Axtell News

Administrators' decision early this year to close the educational facility at the Methodist Children's Home's Boys Ranch at the end of the spring semester is coming under fire from a former teacher at the ranch.

A 61-year-old Axtell man is dead following an evening motorcycle wreck. The Department of Public Safety says Gary Moore from the Axtell area died just after 6 p.m. Saturday on Highway 84 just past the split with Highway 31.

From time to time, people will bring part or all of their artifacts to me to either look at or identify.

The Axtell community will have a benefit for the Rey and Judy Stranacher family from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Elk Hall, 9508 Elk Road in Axtell.

McLennan County Sheriffs are investigating an apparent dog shooting near Axtell.

Five members of a family escaped moments before their trailer home burst into flames north of Waco this afternoon.

World Hunger Relief, 356 Spring Lake Road, will have its annual Spring Farm Day Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Residents of the McLennan County communities of Riesel, Axtell and Hallsburg may not lose their cable television service after all.

Though students may encounter some bumpy roads and traffic congestion on the way to school, McLennan County students will be seeing curriculum and technology improvements in the next two years, thanks to ...

Willie Nelson + Whiskey + Solitude = one big problem for McLennan County. Street signs bearing these and other eye-catching names are often stolen or vandalized by pranksters throughout rural county areas.

A Dallas man who shot local resident Christian Marton during an attempted robbery pleaded guilty Monday and received a 20-year sentence.

If you haven't stepped outside yet today and really, would you want to? dress warmly.

The sky wasn't falling, and there wasn't an earthquake. No rockets were tested in McGregor, and the space shuttle is fine.

McLennan County residents who have reported hearing "explosions" today are likely instead hearing the fall of space debris, chief deputy Randy Plemons said.

A Dallas man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a 21-year-old man from the McLennan County town of Axtell.

A man accused of luring a 21-year-old Axtell, Texas, man to buy a car through Craigslist was convicted today of capital murder and received an automatic life sentence.

A 47-year-old Axtell school employee is set to stand trial today in the January 2007 shooting death of his former wife.

The 19 school districts in McLennan County may be splitting more than $28 million in economic stimulus money over the next two years.