Americans are focused on scaling back spending this holiday season, and that includes travel spending. NerdWallet’s 2026 Holiday Travel Report reveals that 31% of Americans plan to forgo things like flights and hotels this year. That’s a 22% increase over…
government
Election Day is Tuesday for races ranging from U.S. Senate to the statehouse and local city councils. Here where to vote in Waco/McLennan County, and what's on the ballot....
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The last time a Democrat won statewide in Texas, James Talarico was in kindergarten.
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SEATTLE — CBS Sports college football writer Tom Fornelli follows the same formula after every head-coaching hire. Regardless of who’s doing the hiring, or who’s getting hired, he inserts each into a recycled two-sentence structure on social media. [COACH] is…...
library
Look, you’re going to need a good book or two this month. As the holidays come hurtling our way, many of us will find ourselves shopping, cooking and traveling throughout the rest of the year – which is great! –…...
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They say everything’s bigger in Texas. And you could say that adage applies to the way Grapevine celebrates the holiday season. This suburb of roughly 50,000 residents in the middle of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is known as the Christmas…...
parks
Travelers often focus on the big-ticket expenses when planning a getaway—airfare, hotel rooms, and rental cars—but it’s often the little extras that quietly inflate the final bill. From checked baggage fees and airport parking to resort charges and premium seat…...
parks
DENVER -- Coloradans will have a new place to camp and kayak near Pikes Peak when a campground opens next year. Last month, officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife broke ground on a new recreation area at Rosemont Reservoir, about…...
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GEOQUIZ: By land area, what is the largest country in Western Europe? ANSWER: France ©2026 Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC....
schools
The La Vega band performs during halftime at Rocket Field. Students got dressed up for the performance on Friday night, the day before Halloween and two days before Sunday's Día de los Muertos, the two-day Mexican celebration that coincides with…...
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Robinson quarterback Brice McCurdy gets wrapped up by La Vega's Eddison King in the second half of a Friday night's 50-23 Pirates victory at Rocket Field. McCurdy, who's committed to TCU, completed eight of 14 passes for 145 yards and…...
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Whitney quarterback Kobe Haynes had four touchdown passes and four touchdown runs, including rushing scores of 98 and 73 yards, in the first half of the Wildcats' 77-27 home win over Groesbeck on Friday night....
