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03.15.10

KSHN BEGAN REPORTING FRIDAY THAT A YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN DIED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON COUNTY ROAD 2068 NEAR MOSS HILL. THAT CAR WRECK OCCURRED DURING A HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PCT. 3 CODY PARRISH PRONOUNCED ONE MAN DEAD AT THE SCENE. THAT MAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BRANDON WADE DAGLE, 26, OF BATSON. DPS TROOPER BOYD LAMB SAID THE DRIVER – 18-YEAR-OLD CHASTITY SMITH OF HARDIN – WAS TAKEN BE LIFE FLIGHT AIR AMBULANCE TO MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON WHERE SHE DIED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE OTHER PASSENGER – 22-YEAR-OLD JERRY CARTER OF HARDIN - WAS ALSO TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES. ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND, KSHN REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING THURSDAY NIGHT’S CANVASSING OF THE BALLOTS BY THE DEMOCRAT PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE NEWS STAFF OF KSHN RADIO WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION BOTH COUNTY PARTY CHAIR NANCY ARCHER AND COUNTY JUDGE NOMINEE KEN MORRISON ABOUT ISSUES RAISED PERTAINING TO HIS RESIDENCY. DEMOCRAT PARTY CHAIR NANCY ARCHER SAID IF YOU THINK YOU LIVE THERE – YOU LIVE THERE. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE OFFICE OF THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE ELECTION DIVISION ATTORNEY SAID. IT WAS THE SUGGESTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ATTORNEY, BASED ON INFORMATION WE SHARED WITH THEM AND CONFIRMED WITH MORRISON AS BEING CORRECT, THE ISSUE OF RESIDENCY OF THE COUNTY JUDGE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO PROSECUTORS. WE CALLED THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE TO SPEAK WITH AN ATTORNEY VERSED IN ELECTION LAW. WHEN WE ASKED COULD A CANDIDATE BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF LIBERTY COUNTY FOR SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION AND VOTE IN HARRIS COUNTY ONLY FIVE MONTHS PRIOR, THE ATTORNEY WE SPOKE TO SAID THE CANDIDATE EITHER VOTED ILLEGALLY OR LIED ON HIS APPLICATION TO RUN FOR OFFICE. KSHN ALSO REPORTED SATURDAY THAT SINCE LIBERTY COUNTY REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS HAVE CANVASSED THE VOTES FROM THE MARCH 2 PRIMARY ELECTION, THE FOUR LOCAL RUN-OFF ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SET FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 13. THE LOCAL G.O.P. RUN-OFF RACE FOR COUNTY JUDGE PITS STEVE STEPHENS AGAINST CRAIG MCNAIR. THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR PCT. 2 COMMISSIONER IS BETWEEN CHARLOTTE KEY WARNER AND MARCUS BRAND. VYING FOR THE GOP NOMINATION FOR PCT 4 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ARE LARRY WILBURN AND BARRY GRAVES. FOR PCT. 5 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, IT’S WADE BROWN VERSUS DAVID MARTIN, ALSO FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

KIDNAPPER FOUND IN CLEVELAND

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03.15.10

A STUNNING STORY THAT SPANS MOST THE NATION AND ENDS RIGHT HERE IN LIBERTY COUNTY - A WOMAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HER OWN SON IN VIRGINIA NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO WAS RECENTLY LOCATED IN CLEVELAND LIVING UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME. HER REAL NAME IS TAMMY RENEE LUCAS, AND BACK ON AUGUST 1, 2000, A VIRGINIA JUDGE ORDERED LUCAS TO TURN OVER HER THEN 7-YEAR-OLD SON TO THE BOY’S FATHER. THAT’S WHEN SHE FLED VIRGINIA WITH THE CHILD. DURING THE ENSUING YEARS, TAMMY LUCAS BECAME ONE OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA’S "10 MOST WANTED" FUGITIVES. TEXAS RANGER FRANK HUFF SAID HE WAS CONTACTED BY INVESTIGATORS IN VIRGINIA WHO SAID LUCAS MIGHT BE IN LIBERTY COUNTY LIVING UNDER THE ASSUMED NAME OF SHELIA DAWN BAKER.

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AFTER REVIEWING THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINGERPRINTS, TEXAS RANGER HUFF VISITED SHELIA BAKER AT HER JOB IN CLEVELAND.

