Baylor News
When driving around Waco, the Hispanic and Latino presence is evident through restaurants, supermarkets, food trucks and churches. From El Charro Tapatio to Las Trancas Taco Stand, Waco has a multitude of grassroots businesses that run deep with Latino and Hispanic culture, as well as the city.
Baylor Theatre is transporting audiences into the world of Wonderland in its upcoming production of “Alice by Heart.” The musical is set in World War II and reimagines Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
For avid concertgoer and obsessive poster collector Larry Cartmell, the brilliance of these artistic displays was obvious. This February, that collection steps out of Cartmell’s personal space and onto the walls of Art Center Waco in “If These Walls Could Talk.”
For VirtuOSO, Baylor’s competitive jazz a capella group, the taste of victory is still lingering as they celebrate a first place win at the quarterfinals for the ICCA Southwest Region competition in San Antonio on Jan. 31.
Waco News
The Lariat finds out what the director of Mission Waco has been up to
By Rylee Seavers | Staff WriterGirl Scout cookie season is fast approaching in Central Texas.…
Lucious lettuce, sweet strawberries, crunchy carrots. For some of Waco’s inhabitants, such fresh produce is…
By Megan Rule | Staff WriterThe Historic Waco Foundation will continue its tradition of celebrating…
Covid-19
“Since July 1st, Baylor’s campus has had nine positives out of 48 tests,” Stern said. “And in the last month alone, we have had seven positives out of 29 tests, which is almost a 25% positivity rate.”
State News
Texas voters turned out in historic numbers Tuesday, delivering victories for State Rep. James Talarico and forcing a runoff between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s U.S. Senate contest that claimed national attention. The total early-voting turnout of more than 2.5 million marks the highest ever for a midterm primary election. The results also kicked off the 2026 midterm cycle.

