Baylor students who are parents will be able to attend the first Family Fun Festival, an afternoon of games and activities for the whole family to enjoy.
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For Alexandria, La., junior Tori Hinton, St. Jude Children’s Hospital is not another charity, it’s a life saver.
The Talitha Koum Institute developed a new way to provide more support to Waco’s impoverished children.
November is American Diabetes Month. This effort put forth by the American Diabetes Association is meant to spread awareness of the life-changing, life-threatening disease.
Every year for nearly 25 years, Baylor alumnus Kim Gorum has waited in line with thousands of community members for his chance to delve into his favorite world.
Dominique Lewis was 6 years old when he was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Now, 12 years later he is an encouragement to others fighting the disease.
Georgetown freshman Audrey Hamin is channeling her heartbreak for persecuted Christians around the world to unite students on campus through prayer.
Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Many people do it anyway.
Gas prices in Central Texas are at the lowest point since December 2010, just in time for holiday and travel.
McLennan County elections resulted in a Republican-leaning local government.
Republicans rolled up the string of victories they needed Tuesday night to seize control the Senate, the biggest prize in the midterm elections. North Carolina put them over the top.
With the U.S. Senate at stake, millions of voters went to the polls Tuesday with a mix of concern about the nation’s future, skepticism about gridlock in Washington, and, for some, a little enthusiasm about the day.
Mansfield junior Travis James Brown, 20, is free on a $20,000 bond after being charged with intoxicated assault and failing to render aid after a motor vehicle-pedestrian accident Saturday.
On a final, furious day of campaigning, Republicans strained to capture control of the Senate while Democrats struggled to limit their congressional losses in elections midway through an unpopular President Barack Obama’s second term.
An advocate from a nonprofit mental health organization is on Baylor’s campus today to spread awareness of mental health issues and help struggling college students.
Tonya Williams, a Dallas native who has lived in Waco for the past 18 years, attributes her success and well-being today to one of Waco’s oldest non-profit organizations.
Dr. Tyler Cooper, CEO of Cooper Aerobics Center, addressed the crisis of rising healthcare costs and decreasing recipients Thursday on campus.
Voters across the nation are deciding whether to set aside billions of dollars for parks and preservation in what some environmentalists are calling one of the most significant elections for land conservation in American history.
A geology professor and two doctoral candidates in geology at Baylor are working on new ways to extract crude oil in western Canada.
Members of Waco’s Heart of Texas Marine Corps League will run alongside the Waco community this weekend to support their fellow service members.
Houston city attorneys have withdrawn subpoenas that sought speeches and other information from five pastors who publicly opposed an ordinance banning discrimination of gay and transgender residents, the mayor said Wednesday.
Students involved in Baylor’s Global Community Living Center have come up with a new fundraiser to raise hunger and cultural awareness in the community by supporting a local charity.
AT&T is being sued by the government over allegations it misled millions of smartphone customers who were promised unlimited data but had their Internet speeds cut by the company — slowing their ability to open web pages or watch streaming video.
City planners in downtown Waco have proposed to change some downtown streets from their current one-way layouts to two-way, hoping to foster a sense of community activity.
Baylor’s Model United Nations program is reaching out to high school students across the country to build both the program and the university.
Dr. Cheolho Sim, assistant professor of biology, has a laboratory that is as dark, hot and humid as a rainforest. He keeps various species of mosquitoes there and works on ways to prevent them from spreading tropical diseases.
Scholars and musicians from across the nation are gathering today to begin a weekend-long conference over music, faith and history at the 2014 Pruit Symposium.
Mission Waco and the Baylor Dining Culinary Program are bringing a few lessons in culinary arts to Waco citizens in need.
The Humane Society of Central Texas is in the process of a $2 million renovation project that will help the organization attain its goal of becoming a “no kill” shelter.
A new motion-capture laboratory being set up at Baylor will soon help bio-mechanists treat walking disabilities and develop devices to monitor the body status of patients.
