Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a conglomerate-holding company based in Omaha, Neb., announced its purchase of the Waco Tribune-Herald on June 22.
Warren Buffett, the legendary business magnate, is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
The purchase, which was completed July 31 for an undisclosed price, was the second newspaper Berkshire Hathaway has purchased in Texas — the first being the Bryan-College Station Eagle.

Julian Assange lives in a pricey building in one of London’s toniest districts. But he is not staying in the lap of luxury.
The once globe-trotting WikiLeaks founder is confined to several hundred square feet of space inside Ecuador’s London embassy. If he goes outside he will be arrested by British police and extradited to Sweden to be questioned about allegations of sexual assault.

Construction is under way on the new Baylor Stadium after a $35 million contribution from the Waco City Council passed unanimously.
The first vote took place July 17. Both votes unanimously supported contributing the TIF funds which includes the public contribution.
The Waco City Council voted Aug. 7 during a public hearing to provide the Tax Increment Financing Zone funds to the stadium project, which was the second of two required votes.

On June 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bill H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, which could turn the Waco Mammoth Site into the Waco Mammoth National Monument. Now the bill only needs to pass the Senate to become official.