Tonight at 8 p.m., KWBU-FM will broadcast the last pre-recorded public forum on the potential school closings in the Waco Independent School District. Forums were held Jan. 5-12 to garner community feedback on the potential closures, which are because of an anticipated $3.4 million loss in state revenue. The school district is looking to combat the budget shortfall and save money by closing down schools that are under-capacity, according to wacoisd.org.
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A man last known to be in Moody, a town about 28 miles southwest of Waco, was recently added to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list.
Many websites joined Wikipedia Wednesday in their efforts to protest against two anti-piracy bills: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Wikipedia blacked out its site for the entire day, and other sites took actions of their own.
Baylor officials released on Dec. 12 the first public draft of the university’s next strategic plan, which will carry the university beyond the Baylor 2012 vision while reaffirming many of the expiring plan’s goals for university development.
For some, the start of the new year brought grief and sadness as they returned to Baylor from the holiday break — without three of their peers.
While some may associate the sport of wakeboarding with hot summer weather or weekend trips to the lake house, a handful of Baylor students make wakeboarding a fact of life despite the season, pursuing the sport throughout the year.
The series of robberies that occurred in the area west of Baylor campus last semester came to a stand still over the holiday season, while many students and faculty were on their breaks.
This year’s recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Dr. Brian Coppola of the University of Michigan, will be joining the Baylor Chemistry and Biochemistry Department for the spring 2013 semester.
After years of being nestled in the corners of the Hankamer School of Business, The Wall Street Journal has left the building.
On Tuesday evening, the Hankamer School of Business hosted a private pre-screening of CBS’ show “Undercover Boss” in Waco Hall with The Dwyer Group CEO Dina Dwyer-Owens, who participated in the show. Other contributors from the show were also in attendance.
A student-run Christian organization, I Am Second, launched at Baylor Tuesday.
Chet Edwards’ career sounds like a distinguished game of muscial chairs, the former statesman going from one illustrious seat to another.
Area college students now have a less expensive way to help prevent a deadly disease.
Students wishing to earn an additional major offered outside their degree program may benefit from a new policy that allows them to do just that without having to complete the core requirements for a second degree.
The director of development for George W. Truett Theological Seminary will step down from his position at the end of the month after accepting the top executive post with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT).
For the first time, Baylor students may enter an open photography contest in which the winning pictures will be enlarged and displayed in the Bill Daniel Student Center Den.
The Baylor Alumni Association will host its second annual Hall of Fame awards celebration at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Convention Center in downtown Waco.
His wealth and taxes suddenly a campaign focus, Mitt Romney said Tuesday he pays an effective federal tax rate of about 15 percent. That’s far less than if his earnings were wages rather than gains from investments and dividends, and the disclosure under pressure triggered a sharp response from the Democratic White House as well as one of his GOP presidential rivals.
Cypress resident and former Baylor student Aaron Legrand Sims, 18, was arrested Jan. 11 on charges of possession of child pornography after Baylor police searched his Heritage House dorm room in North Village Residential Community and seized his computer.
The Lariat was at the press conference January 11th to hear Robert Griffin III’s announcement to enter the NFL draft. Way to go, RGIII.
Baylor University’s vice president for student life Kevin Jackson announced three gatherings hosted by Spiritual Life this week. Each is open to Baylor faculty, students and staff and remembers a student who died over Christmas break.
Down by 18 at one point, it appeared the magic of Baylor football’s 2011 season would end Thursday night in San Antonio against Washington. A team with a Heisman winner, however, did not give up that easy, and at the end of the night, confetti and balloons were raining down on head coach Art Briles and the Bears.
No. 6 Baylor improved to 13-0 with a 54-52 win over No. 14 Mississippi State.
A single-engine plane crashed in central Texas, killing five people aboard including two children, and the victims were likely related, officials said Tuesday.
NWAonline.com, a local news site for northwest Arkansas, has reported that one of the deceased in what local officials called an apparent murdered suicide, was a Baylor student.
The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Waco Police claim an earlier reported robbery did not occur
Faith: something that holds the promise of a better tomorrow. Something shown by Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III and the reality of the tomorrow promised by head coach Art Briles when he came to Baylor in 2008.
Students and fans can celebrate the best of times with junior quarterback Robert Griffin III’s Heisman victory and the overall success of Baylor football today. Alumni, moreover, can look back at how Baylor football performed during their years and be even more thankful.
Texas’ March primary will likely be delayed after the Supreme Court on Friday blocked the use of state legislative and congressional district maps that were drawn by federal judges.
Baylor Student Activities is confident the SUB will hold everyone who comes to the Heisman trophy watch party on Saturday night.
