Annual book sale
The Friends of the Waco-McLennan County Library will host its annual book sale Nov. 12-15 at Base at Extraco Events Center, 4601 Bosque Blvd.
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‘100% convinced he wanted me to fail’: 8 takeaways from former Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s book
When Bob Chapek was removed from his dream job as CEO of the Walt Disney Company in late 2022, it wasn’t on his terms. In Chapek’s mind he had been undermined, attacked and sabotaged by someone who was both his…...
45 new books coming out in November to add to your TBR pile
Look, you’re going to need a good book or two this month. As the holidays come hurtling our way, many of us will find ourselves shopping, cooking and traveling throughout the rest of the year – which is great! –…...
Waco-area news briefs: Friends of the Library book sale set for Nov. 12-15
Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
Here’s a big list of new 2026 audiobooks if you’re ready to start listening
Somewhere, someone is already asking: Wait a minute, do audiobooks even count as reading? So let’s get that out of the way. Yes, they do. There are many ways to read or enjoy a text, and an audiobook is one…...
This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxy...
Apple joins touchscreen laptop market with new MacBook Pro
Apple once scoffed at the idea of a laptop with a touchscreen. But that all changed on Wednesday when the tech giant announced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, its first laptop with a touch-sensitive display. For years, PC makers have been releasing touchscreen computers ...
Connally ISD, Lacy Lakeview officials talk growth, goals
Connally ISD is pushing to bring math and reading ratings up to the state average, while Lacy Lakeview is updating infrastructure and welcoming new development, officials said....
Can you really organize your closet with an app? How to tell if it’s worth your time to set one up
Closets by Design reports that closet-organizing apps like Stylebook, Indyx, and Acloset help users manage wardrobes by cataloging items and tracking usage, though setup can take hours....
Waco library reopens after air conditioning issue
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - UPDATE: The Central Waco Library was closed on Monday morning due to an issue with the air conditioning. The Waco-McLennan County Public Library said it apologizes for the inconvenience and appreciates the public's understanding. The Library issued an updat...
22 new books coming in October 2026 to add to your reading list
In some long-ago October, I can vaguely recall a house that gave out books for Halloween one year instead of candy, a substitution only slightly better received than, say, a toothbrush or a single Brussels sprout. However, for me, I…...
5 hacks that make groceries cheaper, according to finance experts
Even if you're in a rush, these five tricks will only take you a few minutes to help give your pocketbook a little breathing room.
Consumer sentiment slides again as fuel costs climb and 70% of Americans struggle with basic needs
Americans are feeling worse about the economy for the second month in a row, even as the job market shows few signs of cracking. Consumer sentiment fell to 48.1 in September, according to the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers, down from 51.7 in August. This is the low...
New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable in privacy deception case
A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform. It is now up to the judge to determine how much the company would pay, with attorneys representing the state asking for the maximum $5,000 penalty per vio...
5 heartbreaking takeaways from Charles Spencer's book 'Swan Song: Diana, My Sister'
Although the details of Princess Diana's life have been scrutinized for decades, it's been nearly 30 years since her untimely death, and her younger brother, journalist and author Charles Spencer, is telling his side of the story in "Swan Song:…...
Stephanie Garber meets fans at Waco stop of book tour
By Reigha Weaver | Arts & Life Writer About 400 Stephanie Garber fans gathered Thursday evening at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre to hear Stephanie Garber chat about her new book, “The Mirror of Infinite Endings ,” a companion novella to her “Once Upon a Broken Heart” series. Hosted...
Apple retired the 8GB Mac because of AI. 16 months later, AI brought it back
SmartScout reports Apple made 16GB standard in all Macs before launching the $599 MacBook Neo, which now drives 24.1% of their Amazon laptop revenue.
The Raven’s Nook offers unique spot to buy books
By Stephanie Starks | Staff Writer In an immersive bookstore, The Raven’s Nook, every room is themed like a different genre or style of book. This bookstore and bistro is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 12:30-6 p.m. Sunda...
Fall getaways that are worth booking now
Fall is officially here, and it's one of the best times of year to plan a getaway. Travel expert Tomeka Jones says travelers are feeling the pinch of higher travel costs, but fall provides an opportunity to find destinations that offer better value for their money. "Fall travel i...
Books for fall 2026: Award-hungry novels, celeb memoirs and romantasy
Welcome to the Super Bowl of Reading, a.k.a. fall, autumn, spooky season, curl-up-with-a-pumpkin-spice-anything-and-read-a-book season. There are — no joke — more than 12,000 books published every week in this country, year-round (and far more if we include self-published works)....
