in unemployment
The Texas economy gained 436,700 nonagricultural jobs from October 2013 to October 2014, an annual growth rate of 3.9 percent compared with 2 percent for the United States. According to the Center's latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy, the state's nongovernment sector added 396,500 jobs, an annual growth rate of 4.2 percent compared with 2.3 percent for the nation's private sector.
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WFPD Swat Dispatched To Home
Wichita Falls police are looking for a man this morning. A check welfare was made to police a little after 9:30 Thursday night on the 2700 block of Carrigan Avenue for a possible suicidal man.
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Hospice of Wichita Falls Tree of Light Campaign Enters Final Stretch
Hospice of Wichita Falls is entering the final stretch in its Tree of Lights campaign. Their goal to raise money $200,000 for patient care and to provide bereavement services to Texomans.
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Salvation Army: Charity Check-In
Donations to the Wichita Falls Salvation Army are a little bit ahead of where they were last year, because they haven't lost any days to ice and snow like they did in 2013. But this holiday season, a buck isn't the only thing you can give to the Salvation Army.
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Cash for Critters
The Humane Society of Wichita County volunteers took to the streets of Wichita Falls on Saturday for their Cash for Critters event. Volunteers were on the corner of Midwestern Parkway and Kemp collecting spare change from residents for our furry friends this holiday season.
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Most of us could do more to make it a truly charitable-giving season
A Salvation Army donation kettle in Wichita Falls, Texas. A new UCLA report shows that fewer than half of all L.A. County residents give to charity.
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Appeal from Texas Death Row Inmate Dismissed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has dismissed a convicted serial killer's latest effort to duck a death sentence for a Wichita Falls woman's death during a murderous rampage from late 1984 to early 1986. The Wichita Falls Times Record News reports Faryion Wardrip argued that a public defender did not adequately represent him in his original trial.
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Two People Are Behind Bars
A man and a woman are behind bars this morning after being caught with stolen merchandise. Wichita Falls police were called out to the 4300 block of Kemp Boulevard a little after 8:30 Sunday night.
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One Person Detained After Suspected Robbery
Wichita Falls police were called out to the 1200 block of Ridgeway Drive a little after 1:00 Monday morning on a suspicious person call. Police say it started at the Motel 6 on Maurine Street.
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United Family asking shoppers to vote for charity to win a $4,200 donation
United Family is donating more than $4,200 in Lodge Cookware and Bakeware to several charities in Lubbock, Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas-Fort Worth, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo and Wichita Falls. Through Friday, Dec. 19 votes can be made on the Facebook pages of each of the company's five banners; United Supermarkets, Market Street, Albertsons Market, Amigos and United Express.
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Wichita Falls Among Most Affordable Places To Live In Texas
Wichita Falls, TX- Texas Affordability Rankings are out and Wichita Falls ranks as one of the top five cheapest places to live in the state. The city is up there with El Paso, Round Rock, Pasadena, and Killeen.
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Judge Brotherton accepts settlement on Boys Girls Club theft case
Robert Brotherton , judge of the 30th District Court, in Wichita Falls, Tex., recently accepted a settlement agreement between the Wichita District Attorney's Office and a former Boys and Girls Club director, according to an article in December 9 Wichita Falls Times Record News . The settlement includes the defendant pleading guilty to the charges, being placed on probation and also making restitution to the Burkburnett Boys and Girls Club .
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Kiowa Casino Distributes Toys
Monday, many different organizations throughout Texoma came to claim their many bags of toys, to give to children in their community. "Sometimes these presents, these Christmas gifts are the only toy that these kids are going get and that just means so much that we were able to do this, that Kiowa Casino is able to do this," said Callie Singh, Director Of Marketing at Kiowa Casino.
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Regular Unleaded Drops to $1.99 a Gallon at Some Wichita Falls Gas Station
This Exxon at Missile Road and Central Freeway North is presenting a good reason for drivers to pull off the freeway and up to the pump. And the $1.99 price for regular unleaded is the reason but this is just one of a few gas station around town offering this low price.
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Colorado man gets prison, Texas prostitution case
A Colorado man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison in a prostitution and online case linked to Texas and Wyoming. Matthew Ross Cummings of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced Monday in Wichita Falls.
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Early Morning Theft
A woman stole between $500 and $1,500 of items at Wal-Mart on Lawrence Road. Just after 3:00 Tuesday morning, Wichita Falls police said employees saw a woman cut tags off items and put them into a back pack and into her shopping cart.
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Truck Damages Overpass
The Department of Public Safety and the Wichita Falls Police Department are on the scene of an accident along Highway 287. The accident happened shortly after 10 a.m. this morning at the section of Highway 287 near the Huntington Lane exit.
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Robotics Coming to McNiel Junior High
Students who are looking into future careers in engineering and technology will soon have more options at McNiel Junior High. A generous donation made by the Alcoa Howmet Wichita Falls facility provided building blocks for a robotics team.
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U-V Disinfection System To Be Placed at the Cypress Water Treatment Plant
An ultraviolet disinfection system for the water reuse project will soon be installed at the Cypress Water Treatment Plant in Wichita Falls. The U-V disinfection system will cost $224,000.
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