A countywide burn ban and the most severe period of drought and wildfires in recent memory won’t prevent Baylor Chamber of Commerce from putting on the traditional Homecoming bonfire this Friday on Fountain Mall.

In the current trying economic times, Baylor has continued to offer many financial aid opportunities. As a result of this and other criteria, the university has been named a “Best Value in Private Colleges” by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine for 2011-2012.

Winona Nawara, 84, sits outside in a white lawn chair facing the street. She doesn’t like the cold, so she keeps snug in a pair of cherry-red pants, a warm cream sweatshirt and an even warmer smile.

Baylor will travel to play the new member of the Big 12 conference, West Virginia University.

A group of six Baylor students presented original research about Native Americans from a rock shelter at the Texas Archaeological Society’s annual meeting Friday through Sunday in Dallas.