Birome, TX

Two people are displaced after a house fire early Tuesday morning. Waco Fire got the call to the 1000 block of N. 22nd St. just after 1 a.m.

Brittney Griner detention sentence in a Moscow Prison was extended after a Monday hearing.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Firefighters in Waco responded to a house fire in the 1000 block of N. 22nd Street twice overnight. According to firefighters, it first began around midnight. It’s unknown how many people were inside the house at that time, but we’re told they all made it out,...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Tyler Sherrod Clay, a Hewitt man at the center of a murder-for-hire scheme, on Monday pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a plea agreement that will likely set him free. In December 2018, a jury convicted Clay of hiring Keith Spratt to kill Joshua Ladale...

Remnants of old pipes, pavement and streetcar rails have been a time-consuming frustration for crews digging up Elm Avenue over the last two years in a $6.7 million rebuilding project. But workers from Barsh Construction uncovered a welcome treasure this month as they began work on the the blocks west...

A Zeeland woman is getting national recognition after winning the Silos Baking Competition on Food Network and Magnolia Network, hosted by Joanna Gaines from HGTV's "Fixer Upper" alongside top bakers

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – Waco-area travelers will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck program at the Waco Regional Airport. The program will be taking place until July 1. Those at the airport can sign up for the program and be enabled...

Waco Mammoth National Monument.

When I signed up for a monthlong trip to Ireland, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. When I think of Irish things, what comes to mind is usually clovers, leprechauns and Niall Horan. As much as I would have loved to have seen a real life leprechaun — or Niall Horan — I wasn’t expecting either of those wishes to come true.

It’s understandable if you’ve never heard of a kolache before. We’d never seen them before we started visiting Texas and the first ones we tried were from the local Buc-ee’s. Originally, the kolache was a Czech pastry typically with a fruit filling. Every Eastern European country...

My first thought was: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I’ve never even seen the movie, but that was the prevailing, somewhat unsettling feeling I got as I approached Waco Surf (née BSR Cable Park). Middle of nowhere. Creepy old shacks dotting vast Texas wilderness. The occasional overalls-wearing, tobacco-chewing farmhand side-eying us city folk as we kicked up dust in a flashy green Audi.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A lifelong fitness enthusiast who has helped spread wellness across Central Texas and worked at Baylor in fitness for more than two decades is retiring after 23 years and the university has made her an “Alumni by Choice.”. The special designation is described by Baylor...

If you're looking to find a four-legged friend then you're in luck! The Humane Society of Central Texas and City of Waco Animal Shelter reached full capacity in medium and large-size dog kennels. Now they are looking for people willing to adopt or foster. They have struggled to stay under...

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – In this installment of Destination Central Texas, we are taking a trip back in time!. Visitors to the Mammoth National Monument can take in some rare sights. Over 65,000 years ago – yes, you heard that right – this area was dominated by Colombian mammoths and other ice age mammals. After their extinction, their fossils remained – turning this area into a national monument of preservation.

Native Texan and former President Lyndon B. Johnson enjoyed it. Former first lady Jackie Kennedy did it all her life, and in the height of COVID-19 two years ago, CNN network caught a picture of Queen Elizabeth doing it at age 94. These historical greats will forever be associated with...

WACO, Texas — It's the busiest time of the year for traveling, but those on the move have been hit with chaos from canceled flights, lost luggage and high prices. Bambi Eskew, the general manager of Allen Samuels House of Travel in Waco, has been in the travel agency industry for 38 years. She says this isn't the first time she has seen this many troubles but it's for different reasons. This time around she believes limited staffing in all departments and areas of travel is one of the prime reasons driving the chaos.