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Waco, Tx (FOX44) – Waco Police have tracked down a woman they believed to have been involved in a December 2022 incident in which shots were fired into a Waco home. Taesha Cornelius Richardson was booked into the McLennan County Jail Monday on a charge of felony deadly conduct, discharge of a firearm. Waco Police Department spokesperson Cierra Shipley said it was on December 30 that officers were sent to a home in the 600 block of North 16th Street on a report of a disturbance between two women.

Shots fired into Waco home, woman charged

Hewitt, TX

HEWITT, Texas (FOX 44) – Unattended cooking in the kitchen of a Hewitt home leads to a structure fire. The City of Hewitt Fire Department received a call around 3:09 p.m. Monday for a fire in the 100 Block of Gruver Circle. Crews spotted heavy smoke in the area and requested Waco Fire for mutual aid.

Unattended cooking leads to Hewitt structure fire

Killeen, TX

Killeen, Tx (FOX44) – An 18-year-old Killeen woman remained in the Bell County Jail on Monday. She is held on charges in connection with a drive-by shooting where shots were fired and struck a house with people inside. The incident occurred in the 2900 block of Tarrant County Drive...

Killeen woman held in drive-by shooting

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – The Texas Department of Transportation has some closures in Waco which are in effect. The northbound lanes on the Business 77 Bridge at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard have been closed as contractor crews begin preparations for roadway repairs. The repairs are expected to last through this Wednesday.

Lane closures on BU 77 Bridge announced

Temple, TX

Temple, Tx (FOX44) – When Temple Police stopped to check on a man after they spotted him dumpster diving, they ended up taking the woman with him to jail as a result of what they found when they checked out their car. Officers spotted the activity about 8:00 a.m....

Dumpster diving sighting leads to a drug arrest

Temple, Tx (FOX44) – The City of Temple is hiring some outside help to assist in the pickup and disposal of brush left over from the February ice storm. D&J Enterprises will begin collecting the remaining curbside brush piles starting this Tuesday – with the City of Temple to pay them an estimated $400,000 to do it. They will also grind up the brush, which will be used by Waste Management as groundcover for the City’s landfill.

Temple hires help for storm brush cleanup

Belton, Tx (FOX44) – A 22-year-old Killeen man has been given a life sentence after entering a guilty plea to a charge of murder in connection with the July 31, 2021 shooting death of 24-year-old Skyler Mills in Harker Heights. Jeremiah Lane Mitchell was originally charged with capital murder...

Life sentence for Killeen man in murder case plea deal

China Spring, TX

China Spring (FOX 44/KWKT) — China Spring Independent School District is the latest district in Texas to adopt a 4-day school week. The Board of Trustees accepted the calendar on Monday night. The new calendar will start with the 2023-2024 school year, on August 7th. The last day will...

China Spring ISD adopts 4-day school week

Dallas, TX

Waco (FOX 44/KWKT) — During the month of March, FOX 44 News, and our parent company Nexstar Media, is celebrating the remarkable women of Central Texas. Marissa Maguire is one of those women. She has worked in the hospitality industry since the age of 18. She has been a general manager at hotels like Marriott and Hilton.

Remarkable Women: Marissa Maguire

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – The Waco Veterans Affairs hosted an event under the PACT Act to help local veterans and survivors enroll in benefits that they have earned. The PACT Act is a new law that was just passed and signed by President Biden in August of 2022 to expand benefits for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances in Vietnam, the Gulf War and post 9/11 conflicts in the Middle East.

Waco Veterans Affairs and PACT Act

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Construction workers hospitalized in Belton crash

BELTON, Texas (FOX 44) – Two construction workers are in the hospital after a crash in Belton on January 26. Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers...

Construction workers hospitalized in Belton crash

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