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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.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A group of Waco developers are moving forward in converting the former historic Anheuser-Busch building into a flourishing market, aiming to cater to locals and bring them to the booming downtown area. WAGBOO Properties, a group of developers who grew up in the Waco area, said...

MCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas — Clayton Construction owner Loyd Clayton Yost was arrested in late January after a warrant from McLennan County was issued out for his arrest, according to McClennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara. McNamara says Yost fled to North Dakota and was found at a hotel in Killdeer.

WACO, Texas — Former President Donald Trump is holding a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on Saturday, March 25 for his 2024 presidential campaign. The event is located at 7909 Karl May Dr. The doors will open at noon and the event is scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m.

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – The 2023 Texas Fire Chief Association’s Annual Conference is happening in Waco this week. The event brings together chiefs, assistant chiefs and fire service directors from around the state of Texas. The goal of the conference is to make improvements to the fire service, as well as to make things safer for firefighters. One of the main topics of conversation is leadership through adverse conditions – how to lead through chaos.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Prosecutors are seeking life in prison for a 23-year-old Waco man who shot his girlfriend during an argument in May 2021, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Dari Washington, who was set to stand trial Monday, pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony aggravated assault charge...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas tailor known as the best of the best is making dreams come true for more than a dozen high school girls who say, without her help, they’d never be able to afford attending their prom. Roxana Robles, owner of Couture Tailoring by...

Baylor Bears college softball coach Glenn Moore celebrated a milestone victory on Wednesday. Moore earned his 1,000th collegiate win as coach. The Bears beat UT Arlington to net the significant achievement for the Baylor coach. “No. 1,000 for the best out there!!! Congrats, @BUMoore,” the Baylor Softball account tweeted. No. 1,000 for the best out Read more... The post College softball coach celebrates milestone victory appeared first on The Comeback: Today’s Top Sports Stories & Reactions.

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – World Water Day is drawing awareness to Water Conservation talk in Waco, and the state of Texas. There is a positive initiative moving in the Texas legislature under the banner of the Texas Land and Water Conservation Fund. The fund is set to provide over 2 billion dollars to protect, […]

CHINA SPRING, Texas — China Spring ISD Board of Trustees approved the move to a four-day school week during a board meeting on Monday, March 20. According to the newly adopted calendar, Fridays are the days of the week in which China Spring campuses will be closed. However, not every week will be a four-day week.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Marking the saga of the Branch Davidian tragedy 30 years ago, a new Netflix documentary debuting Wednesday hopes to inform a new generation about the tragedy and to reveal a human side from conflicting perspectives. “Waco: American Apocalypse,” a three-part series directed by Dallas native Tiller...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A pair of sisters-in-law who both work at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest had their nine-month long pregnancy joke come true as both delivered babies on the same day in the same hospital despite having due dates nearly a week apart. Devon Nye, a pediatric nurse...

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.

Baylor assistant vice presidents Jason Cook and Ross VanDyke gave an update on the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center’s construction during Wednesday’s Baylor 101 session. The session saw the first reveal of the widely-anticipated interior of the Hurd Center, which will feature a new space for undergraduate admissions, a ballroom for events, a new spirit shop and an alumni center.

CHINA SPRING, Texas — The City of Waco has announced some guidelines surrounding the traffic impact of Donald Trump's campaign rally scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 25 at the Waco Regional Airport. According to the announcement, the city expects to see around 15,000 people in attendance and...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A new foster mom had a free hand to take notes in class thanks to a Baylor professor, and local superintendent, who held her baby at the front of the classroom. Traniece Brown-Warrens, 36, is a doctoral candidate in the Baylor University school of education’s K-12...

McLENNAN COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - 160 years of central Texas history was gone in a matter of minutes the morning of Tuesday, March 21. A fire destroyed the J.T. Rogers Cabin, one of only a handful of two-story log cabins remaining in the state of Texas. It was built in...

While driving around Waco, whether that be from home to campus, a trip to the grocery store or even just visiting a friend, you can’t help but notice one thing — the poor conditions of the roadways, which is something that must get fixed. According to the Better...

According to records from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), Legacy Landscapes, a Bellmead-based landscaping company, is set to open a new garden center in McLennan County, Texas. The Texas Garden will be a retail space offering a variety of plants, gardening tools, and landscaping supplies. Located at...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) -Central Texas colleges are closing monitoring software that can write almost anything for you with some simple instructions. It’s called ChatGPT and it’s an artificial intelligence software. ChatGPT came out in November of last year. So far, this school year, Central Texas College has seen...