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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 ...
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Baylor’s nonconference schedule is dwindling in a hurry. As it nears the finish line, the 22nd-ranked Bears have another opportunity to pass a test at LSU at 7 p.m. Thursday....
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McLennan volleyball had third-ranked Weatherford within reach for much of the first two sets Wednesday night, but the Highlanders couldn’t quite finish either one....
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The superintendent at Aquilla ISD is hanging up his hat. After more than 20 years, Dr. David Edison is retiring. Dr. Edison talked about the time hes spent at the school district. Dr. Edison will retire after the 2026-2027 school year. When I pulled up to this place 20 years ago,...
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Reigha Weaver | Arts & Life Writer When Welcome Week ends and classes start, churchgoing freshmen start wondering where they should spend their Sundays. Each new student might church hop for weeks trying to find what traits they are looking for in a church. For Waco newcomers lik...
parks
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX 44) -- Texas A&M is just days away from opening the season against Missouri, but the aggies still have questions to answer along the offensive line. One of the biggest competitions during fall camp has been determining which five players will start up ...
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Texas will receive $50.5 million in disaster recovery assistance “from the severe storms, winds, tornadoes, and flooding that hit them hard,” President Donald Trump announced Tuesday in a post on Truth Social....
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Robinson City Council members Tuesday voted unanimously against renewing a deal for Flock cameras, despite statistics from the city's police chief touting their benefits in fighting crime....
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ORLANDO, Fla. — No more excuses. No more transition seasons. No more rebuilding years. No more grading UCF football on a curve. Nobody expects UCF to go 13-0 this season. Nobody expects Scott Frost to recreate the magic of 2017,…...
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The U.S. and Venezuela are moving forward with efforts to expand energy deals, on the heels of an agreement allowing the U.S. to tap into Venezuelan oil, with aims of boosting the countrys oil production. Chevron and Eni, both already operating in Venezuela, were among them. The ...
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HOUSTON — Roads flooded, trees fell and power went out in East Texas as intense rain poured from the remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard on Wednesday, county emergency leaders said. Officials helped some people evacuate their homes as the storm…...
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Baylor defensive lineman Traevon Mitchell will play for Baylor for the time being after being granted a TRO on Wednesday. His temporary injunction hearing is set for Sept. 15....
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Here’s a look at the top five games of the week in Central Texas entering Week Two, including Midway-Aledo, China Spring-University, Cameron Yoe-Whitney, Lorena-Connally and Mart-Axtell. #txhsfb #TribFridayNight...
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AUSTIN — Scores of data center companies could face criminal investigations after most of the state's known data centers failed to respond to state-mandated inquiries into their water usage....
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Texas A&M opens the 2026 football season against Missouri State this Saturday night at Kyle Field, with kickoff set for 6 p.m. on ESPN. WATCH the full story here: Texas A&M vs. Missouri State Preview While the Aggies enter as heavy favorites, head coach Mike Elko says the opener ...
government
New York City will temporarily ban the use of AI for students until they reach high school. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday schools will discontinue AI programs for students below the 8th grade. "Each day when our children come to school, we teach them to ask questions, t...
safety
At least one person was killed and six others injured Wednesday in a shooting at an apartment building in downtown Minneapolis, according to officials. The Minneapolis Police Department responded just after 4:30 p.m. and warned the public to stay away from the area. Two police of...
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“Onslaught,” Adam Wingard’s return to indie horror, sees the filmmaker reveling in newfound freedom after directing two “Godzilla x Kong” movies. Dripping with style, references and lots of gore, this John Carpenter-inspired kill fest puts its R-rating to the test.…...
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Former Baylor football star Thomas Everett will be back in Waco Saturday for an appearance at Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Richland Mall.
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The Tribune-Herald is launching a new Super Centex Athlete of the Week program, beginning this week.
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Is your hometown the Capital of Texas High School Football?
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Deliberations in the triple murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy will stretch into a sixth day after jurors reported being deadlocked for a second time on Sept. 2....
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Vanguard College Preparatory School has announced its 2026 Alumni Hall of Fame class, with five former Vikings set to be inducted Sept. 26.
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Texas high school football just lost one of its biggest streaming platforms, and with it, a five-year deal to broadcast the UIL state championships that was barely a year old....
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Given that the playoffs will settle it all, one can make the case that the state rankings don’t mean much of anything. But they’re still fun to talk about....
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Players from China Spring, Teague and Coolidge took home initial honors as the winners of the fan voting in the WacoTrib.com Player of the Week poll.
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Midway will host the annual Hewitt Kiwanis Midway Invitational at the Heart of Texas Soccer Complex Thursday, with 40 teams scheduled to compete across six different JV and varsity races....
