Waco Tribune-Herald

The Waco Veterans Day Parade will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the corner of Eighth Street and Austin Avenue. Full Story »

Jim Johnson’s fascination with airplanes first drew him to the Navy at the age of 17, jump-starting military service spanning three of the largest U.S. conflicts in the past century. Full Story »

Stay on the alert, senior citizens. There’s a new scam in town. Full Story »

An unusually rainy fall, relocation of municipal water and sewer lines and a few minor mistakes have put the widening of Interstate 35 between Hewitt and Robinson six to eight months behind schedule, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the work. Full Story »

KILLEEN — On a post still raw with emotion from last week’s deadly shootings, reactions are mixed here about the reception that President Barack Obama will receive when he visits largely conservative Central Texas today for the first time as president. Full Story »

The man arrested Saturday in the shooting death of a Valley Mills woman in Hill County is a Bay City, Texas, transient who had relocated to Central Texas in advance of Hurricane Ike. Full Story »

A Waco man was arrested Friday in connection with an August shooting in North Waco. Full Story »

The purpose of the inner-city district known as a tax-increment financing zone is to create a growing snowball of money to get redevelopment rolling. Full Story »

Conjunto Latinoamericano, an ensemble of 16 Baylor University faculty and student musicians, will present an evening of music from Mexico, Central America and South America at 8 tonight at Jones Concert Hall in Baylor’s Glennis McCrary Music Building. Full Story »

A man arrested in the shooting death of a Valley Mills woman was discovered living in a shed near where the body was found, Hill County officials said Sunday. Full Story »

Jar’Darin Randolph, ‘J’ to his friends, stumbles over names when he’s reading. Full Story »

By Allen G. Breed Full Story »

The National Public Radio show “From the Top,” which showcases America’s top young classical musicians, will be at Baylor University’s Jones Hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday to record a radio broadcast that will air nationally the week of Dec. 14. Full Story »

The U.S. House passed a sweeping health care reform bill Saturday, but without the help of Waco Rep. Chet Edwards, who bucked his party, citing concerns about the legislation’s cost. Full Story »

With several projects that require great financial support from the community already on the way, Waco city leaders are opting to pay the cost of rebuilding the Freedom Fountain instead of seeking donations. Full Story »

Maxine Trent has been in overdrive the past few days as she and her staff have offered mental-health services to military personnel and others shaken by Thursday’s massacre at Fort Hood. Full Story »

A man died in a one-vehicle rollover late Friday night near Lott. Full Story »

FORT HOOD — There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent. Full Story »

Owners of the 800 block of Washington Avenue are moving forward with a $1.9 million redevelopment after winning $380,000 in incentives this week from the downtown Tax Increment Financing Zone. Full Story »

Waco and McLennan County residents apparently are not in a spending mood. Waco will receive a sales tax rebate of $2.62 million for the month of November, down 5.65 percent from the $2.78 million it received for the same month last year. Full Story »

Count Trista Joy Lathern’s husband and co-workers among those who now feel misled and betrayed by her alleged pretense that she had breast cancer and was undergoing the rigors of chemotherapy. Full Story »

A Waco man has been charged with indecency with a child after a July incident in which police say he fondled a young boy. Full Story »

Registration for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program will be conducted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the fourth annual Christmas Assistance/Family Fun Fest at Indian Spring Park. Full Story »

A local band manager was arrested Thursday after an investigation into a sexual relationship police say he had with a girl younger Full Story »

The Waco Independent School District has lost its appeal of an “unacceptable” rating it received from the Texas Education Agency because too few students stuck around through graduation. Full Story »