People accused in more than 100,000 misdemeanors each year go to jail without talking to a lawyer, a Lee Enterprises investigation found. The practice threatens people's constitutional right to counsel.
From police brass and the Memphis district attorney's office to the White House, officials said Nichols' killing points to a need for bolder reforms.
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The Earle-Harrison House, one of Waco's oldest homes, and the Pape Gardens soon will reopen to the public, thanks to a recent agreement between the Pape Foundation and Historic Waco.
Winning three straight Big 12 road games, Baylor has gained considerable confidence venturing away from the Ferrell Center.
Across the U.S., public defense systems face crushing caseloads, historic under-funding, structural problems, and severe staffing shortages, imperiling criminal defendants’ lives and often denying them their constitutional right to counsel.
Waco-area Methodists have a new year ahead full of hope and challenge, as most new years are, but with a different wrinkle.
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During this month’s local Martin Luther King Jr. Day tributes, Waco NAACP President Peaches Henry emphasized the tedious, time-consuming work of citizen engagement required to conjure the elusive equality so doggedly pursued by the civil rights icon. “The real work is a grind, the work we do…
The longtime owner and operator of Lula Jane's restaurant and bakery on Elm Avenue penned "Buttermilk Pie! Secrets from Lula Jane's," a cookbook filled with stories.
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Through cold and windy conditions, the third-ranked McLennan baseball team picked up its first two wins of the season, the first pair for first-year skipper Tyler Johnson, with a doubleheader sweep of Navarro College Sunday at Bosque River Ballpark.
Before a standing room-only crowd at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center, the 12th-ranked Baylor men’s tennis team beat No. 9 Florida State, 4-2, late Saturday night.
AUSTIN — Texas lived up to its No. 1 ranking in women's tennis, dealing Baylor its first loss of the season on Saturday night, 4-0, in the ITA Regional Championship.
McLennan’s Sunday softball game against Butler ended early in the fourth inning after a pair of Butler players grew ill.
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Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24” and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45. She passed away Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type of cancer was not specified. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Wersching appeared on dozens of television shows over the course of her two-decade career. She had recurring roles on “Bosch,” “The Vampire Diaries,” Marvel’s “Runaways,” “The Rookie” and, most recently, the second season of “Star Trek: Picard."
Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series "24" and providing the voice for Tess in the video game "The Last of Us," has died. She was 45.
Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original "The Addams Family" sitcom, has died at the age of 64.
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