Baylor News
Latry’s visit to Waco is part of Baylor School of Music’s Showcase Series, where he will perform works by Guilmant and Bach before closing with a live improvisation on a surprise theme. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Jones Concert Hall, followed by a master class with Baylor students the next day. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public.
Baylor football will look to separate itself coming out of the bye week. Energy and intensity are pushing the Bears toward Fort Worth.
Penn State was coming off of a national semifinal appearance and a 13-win season. After starting 3-3, head coach James Franklin was fired. The decision reveals that a coach’s success is not enough to guarantee his job.
Baylor Men’s Basketball has been nothing short of successful in the past 25 years. Here are the top five stars from this generation.
Waco News
Police arrested 17 students at Texas Christian University early Wednesday morning, including four members of the football team, as part of an investigation into students selling drugs.
The Freshman Class Council and the Triathlon Club will hold a new fundraiser in March to benefit Mission Waco — the Gut-Pak Run.
A Texas woman who prosecutors say was tortured for 12 days seemed to be in shock as she spoke to authorities following her rescue, initially defending the man accused of hanging her from a deer-skinning device and chaining her to a bed, according to a recording of the interview played at his trial Tuesday.
Baylor officials have confirmed that the Cadillac sedan found burning on Eastland Lake Road Thursday morning belonged to San Antonio Freshman Will Patterson.
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.