5 most legendary love stories in fiction
By Reigha Weaver | Arts & Life Writer As we grow up, our ideas of love are shaped by the examples set before us, like our parents, Cinderella and Prince Charming or Belle and the Beast. However, as we get older and start reading and watching our own movies, our ideals get more co...
Arts & Life Reviews: Laughing, cringing at classic ‘The Breakfast Club’
By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor For Arts & Life Reviews this week, we received a classic recommendation: “The Breakfast Club.” It’s a quintessential John Hughes film from 1985 and was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2016, so it seemed an appropriate...
Pro Baseball Notebook: The ring's the thing for Royals prospect Tyriq Kemp
Tyriq Kemp is loving life right now, as a minor league champion.
Give yourself in mercy toward others
Vengeance and retaliation are the themes of count-less books and movies. Clint Eastwood portrayed them in "A Fistful of Dollars," "Dirty Harry" and "Unforgiven." Liam Neeson followed suit in "Taken" and "Cold Pursuit." In recent years, vengeance and revenge have…...
Commentary: Los Angeles is a great literary city (no matter what New Yorkers say)
I grew up in a cult in New Hampshire where reading books was forbidden. After I escaped at age 18, I came to California desperate for stories — stories tucked away on the West Coast, opposite not only the life…...
Groesbeck residents asked to conserve water
GROESBECK, Tx (FOX 44) - The City of Groesbeck has implemented Stage 1 of the Drought Contingency Plan effective September 16th, 2026. According to the City's Facebook page: "Like many other cities, the ongoing higher-than-normal temperatures and the lack of rainfall have made it...
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Armstrong Browning Library celebrates 75 years of living history
By Reagan Hunter | Reporter After 75 years, the Armstrong Browning Library remains a monument to the past, but on Friday night, it will sound very much alive. The library will mark its 75th anniversary 6-9 p.m. Sept. 18 with an academic symposium, followed by an evening of music,...
Fine-Forgiveness Program can help library patrons get a fresh start
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - September is National Library Card Signup Month, and the Waco-McLennan County Library is wiping the slate clean. All month long, they have been pairing their Registration Drive with a Fine-Forgiveness Program to welcome past patrons back. To find out how yo...
Survey: Americans fear federal debt could impact healthcare costs
Black Book Research has released a study examining how Americans understand and perceive the healthcare consequences of sustained federal fiscal pressure. The $40 Trillion Healthcare Question survey found that 31% of respondents initially expressed concern about how the federal g...
George W. Bush's new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
Former President George W. Bush has a new book of oil paintings coming out in March that features portraits of political prisoners and dissidents. The Penguin Random House imprint Crown announced Wednesday that The Call of Freedom: Portraits of Political Prisoners and Dissidents ...
The secret to Josh Silver's bestselling book 'Fruit Fly'? Go gay. Go sad. Go dark
LOS ANGELES — Readers are so obsessed with Josh Silver's "Fruit Fly," that the buzziest book of the summer sold out across online and major book retailers last month. The satirical literary thriller follows Mallory, a celebrated but has-been author…...
We're losing speech and reading, and we know why | Dallas Morning News
Many of us are disturbed by the gnawing feeling that technology's progression is costing us something fundamentally human.
'It's a crisis': The fight in the US over book bans
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In Lauren Groff’s bookshop, banned books take center stage. Anyone who walks through the front door of The Lynx sees the large dark-green shelf straight ahead with "Banned Books" written above it in big white letters. On…...
NFL Week 1 overreactions: Are the Chiefs back? Matt LaFleur hot seat, more
Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season is officially in the books, and many will treat it as gospel after waiting the entire offseason to discuss actual on-field play....
'It could get a lot worse': Book holiday flights now to avoid rising costs
Holiday airfare prices are climbing fast, and travel experts warn this is not the year to wait on booking flights for the November or December holidays. "Thanksgiving and Christmas. That's basically what I'm looking for, and it's really expensive," said airline passenger Srinivas...
Library fines forgiven
Throughout September, the Waco-McLennan County Library System will allow patrons to clear their overdue fines through its annual Fine Forgiveness Month....
New survey highlights consumer hesitance with booking travel via social media
Earlier this year, TikTok announced it would begin offering in-app travel booking for users in the United States through a new feature called TikTokGo. The development meant that TikTok’s more than 200 million American users could now discover and book…...
