Baylor News
Baylor baseball has improved every season under head coach Mitch Thompson. After making the Big 12 tournament for the first time in three years, the Bears are looking for a return to the national stage, even with 13 freshmen.
After last season’s razor-thin battles and a shifting power dynamic in the conference, Baylor and TCU meet again with title implications and momentum at stake. Now separated in the standings but still within striking distance, Thursday’s matchup could reshape the Big 12 race.
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.
Waco News
As Halloween draws near, churches across America are gearing up for the holiday and are looking for ways to put a faith-friendly spin on things.
The historically macabre holiday has received plenty of criticism from churches in recent years, but some churches are finding ways to take the element of fear out of Halloween, said religion department lecturer Dr. Joe Coker.
Through the Red Door Project, Central Texas Metropolitan Community Church is attempting to help those who are HIV positive by providing services to people suffering from the disease.
Trick or treating turns to the wild side as children and their parents are invited to attend Cameron Park Zoo’s annual Zoo Boo.
Zoo Boo is an event for children from two to 12 years of age. Zoo Boo takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloween night only.
Watergate scandal reporter Bob Woodward imparted his knowledge on presidents, politics and reporting at a live interview at McLennan Community College Tuesday night.
Woodward is most known for breaking the Watergate scandal in 1972 alongside fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, as well as writing 17 nonfiction bestsellers.
State News
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, with the execution scheduled for 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Central Texas military installation, roughly an hour from Baylor’s campus.
