Robinson News

Russell Edward Petter, 45, of Robinson, who disappeared after missing a court appearance on a DWI charge in May 2008, was in the McLennan County Jail Thursday where he was held without bond on a DWI forfeiture.

Waco resident Eddie Patterson, 42, is being charged with aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly picked up a woman in his Jeep and assaulted her early Wednesday.

The Waco-McLennan County Libraries will present these Summer Showcases this week: * "Gusto the Great" magician at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the East Waco Library, 901 Elm St.

For the first time in more than 30 years, the Waco Tribune-Herald could soon have a local owner.

I do not get what all the hype is about!!!! That place is terrible!! I was so excited to see a huge "bakery" being built then when it opened I was so disappointed!! Well if you like fruit cake and pecan pie I guess you are happy but they offer little else.

Despite a deep recession and a nationwide housing slump, McLennan County's tax base grew last year by 6.9 percent, according to new preliminary tax appraisal estimates.

A contractor today is replacing a sewer line in Robinson after 110,000 gallons of domestic wastewater spilled into a portion of Flat Creek late Wednesday afternoon.

Shrimp are among the very few critters that appear to have benefited from Hurricane Ike.

Ken and Ann Collier celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception held on June 6th at the Hawley Church of Christ in Hawley, TX.

At Fletcher Cemetery on Highway 77, the breeze blows unfettered across the top of the cemetery hill, the chinaberry trees offer just a hint of shade and a Union soldier lies peacefully among at least 15 Confederate veterans.

Waco Dodge is mad, and it wants the world to know it. From 3 until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, it invites the public to join it for the Waco Dodge Tea Party.

Waco Transit officials are hoping new bus stops in Chilton, Robinson and Golinda will boost ridership on a route that brings Marlin workers into Waco.

A dog potentially saved his owners from harm when it alarmed them of an early-morning fire at their home in Robinson Tuesday.

A fire reported in a garage south on Robinson spread to the attached house before fire crews could extinguish it.

Waco Independent School District and the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce honored community members tonight for their involvement in education.

Investigators in Robinson are trying to determine what sparked a fire that burned through several units of a storage facility early Thursday.

If voter turnout was dismal in Waco, it was above expectations in Lorena, where voters for the second time in six years resoundingly embraced a progressive form of city government that allows a town council to set policy and a professional city manager to carry it out.

The Waco History Project is sponsoring "Ready, Set, Write" from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the McLennan Community College Learning Technology Center .

Danielle Elliott came to court Friday to tell Anthony Michael Garcia that while he terrorized her, threatened her and controlled her for 30 horrifying minutes last year, she took back her life and is using the frightful experience as a life lesson for herself and her young students.

The man killed late Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident just east of Lorena has been identified as 54-year-old James Roger Reed of Robinson.