Pro Baseball Notebook: Don't look now, but Langeliers back in the batter's box
Maybe it’s not quite Lazarus coming out of the tomb, but as comebacks go, nobody really saw Shea Langeliers’ uprising coming.
Perryman's new book a how-to manual
Waco's Skye Perryman is much in the news again. Her book, "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times," hit the USA Today bestseller list shortly after it was released Aug. 25. Endorsements on the cover include such luminaries as Hillary Clinton, Annie and…...
Freedom and Flock cameras Pi
Within the last few weeks, the city of Woodway declined to install license-plate reading cameras from Flock Safety while Robinson decided not to renew its own contract with the company. Not so long ago, this would have been surprising, but…...
Book tracks shaping of white women's Christian culture
Historian Kristin Du Mez, author of "Jesus and John Wayne," remembers the heads nodding when she would speak to a room full of women about the values embedded in things like Hallmark Channel movies, Hobby Lobby and "Live Laugh Love"…...
‘Die for Me’ author (and cardiologist) Shirlene Obuobi prescribes romance
Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author of the novels “On Rotation” and “Between Friends & Lovers.” Her new paranormal summer romance, “Die for Me,” has just been published, and she answered the Book Pages Q&A via…...
Dark Romance: How a controversial genre is changing the world of books
PARIS — A black background. A skull wearing a crown like a dark monarch. Red roses and a dagger. Then a short video on Goodreads, one of the world's largest online book communities: a hand with long, deep-red fingernails slowly…...
Obsolete Amazon Kindles? He man loads them with books for Little Free Libraries
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Little Free Libraries are for more than printed reading materials. Users of the streetside stations give and receive all manner of non-reading merchandise, such as homemade trinkets, canned goods and garden seeds. This all occurs with…...
Mount Vernon library director to give public talk at MCC celebrating United States' 250th
Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky will speak Thursday at MCC on the leadership and principles that helped form the United States. The public event is free, but registration is required....
Starr Lecture Series
Join McLennan Community College for the 2026 Ken Starr Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, featuring presidential historian, author, and speaker Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon....
Cameron Yoe QB Kourtlyn Townsend throws his way into Texas history
Kourtlyn Townsend’s absurd 625-yard, seven-TD debut helped Cameron Yoe stun No. 9 Whitney and put his name in the Texas record book.
4 fun books to supplement required reading
By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor I grew up loving to read. I spent hours in my room turning page after page of novels like “The World According to Humphrey,” “Ramona and Beezus” and the “Magic Tree House” series. As years of required reading have come and gone, though, it has ...
10 books to stack on your night table this fall -- many with a Texas accent
Stubborn family histories. Uncertain futures. The memoir of an angel. If you're looking for a new book to add to your reading list or share with your book club, here are 10 highly anticipated fall titles, with an emphasis on…...
Waco-area news briefs: Waco-McLennan County Library offers fine forgiveness in September
Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
Man accused of causing young girl to smoke substance
Bruceville Eddy, Tx (FOX 44) - A Bruceville Eddy man is facing felony charges after a 14-year-old girl became ill after saying she was intimidated into smoking suspected marijuana. Edward Michael Vasquez, age 17, was booked into the McLennan County Jail Sunday morning on charges ...
Ken Starr Lecture
McLennan Community College will present the Ken Starr Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Sept. 10, featuring presidential historian, author and speaker Lindsay M. Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon....
The Short List: August 31, 2026
I got a kick out of seeing some of the Facebook comments on our story about the prolonged hot and dry weather this August. Apparently between the time we posted the story and our beloved social media fans saw it,…...
Library work
The West Waco Library and Genealogy Center will be closed Sunday through Oct. 1 as crews install new flooring throughout the facility.
Ken Starr Lecture McLennan Community C
McLennan Community College will present the Ken Starr Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Sept. 10, featuring presidential historian, author and speaker Lindsay M. Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon....
West Waco Library to temporarily close on Aug. 30
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - The West Waco Library and Genealogy Center will temporarily closebeginning this Sunday through Thursday, October 1, as crews install new flooring throughout the facility. While the branch is closed, visitors can continue to return library materials using th...
Local Waco native reflects on her role as Dolly Parton
Local Waco native Holly Tucker portrayed Dolly Parton earlier this year. With the recent passing of Dolly, Holly talked about her role and what it felt like to play the beloved icon and humanitarian Dolly Parton died on August 25, 2026 The Dolly Parton Imagination Library mails o...