https://youtu.be/yilV2Y8Tal0By Claire Marie Scott | Sports DirectorThis week we have updates as the government shutdown enters a third weekspooky season is taking over fountain mall.Also, we preview football’s bout with TCU. 

The nation’s capital feels half-awake. The marble monuments still gleam under the fall sun, but the museums that give them voice stand dark and locked. Tourists wander quiet streets where government offices sit empty—a city paused by a shutdown now stretching into its third week.

A Waco home held a century-old secret, and Saturday guests got the opportunity to become detectives.

The Waco Police Department planned neighborhood block parties all across the city last Tuesday night in celebration of National Night Out.

Baylor track and field athletes are trading competition for community this fall, leading a six-week youth running program through the national nonprofit Run Your City. The Waco chapter kicked off its first season Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 19 at Rice Field, with free sessions held Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m.

Shelby Livingstone Anema initially saw herself focusing on sports ministry once her volleyball playing days ended — but through the persistence of those around her, Anema has found her calling to ministry through coaching collegiate volleyball.