For a few hours one day in early March, with many hunkering down in the early days of the pandemic, it looked like Texas roads might make it o…
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The trio of candidates vying for the District 4 Waco council seat made their closing arguments in a forum Monday, vowing to take on economic s…
For the 500 McLennan County residents who didn’t think 2020 could get any worse until they received a notice for jury duty last month, things …
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Amazon will invest $200 million in Waco, building a 700,000-square-foot fulfillment center on Exchange Parkway that will employ at least 1,000…
After two weeks of brisk early voting, even in Friday’s downpour, 37% of McLennan County’s 148,962 registered voters have already cast their ballots.
No one is ready to say for certain whether criminal trials in McLennan County will resume next week as planned, but court officials, who have …
Waco police have already handled more homicides this year than in any of the past 10 years, and a new anti-gang hub and a piece of ballistics …
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A $12.4 million renovation of the Waco Suspension Bridge is set to begin in October 2020, meaning that the bridge and some adjacent parkland w…
A $12.4 million project that will leave the Waco Suspension Bridge closed into 2022 will start with construction of temporary supports in the …
Advocacy groups filed a complaint Wednesday over conditions at Texas’ five juvenile justice centers, including one in McLennan County, and are…
Watch now: New information from local leaders about COVID-19 in the Waco-McLennan County area.
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The Waco City Council will vote Tuesday on creating impact fees for new development, as well as a new stormwater drainage fee that would appea…
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