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A STORY FROM THE PAGE NEWS AND COURIER NEWSPAPER IN VIRGINIA SAID A TEXAS MAN WHO HAD AN ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WOMAN ALERTED AUTHORITIES IN VIRGINIA. THAT STORY SAID THE MAN KNEW TAMMY LUCAS BY THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. BECOMING SUSPICIOUS, HE REPORTEDLY BEGAN LOOKING THROUGH FILES COMPILED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. THEN, HE CONTACTED VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES WHO RELAYED INFORMATION TO TEXAS RANGER FRANK HUFF. IT WAS RANGER HUFF – WITH WHAT HE CALLED VALUABLE ASSISTANCE FROM THE CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT - WHO ARRESTED TAMMY RENEE LUCAS. SHE WAS LIVING IN RYE AND WORKING IN CLEVELAND UNDER THE ASSUMED NAME OF SHELIA DAWN BAKER. THE BOY – IDENTIFIED AS DALTON LUCUS, NOW 16 YEARS OLD - HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY IN VIRGINIA. TAMMY LUCAS IS IN THE LIBERTY COUNTY JAIL AWAITING EXTRADITION TO VIRGINIA WHERE SHE IS CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD ABDUCTION. RANGER HUFF ACKNOWLEDGED THE BOY’S WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, BUT FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD HIM THE TEENAGER IS ADJUSTING RAPIDLY TO HIS NEW FAMILY IN VIRGINIA.

MORE ON KEN MORRISON CANDIDACY

3.15.10

WE HAVE ONE MORE VERSION OF WHY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR LIBERTY COUNTY JUDGE KEN MORRISON IS ELIGIBLE TO RUN BASED ON HIS RESIDENCY. WE HAVE TAKEN TWO STATEMENTS FROM THE CANDIDATE, KEN MORRISON, ONE FROM LIBERTY COUNTY PARTY CHAIR NANCY ARCHER AND ON SATURDAY WE TOOK A 4^TH STATEMENT FROM MRS. ARCHERS HUSBAND, LOCAL ATTORNEY, JOHN ARCHER ACTING AS HIS WIFE’S ATTORNEY PLUS HE IS THE FORMER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR. ARCHER IS WIDELY KNOWN AS AN EXPERT ON ELECTION LAW BUT HIS WAS THE FOURTH OPINION WITH VARIATIONS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. ALL NINE NEWS HAS NEVER REPORTED A CONCLUSION THAT KEN MORRISON IS OR IS NOT AN ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE, HOWEVER WE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE HAD ACTUALLY RESIDED HERE LONG ENOUGH TO BE ON THE BALLOT AND NOW WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO OUR QUESTIONS. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE INVITED TO MR. ARCHER’S HOME ON SATURDAY, THAT INVITE WAS TO SHOW US WHY WERE WRONG ON ALL OUR CONCLUSIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE NONE OF OUR NEW REPORTS REACHED ANY CONCLUSIONS AT ALL. THE MORE ANSWERS WE GOT THE MORE QUESTIONS WERE RAISED. WHILE YOU CONSIDER THE ACCURACY OF OUR REPORTING IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MR. ARCHER THREATENED ACTION AGAINST AT LEAST ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WE POINTED OUT KSHN RADIO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE NEWS REPORT SO HIS ARGUMENT WAS WITH US. MR. ARCHER ASSURED US THE ACTION WOULD COME AGAINST OUR STAFF.. MR. ARCHER THEN PRESENTED US WITH A NEWS REPORT HE WANTED US TO AIR AND WHILE KSHN RADIO DOES NOT SURRENDER OUR EDITING RIGHT ON ANY REPORT WE AIR HERE IS WHAT MRS. ARCHER’S ATTORNEY AND HUSBAND, JOHN ARCHER. TOLD US TO SAY. QUOTE: THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR REPORTS ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF KEN MORRISON TO BE COUNTY JUDGE OF LIBERTY COUNTY HAVE HEARD THE OPINIONS OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, IT BROUGHT UP THE BASIC QUESTION HOW DID HE GET ON THE BALLOT TO BEGIN WITH? MR. ARCHER’S STATEMENT FOR KSHN RADIO TO USE CONTINUES: THE ANSWER TO THAT CHANGES THE ENTIRE ISSUE. TEXAS LAW ESTABLISHES TWO OFFICIAL PARTIES AND THROUGH THE STATE ELECTION CODE DESCRIBES THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. ONE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HOLD A PARTY PRIMARY TO CHOSE THEIR CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THOSE OFFICES ARE SET OUT SPECIFICALLY AND IN THE CASE OF COUNTY JUDGE, RESIDENCY IN THE COUNTY, IS SET AT SIX MONTHS. THIS BRINGS ON THE QUESTION OF WHEN AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IS THAT RESIDENCY ESTABLISHED. WHILE FOR MOST CANDIDATES THAT IS EASY TO DETERMINE. FOR OTHERS, AS IN THE CASE OF MR. MORRISON WHO HAD DECLARED IN HIS APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT THAT HE WAS A RESIDENT. THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF RESIDENCY OFTEN BECOMES LESS CLEAR….. WHEN SUCH A QUESTION ARISES HOWEVER THE ELECTION CODE AND LEGAL PRECEDENCE REQUIRES THE POLITICAL PARTY TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. THE POLITICAL PARTY IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION QUALIFIED TO DETERMINE ITS OWN CANDIDATES QUALIFICATIONS. ONCE THAT DETERMINATION IS MADE, THE PERSON IS QUALIFIED TO BE PLACED IN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. THIS STATEMENT FROM MR. ARCHER THEN SAYS, AND WE ARE STILL QUOTING: WE NOW KNOW THAT BEFORE MR. MORRISON WAS PERMITTED TO HAVE HIS NAME PLACED ON THE MARCH 2, 2010 DEMOCRATIC PARTY BALLOT THE QUESTION OF HIS QUALIFICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THEIR DETERMINATION. THEIR ANSWER WAS RETURNED TO MS. NANCY ARCHER, LIBERTY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR. IT WAS THEIR DETERMINATION THAT HE MET THE LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS TO BE PLACED ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT. THAT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 2009. WHILE MS. ARCHER WAS NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE US THIS HISTORY AT THE TIME, KNOWING THE FACTS WOULD HAVE SAVED US ALL THE CONTROVERSY WHICH HAS RESULTED.- END OF JOHN ARCHER’S QUOTE.

