Baylor Opera Theatre will present Henry Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas,” with veteran stage director Eric Gibson leading the student performers and assistant professor of voice Jeffrey Peterson conducting the Baylor Symphony Orchestra.

A Tennessee police department says it has fired an officer after 17 years on the force because he repeatedly smoked cigarettes inside the precinct in violation of the city’s no smoking policy.

Tennis and basketball teams played this weekend.

The Baylor men’s tennis team was defeated by Florida on Sunday in Waco. The Bears drop to 1-1 on the season and Florida moved to 1-0.