Baylor News
https://youtu.be/LowOVAq80Uk?si=_53DZXUrUqcaBDG_By Irma Peña | Executive Producer, Claire-Marie Scott | Managing Editor, Aiden Richmond | Sports…
The Bears hopped past Minnesota Wednesday evening 67-48 in their opening game of the College Basketball Crown.
Taking a gap year does not mean abandoning your goals. It means strengthening your ability to pursue them. It allows for reflection, growth and, perhaps most importantly, recovery. When you return — whether to school or another path — you do so with clarity rather than exhaustion.
The world will not end just because a rapper dislikes cats, and if you are really offended by Timothée Chalamet’s comments, support your local opera and ballet.
Waco News
Baylor alumnus wins local mayoral race in the first competitive election in years.
Republican Pete Sessions has officially been elected to represent US House District 17, which includes Waco-McLennan County, after Bill Flores retirement.
Andrea J. Barefield will once again be serving as the Waco District One City Council Member after being re-elected Tuesday night.
Jose Vidaña, Cary DuPuy and Robin Houston, will remain on the Waco ISD school board after being re-elected to the school board.
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.

