Anthony Betters Sr. launched “U-Dawg Friday” to connect the South Waco neighborhood of his upbringing and to celebrate its champions.
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Inside the Waco child sex abuse plea deal that’s making trouble for Ken Paxton
Prosecutors with the Office of the Attorney General offered Adam Hoffman a one-day sentence after the defendant admitted the abuse, sparking a public uproar. Now it’s a campaign issue in the May 26 U.S. Senate runoff.
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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.
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“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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New Mayborn Museum exhibit depicts Central Texas as a “Cultural Crossroads”
The “Cultural Crossroads” exhibit shows how Native Americans, Anglo settlers, Tejanos and Black residents shaped the Central Texas we know today.
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A tiny home, a giant step: First residents of Mission Waco village leave homelessness for home
This week the first residents move into tiny homes at Creekside Community Village with the promise of peace, stability and community.
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Central Texas Food Bank hub in East Waco will help local hunger ministries scale up
The Central Texas Food Bank facility set to open in early June will help stock area pantries while preparing hot meals and offering job training.
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Turning Point headliner Benny Johnson tells Baylor crowd that deportation benefits gene pool
The YouTube conservative star also cheered Democratic men for getting vasectomies and said that 80% of the U.S. population would be the “progeny of conservatives” by the year 2100.
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Baylor’s dueling events peaceful as Turning Point casts blame over turnout
Student attendance for the Turning Point USA and “All Are Neighbors” events Wednesday each numbered in the hundreds. The conservative organization said Baylor forced it to turn away non-Baylor attendees, but the university said that was the original agreement.
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Photo Essay: Peace prevails as Baylor hosts TPUSA, progressive events
No conflict was evident Wednesday as hundreds of students attended competing political events by Turning Point USA and Baylor progressive groups.