University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said Monday he’s resigning because he’s accomplished the goals he set five years ago, not because of political turmoil surrounding the Board of Regents in recent months.

One man was arrested Friday afternoon in the 200 block of Gurley Lane near Baylor University after Waco Police Department officers executed a narcotics search warrant, according to a Waco police officer on scene with the Drug Enforcement Section.

Caritas is now taking leadership of a program that assists people in applying for the federal food stamp program SNAP. Caritas has received $75,000 in grants from local foundations in order to support this new responsibility.

You get to campus for the day when you realize your phone is dead. You have emails to send and lunch plans to coordinate with no way to contact anyone.

Baylor announced Thursday that Dr. Jon Singletary, dean of the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, will step down effective October 15. According to Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Singletary plans to return to the faculty to “focus on interdisciplinary research.”

Following an eighth-place finish in the Big 12, the Bears take to the diamond against a relaxed tournament field this weekend consisting of all junior college teams.

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Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed the legislation banning the sale of THC vapes in Texas, a move that has began to change both student usage patterns and local business operations in Waco after the Senate Bill 2024 took place on Sept. 1.

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