Man, 59, dies in auto-pedestrian crash on Valley Mills Drive
A 59-year-old man died after he was hit by a pickup Tuesday night while walking on North Valley Mills Drive, Waco Police announced.
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Trump in Ohio and Obama in Georgia make closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal states
President Donald Trump's whirlwind campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress after next week's midterm elections returned to Ohio on Wednesday for the third time in a month, as President Barack Obama rallied Georgia Democrats. Trump has done more than 20 rallies this mo...
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Baylor begins the Klanderman era with a road test at UCF
For the first time since 2020, the Baylor Bears are preparing for a game without Dave Aranda as their head coach. Baylor parted ways with Aranda Sunday just one day after a 25-24 loss at Kansas dropped the Bears to 4-3 on the season and 2-2 in Big 12 play. WATCH the full story he...
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TribFridayNight Top Five: La Vega-Robinson, Rosebud-Lott-Thorndale headline pivotal district matchups
Here’s a look at the top five games of the week in Central Texas entering Week 10, including La Vega-Robinson, Rosebud-Lott-Thorndale, Vanguard-Plano Coram Deo Academy, University-Belton and Diboll-Fairfield. #txhsfb #TribFridayNight...
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Woman dragged 200 feet by semi on I-35 near Temple survives as family searches for the driver who fled
A woman says she was trapped under a semitrailer and dragged a couple hundred feet along Interstate 35 near Temple last Thursday, and now her family is asking for the community's help to find the driver responsible. Kerragan Simien was in the left lane of I-35 when she says the b...
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Youth can build strong skills through Teen Leadership Waco
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - The youth is our future, and it's important that we provide them with lessons to make them better leaders of tomorrow. This is why Rachel Ligon is here from the Waco Chamber of Commerce to tell us all about Teen Leadership Waco. You can watch our interview ...
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Wednesday Evening Forecast with Chief Meteorologist Mike LaPoint
Temperatures will remain above normal through Thursday with highs ranging from the upper 70s to mid 80s and lows in the 60s. Rain chances will increase tomorrow, especially across the western counties. A few isolated storms are possible during the afternoon. Coverage of rain will...
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'Baby Madison' laid to rest a decade after her remains were found in a suitcase near Madisonville
A decade after her skeletal remains were discovered inside a black suitcase off Interstate 45 near Madisonville, the young girl known as "Baby Madison" was finally laid to rest Tuesday at the Madisonville Cemetery made possible through local donations and community support. Watch...
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Smoke from LA fires exposed millions of people to high levels of toxic heavy metals, study says
At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical background level, according to a new study. Researchers from the California Institute of Technology co...
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Waco restaurant owner says months of road construction are driving away customers
A Waco business owner says ongoing construction on Franklin Avenue is hurting her restaurant and she just wants answers. Victoria Chapa, owner of Victoria's Mexican Food, says construction, cones, and road signs moved in around the same time she opened her business. The work has ...
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Iran sees only unacceptable ideas in latest mediation to end war, official says
Qatari mediators have presented Iran with a new draft deal to end the war with the U.S. and Israel, an official briefed on the negotiations said, but a senior Iranian official said Doha had only put forward unacceptable ideas that…...
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Israel's high-turnout vote brushed aside in rest of the Middle East
CAIRO/BEIRUT/GAZA — Israelis voted in record numbers in Tuesday's wartime election billed as a major turning point in the nation's history. Others across the Middle East were merely filled with more pessimism after a nationalist veteran prime minister and a…...
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Israel's election gives survivor Netanyahu a path to keep power
DUBAI — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled ahead on Wednesday as votes were counted in Israel’s election, but the loss of a parliamentary majority leaves his path to another term dependent on drawing rivals into a coalition....