Gholson News

A national record for the most rain in a 24-hour period in the U.S. was set July 25-26, 1979, in Alvin, Texas, the hometown of baseball's great pitcher, Nolan Ryan.

The local food movement may be a 21st century phenomenon, but the practice of buying fresh, seasonal food from nearby farmers is as old as civilization itself.

The Waco Farmers Market seems like a friendly enough place: a few humble tents in a parking lot by the county coliseum, tables crowded with baskets of peppers, peaches and purple-hull peas.

'The new owner of the Brazos Belle is running into problems as he tries to meet an August deadline for moving the riverboat from its berth near downtown Waco.

The new owner of the Brazos Belle riverboat knows he's got a long, upstream struggle ahead of him.

Boat Trailer Sparks Large Grass Fire A boat trailer being pulled on the rim apparently sparked a large grass fire north of Aquilla about 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 25.

Alice Wilson loves the garden at her McGregor home and calls the patch of wilderness her "therapy." Lately, however, something's been missing.

A paroled burglar already arrested in connection with four local burglaries has been charged with another four break-ins in which he cracked safes and foiled alarm systems throughout Waco, police say.

The Brazos Belle riverboat sank into Lake Brazos again this past weekend before workers managed to pump out the hull and get it floating early Monday evening.

The McLennan County Grand Jury handed up an indictment Wednesday charging theft of $200,000 or more aggregated against Daryl Dwaine Cox, Jr.

I always imagined it as something special. The grand opening of the new and improved Weeks Park Golf Course - ' fantasyland come to life right before our very eyes.

Updated: May 29, 2008 7:19pm A man accused of taking part in a kidnapping last year that started in Dallas and ended in the Waco area pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court.

Weeks Park Golf Course will not be ready for play in the 52nd annual Texas-Oklahoma Junior Golf Tournament, one of the board of directors for the tournament said Thursday.

Mr. Gholson, did you know that there are two other NBA teams in Texas and one is currently the world champion team defending its crown? The world does not revolve around the Dallas Mavericks. via Times Record News

NWS relaying TV reports of penny size hail covering the ground in Valley Mills, and I just heard KXXV reporting dime size hail in China Spring, and now nickel size hail in Gholson. via Waco Tribune-Herald

“Everything was legal, aboveboard. There was no ordinance against it (before)”

A ministry for ex-convicts run by a local church is suing the city of Bellmead over an ordinance it says unfairly prohibits the ministry from operating. via Waco Tribune-Herald

Two men involved in a kidnapping plot that led police from North Texas to Waco pleaded guilty to some of their charges on Tuesday in Waco. via KXXV-TV Waco

Building burglaries at Hill and McLennan county locations are expected to be cleared with the arrest of two suspects. via The Reporter

Precinct 3 Commissioner Joe Mashek told Trib reporter Cindy Culp that Farm-to-Market Road 933 at Quillian Trace Road is currently impassable because of trees and telephone lines down. via Waco Tribune-Herald

“Either way, it's not going to be good”

The city of Aspermont is in hot water for allegedly pumping -- but not paying for -- water from Haskell County. via Abilene Reporter-News