Waco-area news briefs: Zoo Tunes returns, features Waco Symphony on Sunday
Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
safety
LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY, Texas (FOX 44) - A woman is dead and a man has been arrested after a shooting in Little River-Academy. Bell County Sheriff’s deputies and officers with the Little River-Academy Police Department responded to the 100 block of South Allison Drive in Little Riv...
News
Cloudy skies and continued rain chances will keep the weekend cool in the 60s and 70s. The greatest rain chances will be across west/southwestern Central Texas through Sunday. Rainfall will be generally light with this system with most that receive rain only getting amounts under...
safety
ROBERTSON COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) - A search is underway for an elderly woman listed as missing and endangered. According to the Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley, 75-year-old Patricia Wylie Emert has been reported missing to the Robertson County Sheriff's Office. She was last see...
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🏐 🏐 Central Texas volleyball playoff info 🏐 🏐 Sites, times and matchups for all the games.
safety
FAIRFIELD, Texas (FOX 44) - Two people were taken into Fairfield Police custody after allegedly firing gunshots and striking a patrol vehicle. The Fairfield Police Department says two officers assisted by Freestone County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of gunfire in the ...
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With gratitude for a life centered on family, faith, and the simple joys of home, Martha Jane Tadlock passed away on November 1,2026, in Friendswood, Texas, at the age of 87....
schools
By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer After beating UCF 41-9 last weekend and with the aura that surrounds homecoming weekend, McLane Stadium had an energy not seen since it came back home after the win over Arizona State. But that energy quickly faded when Baylor went down 10-0 to Io...
schools
By Hannah Webb | News Editor Baylor football is bowl-eligible, two games into the interim head coach Joe Klanderman era and somehow still so very impossible to figure out. The Bears (6-3, 4-2 Big 12) defeated Iowa State (4-5, 2-4 Big 12) 42-31 at McLane Stadium Saturday, earning ...
schools
Baylor football is officially heading back to a bowl game for the first time since 2024, and the Bears did it in convincing fashion. Baylor beats Iowa State to become bowl eligible After stumbling out of the gates and falling behind 10-0 against Iowa State, Baylor found its rhyth...
News
What started as a dream home for a couple in Central Kentucky quickly turned into what they describe as a living nightmare after they began finding snakes throughout the property. Jessica Perry and her husband closed on their Salvisa home on Aug. 5 after spotting the property on ...
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Rain is already entering portions of central Texas from a system to the west of us. This system will continue to to churn and bring rain to our northern counties overnight. Our western and southwest counties will likely receive the heaviest rain for Sunday morning and afternoon. ...
government
Democrat Scott Colom hasn't won Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure Friday as he strolled through the Farish Street business district where civil rights leaders once organized. "It's so wonderful! It's so wonderful to have Sc...
