Baylor News
Snubbed by the NBA, former Baylor guard Aundre Branch played professionally overseas — until one day, he got a call from the Harlem Globetrotters.
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.”
Waco News
A robbery suspect and a resident are dead after a drug-related home invasion involving gunfire at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday at 1902 S. 16th St., said Waco Police spokesman Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton.
When Carlos Colón went back to his native country of El Salvador to go attend a symphonic choral piece performance, he sat next to a man who could not read and was flying for the very first time. After ten years, he was finally being reunited with his family.
The signal from RadioShack Corp., the company that introduced the first mass-market personal computer, is fading after years of heavy losses and the suspension of its shares.
The McLennan County representatives voted unanimously in favor of a new rural transit system Thursday evening at the McLennan County Courthouse.
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
Trump encouraged voter turnout and touts policy victories, saying, “Pretend I’m on the ballot.” He also announced that if Republicans win the House and Senate, every adult U.S. citizen would receive a $5,000 dividend.

