Baylor senior Palmer Williams named Ray Guy Punter of the Week
Baylor punter Palmer Williams was named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week. He had four punts for 208 total yards, averaging 52 yards per punt against Auburn....
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Boczar matches career best Baylor finish as Bears finish strong at Cougar Classic
Baylor senior Bridget Boczar used a strong start in the first two rounds to finish tied for second at the Cougar Classic at Yeman Hall Club in South Carolina....
'Rock the Block' will bring back-to-school fun!
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - A free community celebration will bring families together to kick off the new school year with an evening of fun! The YMCA of Central Texas and Greater Waco YMCA, alongside Rapoport Academy Public Schools (RAPS) will host "Rock the Block" from 5 p.m. - 6:30...
Baylor’s White earns weekly Big 12 freshman honor
Baylor freshman Grace White was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Tuesday after scoring the game-winning goal in the Bears’ 2-0 victory at LSU last Thursday....
Baylor men's golf finishes tied for seventh in season-opening tournament in Arizona
Baylor men’s golf finished in a tie for seventh at the season-opening Bomb Darts Birds Collegiate this week at Whirlwind Golf Club in Arizona.
Consumers are growing worried about their personal finances and the job market
A New York Fed survey has found that consumers grew more worried in August about their personal financial situation and the job market. The survey looks at how consumers expect overall inflation and prices for food, gas housing and education to behave. They found that the median ...
Too sick for school? How to make the call in 4 minutes
Doctronic reports that when deciding if a child should stay home from school, ask three key questions about fever, ability to participate, and contagion risk....
Baylor women’s golf claims third at Cougar Classic behind Boczar’s strong start
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer Baylor women’s golf left the scorching hot temperatures of Waco and headed to Charleston, South Carolina, to compete in the Cougar Classic, where fifth-year Bridget Boczar led the charge for the Bears on Monday. Boczar put up 12 birdies in her fir...
Baylor men’s golf makes a solid debut in ‘birdie fest’ in Arizona
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Baylor men’s golf is in search of a new era under new head coach Jean-Paul Hebert. While the return to Big 12 dominance might be in the near future, important steps can be made in the 2026-27 campaign. The Bears opened their season at the Bombs D...
'Prosecco for Pearls' seeks to support high school girls
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - A new fundraising event seeks to support high school girls across eleven area schools. The Waco Hanan Foundation's inaugural "Prosecco for Pearls" event will be taking place at 6 p.m. Thursday at Cultivate Waco, located at 924 Austin Avenue, Suite #100. Thi...
SNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch.
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'Happiness Crisis'
Baylor University's Institute for Faith and Learning will hold a book launch and Q&A session for Jon Eckert's new book, "The Happiness Crisis: How Adversity Can Build a Resilient and Joyful Next Generation," from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Thursday....
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Baylor soccer move to No. 17 in latest national poll
Baylor continued its climb up the national rankings Tuesday, moving from No. 22 to No. 17 in the latest IWSOC/United Soccer Coaches NCAA Div. I Women’s Top 25 poll....
Students are talking; Baylor Athletics is listening
By Joana Karoshi | Staff Writer Baylor students may see changes to the game-day experience this year as a new student council works with Baylor Athletics to address barriers keeping students from attending athletic events. The Athletic Student Advisory Council , a new initiative ...
Baylor remains determined after heartbreak in Atlanta
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer Baylor was one yard away from glory on Saturday against Auburn. Devastation still lingers for fans, but the Bears are fueled up for the road ahead of them. While one might expect the disappointment from a loss of such caliber to carry over into t...
Baylor men’s tennis connects with students through charitable competition
By Aidan O’Connor | Play-by-Play There is an inherent separation between student athletes and students, but Baylor men’s tennis has found a way to connect the two worlds. “It’s just really cool to bridge that relational gap between athletics and the Baylor student body because so...
Baylor Spikeball builds community around the net
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer You don’t need a packed football stadium or a sold-out basketball arena to be competitive at Baylor. Sometimes all you need is a circular net, a yellow ball and three friends ready to compete. For Baylor’s club Spikeball team, or roundnet team, a ...
Baylor Crew forms bonds through commitment, competition
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor A small black tent with an air rowing machine and a couple of students sitting behind a table is a common sight for Baylor students walking through Fountain Mall. Some choose to look down at their phone, while some put in an AirPod to avoid an ext...
Escaping cult classics: Students spill niche movie recs
Reigha Weaver | Arts & Life Writer There are certain “cult classic” movies everyone watches. Yet there are movies that hardly get the same spotlight, despite being just as good. These movies stand out and make an impression despite not having a huge fanbase. For Sanger freshman W...
