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.
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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...
This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 12, 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 PWx...
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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...
Terry Savage: Dealing with fear in retirement
Once upon a time, a retirement free of fear was defined as“ having enough money.” In fact, about 20 years ago I even wrote a book called“ The Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire? But…...
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in teen social media addiction case
Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. California, Colorado, Kentucky and ...
AI companies are destroying more books than you think, says bookseller
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s evening in Frankfurt, Germany, when Scott Brown picks up the phone. The Downtown Brown Books bookseller interrupted his vacation to discuss the use of books to train AI models — a process that destroys the books…...
The 11 page-turners LA book club members can't stop talking about
LOS ANGELES -- Nearly every week, I pass a colleague in the office who taunts me with four words: "Count of Monte Cristo, Count of Monte Cristo," as he shakes his head. He's disappointed his favorite book didn't make the…...
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Lawyer claims ICE ignored pleas to release 5-year-old to his mother
The father of a 5-year-old boy pleaded with ICE officers to release his son to his mother during a traffic stop earlier this month in Austin, Texas, the familys attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told Scripps News on Monday. ICE instead booked both Victor Martinez Nieto and his son,...
Column: 50 years ago, ‘Roots’ burst on the scene and into American lives
There was a time when a book could shake the world and on Aug. 17, 1976, a book titled “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley arrived on bookstore shelves and immediately began to fly off those…...