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The newest cast competing for the Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing With the Stars was unveiled Wednesday, featuring the usual complement of entertainers, reality stars and athletes ranging from gold medalists to a Savannah Bananas player. Among this year's 16 celebrity contestants: a...
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Netflix is turning a real-life presidential security operation that took place this year into a documentary. "Instadocs: The Decoy Plane" premieres Friday and takes viewers behind the scenes of a secret flight switch used during the president's trip to Turkey amid security concer...
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Artificial intelligence is already helping people decide what to buy and even what to eat, but is it really making life easier or just helping retailers sell more? A new study from Bayes Business School in London found customers using smart carts spent 32 percent more at the supe...
government
Killeen is raising taxes while making cuts to fund city services for the coming year, as leaders work through a budget that lost more than $16 million from tax exemptions alone. City Council voted to approve a tax rate one point below the voter-approved rate to fund basic service...
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Cast your vote in Hometown Showdown, a recurring reader-voting series built around local pride, school spirit and friendly rivalries.
safety
McLENNAN COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) - A major multi-vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 35 is impacting area traffic. The Robinson Volunteer Fire Department says the accident occurred just south of the Loop 340/Highway 6 interchange. The accident is impacting southbound I-35 tr...
business
Private-sector hiring hit the brakes in August. According to the latest ADP report , businesses added just 38,000 jobs. This was the weakest monthly gain in seven months and below economists' expectations. During the month of July, the U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs. June job gain...
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The housing industry is tied in a knot. Sales are dropping, but prices remain high. Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors did the homework in a new report containing some scary housing market statistics....
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Midway High School is in the midst of a $14.5-million athletic construction project that undoubtedly has led to some nuisances. But the end result should be more than worth it....
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The Bears should be riding a wave of confidence after that unbeaten run in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic in Honolulu last weekend.
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The college football season is here and there are several teams starting off with full-on belief they will be in the College Football Playoff. But there are only 12 spots....
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Summer ends on Labor Day. You can be annoying and say, no, it ends with the calendar, the rotation of the Earth, the coming of autumn on Sept. 23, but please, Labor Day, it’s always Labor Day. Which also happens…...
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Edouard has been a sneaky storm, having a mind of it's own when it comes to exact track. A wobble to the east brought more 90s and 100s and less rain Wednesday. We should see our summer heat dome move over Oklahoma as we head into Thursday and Friday. We will be on the south side...
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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…...
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Dallas police will deactivate almost half of the Flock license-plate cameras across the city this month after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause in state agency funding for the technology, the department announced Tuesday....
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PREDICTIONS: The Trib staff picks every local game for Week 2. #txhsfb #TribFridayNight #TribThursdayNight
government
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which spent nearly nine months at sea to support U.S. operations against Iran, docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday to give the crew of about 5,000 an opportunity for beachside rest and recuperation. The sailors and Marines a...
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Fort Hood, Tx (FOX44) - A Fort Hood soldier has been arraigned and is awaiting court martial, facing accusations of sexual assault while on a deployment in Saudi Arabia. Army Specialist Brian Moreno is charged with four specifications under Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Mili...
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Southwest Airlines has unveiled plans for its first-ever airport lounges. The airline is partnering with Chase to bring flyers a new experience before heading on one of their flights. RELATED STORY | Southwest Airlines converts to assigned seating for all flights Each lounge will...
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The $1 coin designed to celebrate America's 250th birthday and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish, will go on sale Wednesday, according the U.S. Mint. The coin's design Trump's visage as "heads" and the Great Seal of the United Sta...
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A decade after his stance against racial injustice made headlines, Colin Kaepernick says that while his mission goes on, his love for the NFL is long gone....
schools
Waco, Tx (FOX44) - Many McLennan County sidewalks are becoming a little more colorful as they become spaces for the creations of area students. Its part of something called the Sidewalk Obstacle Course Project, a partnership between Creative Waco and the McLennan County Health Di...
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A 20-year-old Haitian immigrant living in Springfield, Ohio, died Monday after his family says he stepped into traffic on a busy highway in what they allege was suicide. His family says Pierre Damas Bel had been struggling emotionally in recent weeks after learning he could face ...
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COLLEGE STATION / CALDWELL, Texas (FOX 44) - There are no more Brazos Valley and Central Texas counties not under outdoor burn bans - with both Brazos and Burleson Counties now under burn ban orders. Burleson County enacted its outdoor burn ban on Wednesday morning, while Brazos ...
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Christopher Cross doesn’t need to overpower a room. He only has to begin singing.
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State Board of Education members on Tuesday preliminarily approved a rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in social studies, largely disregarding pleas from Muslims who testified that schools should teach how people of Islamic faith positively contributed to world…...
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By Hollywood standards, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden was a total blowout. But for the couple, it was "Actually Romantic."...