7 food spots for off-campus adventurers
By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor Waco is home to many locally owned restaurants that you can’t find anywhere else. With so many options, some are bound to get passed over, especially by Baylor students who like to stick to the familiar spots right by campus. From someone who’s...
Say ‘hello’ to Faith and Sophia: Robots helping to fund Baylor’s future
By Tripp Henderson | Staff Writer Baylor is using artificial intelligence engagement officers to have curated interactions with under-reached donors, keeping them involved in university happenings. On May 2, 2025, Version2.ai announced in a LinkedIn post that it had partnered wit...
‘Nothing can go wrong’ when students engage with history, librarian says
By Stephanie Starks | Staff Writer Tucked inside of Carroll Library, Baylor’s first library building, is a collection of Texas history that stretches far beyond the walls of the university. The Texas Collection houses historical documents, books and other materials that tell the ...
Things you’d never know about the man who leads your chapel service
By Josh Siatkowski | Lead Writer Carlos Colón has been featured in almost every news outlet in Waco, and for good reason. He’s a whole lot more than just the leader of Baylor’s chapel programming. In his life, Colón has been many things: a refugee, a musician, a Catholic, a Bapti...
How 3 students found family at Baylor
By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer In college, students strive to build friendships that are as close as family. But at Baylor, family can be closer than you think. For Wylie junior Tiandra Acquaye, McKinney sophomore Juliet Korto and Manvel freshman Jeremiah Ocloo, their lives change...
‘You are there to be a friend’: Students mentor Waco youth through Baylor Buddies
By Abby Rathburn | Staff Writer The Baylor bubble can feel hard to escape, but for one organization, students are stepping out into the greater Waco area to serve as mentors to local students. Baylor Buddies is a mentorship program that connects student volunteers with at-risk el...
Bag 'em and tag 'em: Baylor off to a splendid start from a sack-stuffing perspective
In Game 1, the Bears totaled five sacks as a team, their most since piling up eight sacks against Colorado in September of 2024.
SOLUTIONS: Hidden Gems Sudoku
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School librarians hesitant to discuss books, order more amid Texas battles to restrict titles, they say
To avoid conflict, some districts paused purchasing new books altogether after the passage of a new state law last year.
Prince George arrives at Eton, the elite school that taught his father
Britains Prince George has started the next stage of his education with his first day at Eton College on Tuesday. The 13-year-old is following in the footsteps of his father Prince William and his uncle, Prince Harry - both of whom attended the prestigious school outside of Londo...
Students deliver hundreds of cards to 101-year-old veteran who suffered serious injuries
Ed Beck has plenty of stories to tell, and at 101 years old, he is still making the effort to tell them. Beck joined the Army in 1944 at age 18. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where he and other American soldiers were surrounded by German forces. "They said I was the enemy...
Ex-etiquette: Respecting each other's turf
Q: My ex shows up for everything that involves our daughter, even when it happens during my parenting time. Soccer practices, school events, sometimes even routine appointments. When I say something, she tells me, “I'm her mother. I have every…...
Summer internship scramble
SPOTLIGHT| HIGHER EDUCATION
Trump spotlights autism as he cuts support agencies
At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith's 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he loves most: crafts, math and science....
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BAYLOR FOOTBALL
You had to be there
If there's anything I've learned in my young time covering high school sports in Central Texas, it's that you never know what you're going to get.
Baylor quarterback DJ Lagway day to day after ankle injury in season opener
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) -- Baylor’s season opener ended with a one-point loss to Auburn, but the biggest question coming out of the game is the health of quarterback DJ Lagway. The Florida transfer played through an apparent right ankle injury Saturday as the Bears fell to Auburn 17...
The Short List: Sept. 7
Brice Cherry asked me to cover a high school football game Friday night, something I had not done since before the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020. University and China Spring certainly delivered a great game to watch, a 29-23 overtime…...
CTC Students are learning to grow plants without soil
KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44) - Central Texas College Horticulture students are learning to grow plants without soil. Yes, without soil. It's called 'hydroponics," and CTC Horticulture students got hands-on experience planting lettuce in a hydroponic planter and identifying plant speci...
Zach Smith: Inside the locker room before, during and after Baylor's loss to Auburn
Baylor coach Dave Aranda doesn't eat much on game day. His minimalistic diet makes sense because if he ate any more, he'd probably just throw it up during the game....
