Waco police say a 20-year-old Baylor University student was struck Monday afternoon by a Ford pickup truck while she was lying down in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near the school’s campus. Full Story »
Sexual harassment, gossip, insults and fights are a part of the culture within local high schools and even middle schools, some students say. Now, those students are being given the tools to change that culture from within. Full Story »
The doctor whom McLennan County Commissioners Court may approve today to provide medical services to the county jail was previously sanctioned by the state’s medical board for mishandling medical records. Full Story »
The $20,000 that a city board approved Monday for downtown graffiti removal should mean the end of a part-time painting career for 91-year-old Tom Moore. Full Story »
For the last two decades, Texans have paid to keep up and expand the state’s highway system through a 20 cents-per-gallon gas tax. But with gas-tax revenues drying up, transportation officials are looking at another way to fund road projects. Full Story »
The 88-year-old owner of Paul’s Auto Sales was tied up and robbed Monday morning in his North Business Highway 6 store in Marlin, said his son, Joe Lombardo. Full Story »
The Salvation Army is seeking donations of hams and pecan pies for its annual Christmas meal. Full Story »
Proposed rules about how credit is granted mean it could become more difficult for consumers to get in-store credit. And while some consumers like the idea, others find it either too intrusive or too cumbersome. Full Story »
Marc Miller likes to joke that district attorneys lose elections only slightly less often than leaders did in the old Soviet Union. Full Story »
Five Guys Burgers and Fries will open a location in Waco. Full Story »
The McLennan County District Attorney’s Office does not pursue half of all felony cases recommended by law enforcement officials, with prosecutors dropping most of those cases before formal charges are filed. Full Story »
The deadline has passed for Homestead Heritage to appeal a land-use ruling that has stymied the group’s plans to open an expansion site in Idaho. Full Story »
Homeless shelters and parole offices harbor more than those stuck in life’s doldrums. Full Story »
John Anderson stands at the last station of an assembly line, liberally brushing white paint onto wood cabinet frames as others around him build the cupboards from scratch. Full Story »
Animal Birth Control Clinic, 1531 Wooded Acres Drive, will have a low-cost pet-vaccination clinic from noon to 4 p.m. today. Full Story »
As the Waco Independent School District works to improve its college prep programs, one local high school is receiving accolades for its efforts to do the same thing. Full Story »
A Waco motorcyclist died Saturday afternoon after a North Waco crash that sent three others to the hospital, including a 2-month-old boy. Full Story »
One man died and another man was injured in a rollover accident in Limestone County early Saturday morning. Full Story »
William Lacy Clifton, whose family for decades owned a wholesale pharmaceutical company in Waco called Behrens Drug, died Thursday. He was 89. Full Story »
The city of Hewitt’s Christmas Parade will be at 4 p.m. today. Full Story »
Creation of a liquid propane refueling network in 16 areas of the nation — including four Texas cities — should begin no later than April, and Texas State Technical College in Waco will get involved. Full Story »
Waco housing officials are working to develop a 52-unit apartment complex on the site of the Townhouse Hotel, the long-abandoned eyesore at 1717 Washington Ave. that burned last year. Full Story »
McLennan Community College is poised to finally gain possession of a property it has coveted for nearly two decades — the former Northwood Apartments. Full Story »
Dolores “D” Taylor’s lifelong obsession with “The Lone Ranger” began at 9 years old, when she was given a belt, complete with images of horses and lassos, and, of course, the masked hero and his sidekick, Tonto. Full Story »
The home of one of Waco’s first doctors is the showcase, through January, of a unique display of historic medical instruments and nostrums used to fight disease and injury in the Civil War era. Full Story »
A 6-day-old sheep relaxes with its mother at a zoo in Tokyo, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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