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Three running for McLennan County sheriff
Incumbent Sheriff Parnell McNamara, Willie Tompkins and Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton are running for the McLennan County Sheriff position.
The primary election is...
No. 2 Baylor hosts Iowa State for homecoming
For the Baylor Bears, homecoming is a special time of the year. Families get together and celebrate their Baylor pride, reuniting for Pigskin Revue...
“Beauty Behind the Madness” The Weeknd
Since 2011, Canadian artist The Weeknd has been a powerhouse in the R&B genre, becoming the face of alternative R&B. With his melancholy beats...
Viewpoint: You grow in the moments where crap happens
People like to tell stories about their time during college — what they did, saw, won, who they knew, etc. I have some pretty great college stories, and most of them originate in the Lariat newsroom.
Small plane crashes into home
A small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a home on Chicago’s southwest side Tuesday, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were asleep just inches away.
Active Alaska volcano calms down for now after eruption
One of Alaska’s most active volcanos has calmed down since spewing ash up to 35,000 feet into the air over the weekend, but scientists said Monday the volcano has a pattern of prolonged eruptions of varying intensity. They’re not ready to consider this explosion over.
Alexa Brackin
Alexa Brackin
Broadcast News Producer
Houston, Texas Senior
Journalism, Environmental Studies
Alexa Brackin is a senior Journalism major with an environmental studies minor. This is her fifth semester...
Texas vets find therapy on water
By Jacquielynn Floyd
Associated Press
DALLAS - People who carry on with missionary zeal about the poetry of sailing are probably not manning a bilge pump...
International students to get taste of authentic Texas culture
This Friday, students from 73 countries will spend an evening soaking in the cultural experience of a Texas ranch.
Rising From The Ashes
Rising From The Ashes
Remembering West
Contents:
City of West celebrates rebuilding one year later
Community remembers fallen with memorials
One year later: Mayor says West is resilient, hopeful
Humane...
Humane Society helps animals return home
A year ago, citizens of West were faced with the horrific aftermath of the fertilizer explosion that left 15 dead, over 160 wounded and several homes destroyed.
New storage space available for data
By Nico Zulli and Allyssa Schoonover
Reporters
Baylor Box Service is a newly available cloud-based service system that provides greater storage and security of data for...
Students to step out, help Waco
Baylor students will once again step out into the community by participating the 28th annual Steppin’ Out.
Started in 1985 at Baylor, Steppin’ Out is a service event that provides Baylor students with opportunities to serve the community.
This semester student volunteers will spread across 70 different sites in the Waco and West communities from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Soccer braces for two tough Big 12 matches this weekend
No. 23 Baylor’s road to success will not be easy as it goes up against two Big 12 powerhouses beginning with a tough road test against Texas at 7 p.m. Friday before coming back home for a showdown against No. 15 Texas Tech at 1 p.m. Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
“When you get to conference every team is really good,” senior defender Selby Polley said. “In Texas they have a lot of height, so it will be a good challenge in the air for us. Sunday with Tech it’s just always a battle. They’re probably one of our rivals in conference and it’s always really competitive when we play against them.”
Kenya defeats mall terrorists; 67 dead
Kenya’s president proclaimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces had “ashamed and defeated our attackers” following a bloody four-day siege in which dozens of civilians were killed.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said the dead included 61 civilians whose bodies have been recovered so far and six security forces, while some 175 were injured, including 62 who remain hospitalized.
Second Quarter Waco Police Department Meritorious Awards Ceremony
More than 40 Waco first responders who aided the city of West during the April 17 explosion were honored by the Waco Police Department. West Mayor Tommy Muska and Waco Police Department Chief Brent Stroman handed out the awards, which included several Medals of Valor, during the second quarterly ceremony Thursday.
Fallen men relieved of duty
Twelve flag-draped caskets stood next to twelve smiling portraits of the first responders who died in last week’s explosion in West.
In front of each stood a uniformed figure. Some old and some young, some with the decorations of rank and office and some unadorned. Periodically a column of similar figures would march in front and raise a hand slowly in a salute. With a quick step to the side, the first responders change places and continue their vigil — a vigil they held from early Thursday morning until the service concluded Thursday evening.
Blast epicenter located; memorial service scheduled
The center of the massive explosion at West Fertilizer Co., has been located.
According to Assistant Texas Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner at a press conference Sunday morning, the epicenter of the blast has been found and investigators will be working inward from areas with the least damage to areas with the most damage.
Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday as people around the city breathed easier and investigators tried to piece together the who and why of the deadly plot.
Shots fired in Mass. as police seek bomb suspect
The Massachusetts State Police spokesman says there is "renewed activity" in connection with the search for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Emergency and military vehicles are speeding through town. Police tell The Associated Press that shots have been fired.
Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed
SWAT teams in armored vehicles took command of the tense and locked-down streets of Boston and its suburbs Friday in an all-out hunt for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect after his older brother died in a desperate getaway attempt.
Baylor holds blood drive; search and rescue continues
The bodies of 12 people were recovered Thursday night, just two days after a local fertilizer plant exploded in West, according to a spokesman from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
President’s Concert to feature Beethoven
Beethoven’s immortality will be put on display Saturday night.
The Baylor Symphony Orchestra, the A Cappella Choir, the Concert Choir and the Central Texas Choral Society will combine forces and end the concert season definitively with Ludwig van Beethoven’s colossal Symphony No. 9.
12 bodies recovered after Texas blast, 200 injured
The bodies of 12 people have been recovered after an enormous Texas fertilizer plant explosion that demolished surrounding neighborhoods for blocks and left about 200 other people injured, authorities said Friday.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes said it was "with a heavy heart" that he confirmed 12 bodies had been pulled from the area of the plant explosion in West, about 20 miles north of Waco.
Police: MIT suspect tied to Boston marathon bomb
One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another, authorities said early Friday.
Residents of Watertown, a Boston suburb, have been advised to keep their doors locked and not let anyone in.
Police converge on neighborhood outside Boston
A tense night of police activity that left a university officer dead on campus just days after the Boston Marathon bombings and amid a hunt for two suspects caused officers to converge on a neighborhood outside Boston, where residents heard gunfire and explosions.
Baylor, county unite to aid relief efforts
The Baylor and Waco communities joined efforts to help victims affected by the fertilizer plant explosion, which occurred Wednesday in West, 17 miles north of Waco.
Thursday evening, two storage trucks full of food, clothes and other personal hygiene products lined the front of the Ferrell Center as more than 100 students and others from the Waco community poured in an attempt to assist with West relief efforts.
Students gather for midnight candlelight vigil
Following the news of the explosion in West, almost one hundred students and faculty from the Baylor community came together at a student organized candlelight vigil to pray outside of Waco Hall.
The vigil was started by Baylor Sophomore Class President Ben Prado, from Richardson, who tweeted to fellow classmates to meet him in front of Waco Hall at midnight. Prado purchased several candles and lighters and waited for students to join him.
Pentagon suspends use of 60 mm mortar shells
A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada’s high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday.
Medical copter crashes in Okla., kills 2, hurts 1
A medical helicopter crash-landed outside an Oklahoma City nursing home early Friday, killing two people onboard and injuring a third who was pulled from the burning wreckage, officials said.
Only the flight team was onboard when the helicopter crashed while headed from Oklahoma City to Watonga, 70 miles away, to pick up a patient, said Fire Department Battalion Chief Marc Woodard. No one on the ground was seriously injured or killed.