Rural residents alarmed as a second data center is proposed in the Waco area
Cipher Digital has bought some 300 acres near Riesel and is seeking to connect to the state electric grid. Area residents and leaders say they remain in the dark…
EDUCATION
Divide grows on Waco ISD board as ousted president lashes out
The process to fill a vacant seat has split the board for months. Tensions came to a head Thursday when Jose Vidaña took to social media to criticize other board members for replacing him as board president.
“We’re on the right track now”: Connally ISD’s new leaders and community face life under state control
After years of academic struggles, massive change is underway at the district this month, with new leadership and consolidated campuses.
Growth
Waco council to vote on $50M+ contribution to I-35 big box development
The public-private partnership would develop a 252-acre parcel alongside at Highway 6 and bring national retailers to the vacant tract. In return, Waco estimates $105 million in private retail development.
Lacy Lakeview needs Waco’s help to realize its data center dreams. It’s not going well.
Lacy Lakeview’s hasty approach to the data center project has alienated the Waco officials who would control water service to the site. “Without the City of Waco agreeing to it, Lacy Lakeview can’t do anything out there and neither can Infrakey,” State Rep. Pat Curry said. “Those guys don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”
Community
A storied Waco school falls to bulldozers, but the stories will remain
An effort to preserve the history of the school originally known as Jefferson-Moore High proceeds as the 54-year-old campus is cleared for the Barron’s Branch development.
“A wonderful and beautiful thing”: Mayborn’s new exhibit wins praise from community leaders
Three years in the making, the museum at Baylor University worked with leaders from communities that helped shape Central Texas, including Indian tribes and African-American churches.
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