As the Heart of Texas Fair prepares to kick off at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, organizers say they are working to keep the annual event affordable for families, even as high diesel prices continue to impact exhibitors and agricultural programs across the state. For students like Mikie Miko...
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US 190 (SH 6) is shut down early Tuesday morning due to a deadly crash south of Hearne, according to officials. The Bremond Volunteer Fire Department said a "major vehicle accident" near Pin Oak Creek has shut down the entire highway, with no estimated time for reopening. Accordi...
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After a federally funded television advertisement featuring President Donald Trump aired on stations across the United States, Trump said Monday that his political action committee would cover the cost. The advertisement drew criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, who arg...
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Central Texans are looking at a cool morning in the low 60s, then another warm, mild and sunny afternoon. Humidity remains on the low end, making for comfortably warm daytime highs in the mid-80s. Rain stays out of the forecast, except for a very small chance on Friday. High temp...
government
By Tripp Henderson | Staff Writer Doris Miller was never meant to be a hero. In fact, on the early morning of Dec. 7, 1941, mere moments before the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Miller was aboard the USS West Virginia collecting laundry. Former Baylor profe...
schools
By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer Immigration policy has become one of the most debated topics in American politics, with shifts in federal policy creating uncertainty for immigrant communities across the country. In an effort to understand how immigration policy affects both immigra...
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By Kamryn Anthis | Staff Writer Classical concert pianist, minister, author and mother Jade Simmons is taking an unconventional route to the U.S. Senate, running as an independent write-in candidate in Texas’ Nov. 3 election. During an event Monday at Baylor, Simmons broke down w...
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By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Senior punter Palmer Williams faced sky-high expectations entering 2026. He came off a junior season where he was named an All-American and Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year. He has continued to step up his game so much that it has left oppo...
government
By The Editorial Board There were over 50 men. That’s how many people witnessed the explicit messages in the 2024 Chi Phi Snapchat group chat at Cornell University. Statements like “Free p—-y” were used to refer to the “Jane Doe” by defendants Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Diego ...
schools
By Abby Rathburn | Staff Writer Throughout my middle and high school years, I took Spanish. I learned vocabulary, grammar, verb tenses and the proper pronunciation of the language. But after my sophomore year of high school, I decided to stop. Even though I enjoyed what I was lea...
business
By Reagan Hunter | Reporter For St. Louis senior Ava Janes, music has always been about more than what happens onstage. Janes, a violin performance major with a secondary major in film and digital media studies and a minor in business administration, has spent much of her life pe...
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Born in Honduras and raised in that Central American country, as well as the United States, Thailand and Puerto Rico, musician Lily Vakili said hearing so many different genres of music set the tone for what she wanted to do…...
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Tiny St. Andrews has a huge reputation, known around the world as the birthplace and royal seat of golf. The chance to play on the world’s oldest course – or at least take in the iconic view of its 18th…...
