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WACO, TX — The first half of the 2020-2021 school year was a challenge for teachers, students, and families. Throughout...

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Texas Department of Transportation prepares roads for cold front weather, shares advice to drivers

WACO, TX — As TxDOT maintenance crews monitor the cold front weather, pre-treatment, or brine solution, has been applied to...

Texas

Pasadena Allows Rose Bowl Name to Be Used in Texas

TEXAS - The College Football Playoff semifinal in Texas will be allowed to call itself the Rose Bowl Game, but...

Crime

Service scheduled for veteran Central Texas police officer who lost battle with cancer

WACO, TX – A memorial service has been scheduled for veteran Waco police Officer William McKinney, who died Saturday after...

Politics

Downtown Waco backers see recipe for rebound in new year with ongoing projects

WACO, TX - That is not a mirage arising along Lake Brazos’ west bank, near University Parks Drive. It is...

Education

Mission accomplished: Christmas wishes of hundreds of local students fulfilled

WACO, TX – School principals were moved to tears as they picked up hundreds of gift cards for Waco ISD...

Texas

Local police officer dies to illness he was “courageously battling”

WACO, TX- A Waco police officer has died Saturday according to the Waco Police Association. The organizaton posted on Facebook...

Texas

Veteran Texas Sergeant Killed In Motorcycle Crash After Completing Funeral Escort

TEXAS - A sergeant with a Texas sheriff’s office was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon as he was...

COVID-19

McLennan County Public Health District, other agencies start vaccine distribution

WACO, TX— The McLennan County Public Health District was finally able to start distributing it's 200 doses of the Maderna...

Crime

Schoolchildren surprise hundreds of area nursing home residents with gifts, carols