JOHN ARCHER, ACTING AS HIS WIFE’S ATTORNEY, SAID WHEN HE INITIALLY MET KEN MORRISON AND HEARD HIS RESIDENCY QUALIFICATION HE THOUGHT MORRISON DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS BUT RATHER THAN HAVE NANCY OR HIM MAKE THAT DETERMINATION HE CALLED BOYD RITCHIE, WHO ARCHER IDENTIFIED AS THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR MR. RITCHIE HAD AN ATTORNEY CALL THE ARCHER’S THAT PARTY ATTORNEY HEARD THE INFORMATION AS PRESENTED BY THE ARCHER’S AND CONCLUDED THAT KEN MORRISON WAS A LEGAL CANDIDATE. WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THAT ATTORNEY OR MR. RITCHIE AS ALREADY REPORTED WE DID SPEAK WITH A SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICIAL WHO DISAGREED WITH MR. & MRS. ARCHER’S CONCLUSION. JOHN ARCHER TOLD US BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ELECTION LAW IS WRITTEN- WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRIMARY THE PARTY OPINION IS ALL THAT MATTERS. THE OTHER OPINIONS, HE SAID, ARE MOOT AND KEN MORRISON IS CONFIRMED AS THE NOMINEE FOLLOWING THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS. WE TOLD YOU EARLIER OF THE THREATS BY JOHN ARCHER FOR ACTION AGAINST OUR RADIO STATION STAFF IF WE DIDN’T DO THIS REPORT AND WE TOLD YOU BECAUSE YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IN CASE YOU THINK IT MAY HAVE AFFECTED OUR OBJECTIVITY IN COMPILING THIS INFORMATION . WE WILL REPEAT WHAT WE HAVE SAID BEFORE. EACH TIME WE GET A STATEMENT FROM THE CANDIDATE OR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IT HAS BEEN DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST. WE HAVE SHARED EACH OF THEIR POSITIONS WITH OUR LISTENERS WITHOUT GIVING ANY OPINION SO THE LISTENER CAN HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND ARRIVE AT THEIR OWN CONCLUSION.