No. 17 Florida sweeps No. 20 Baylor volleyball, douses undefeated start
By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer, Brooke Cranford | LTVN Sports Director No. 20 Baylor volleyball had its first major test of the season against No. 17 Florida. The Bears looked to ride their undefeated start to their first top-20 win of the season. LTVN’s Brooke Cranford has mo...
Sports Take: Baylor shows more upside in heartbreaker than last year’s opener
By Jacob Stowers | Digital Content Producer Baylor left Atlanta with a 17-16 loss and a game-losing two-point conversion that was short by inches. Still, the Bears (0-1) showed up in a different form than they did around a year ago when Auburn (1-0) left McLane Stadium with a 38-...
Fall sports are here. See how likely that sport is to take a kid to college
Hundreds of thousands of student athletes are returning to their college teams this fall. Earning a spot on collegiate rosters, or athletic scholarships, takes years of work from young athletes and thousands of dollars from their parents in fees, travel and other costs. But the o...
Pro Baseball Notebook: Ex-Baylor slugger still strong-arming baseballs in Yankees farm system
With Tyce Armstrong, the power is real, y’all.
Auburn’s last-second goal line stand seals 17-16 win over Baylor
By Jeffrey Cohen | S por t s Editor It was a one- poi n t game with nine se con ds remaining . The only thing sep ara ting Baylor and an upset win over Auburn was two yards. A year of being on the losing end to the Tigers could be reversed within six feet. Junior quarterback DJ L...
Brice Cherry: The DJ Lagway Experience offers a ride with both thrills, chills
DJ Lagway took Baylor through the gamut of emotions, with exhilarating highs and terrifying drops. Anyone in green and gold found themselves white-knuckling it right up until the very end....
Baylor notebook: Auburn's final stand mirrors Baylor's 2021 heroics
Five years later, Baylor found itself on the wrong end of an eerily familiar goal-line finish. Plus, DJ Lagway’s injury, Gavin Freeman’s debut and a new-look pass rush....
Being short is no fun: Auburn denies Baylor on final two-point try to beat Bears, 17-16
One yard. Dave Aranda has been on the right side of that gap, and now he’s been on the wrong side. The losing side feels a lot different.
Texas Wind blows down BVCHEA in rematch, 61-16
Texas Wind, the reigning state champion, breezed past Bryan BVCHEA Homeschool in mercy-rule fashion, 61-16, Friday night at the Bryan Regional Athletic Complex....
Former Cowboys, Baylor Standout Everett Back In Waco (for a day)
WACO (FOX 44) -- Former Baylor Bear and Dallas Cowboys defensive back Thomas Everett called Central Texas home again on Saturday (September 5, 2026) for a meet-and-greet with fans. Everett signed autographs and engaged with fans at Dick's Sporting Goods at Richland Mall in Waco f...
Eric Winters stops Baylor’s 2-point try as Auburn prevails 17-16
ATLANTA (AP) Safety Eric Winters spared Auburn from a Week 1 upset, stopping Baylor inches short of a two-point conversion with nine seconds remaining on the clock and preserving the Tigers' 17-16 win on Saturday. Quarterback Byrum Brown dodged a pile-up in the middle of the fiel...
CTC Nursing students gain hands-on experience through mannequins
KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44) - Central Texas College is well known for teaching their students through hands-on experience. For the nursing program, it's like "Baby Alive," but before the baby is born. Central Texas College's Nursing students are gaining their real-world experience in...
Florida deals Baylor volleyball its first defeat, 3-0
Florida knocked Baylor from the ranks of the volleyball unbeaten, as the 17th-ranked Gators swept the Bears at the Ferrell Center Saturday.
Baylor safety Jacob Redding tears ACL, out for rest of season
By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Senior safety Jacob Redding will miss all of the 2026 season with a torn ACL, according to Grayson Grundhoefer of Sicem365. Redding was initially listed as Baylor’s starting strong safety in the team’s depth chart that was released on Wednesday. F...
Baylor safety Jacob Redding to miss 2026 season with torn ACL
Baylor safety Jacob Redding will miss the 2026 season with a torn ACL. He broke out last season, finishing third in tackles and leading the team with three interceptions....
September student loan deadlines: Here's a look at what's due this month
Student loan borrowers, you have homework due by the end of September.
Super Centex After Dark: Instant reaction to Week 2 high school football
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KIRK KILLING: At a hearing Tuesday, Tyler Robinson, who is accused of shooting and killing prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus last year, pleaded not guilty to a charge that a judge ruled could carry the…...
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