Waco News

Investigators in Central Texas have asked for the public's help in solving about two dozen suspicious fires that could be arson.

Police and fire officials urged residents to be vigilant Tuesday after a string of about two-dozen suspicious fires over the past 18 months in North Waco that could be the work of a serial arsonist.

Issac Pete Olivarez is accused of sexually assaulting a girl when she came to live with her mother in Waco.

You know how whenever anyone brings up the topic of US sonic weapons and music torture, someone always says, "What do they do, just turn on WFMU? Hahahahaha."

Authorities say the 911 center that scrambled emergency response to the fatal fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West received more than 1,000 calls the evening of the blast.

Jury selection was scheduled to begin after noon Monday in Waco in the trial of a local man who is charged with causing the death of a child in a wreck while driving drunk.

The Waco Tribune-Herald reported Sunday that the vines are strangling trees on the slope overlooking the Bosque River.

Dr. T. Berry Brazelton developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, which is used worldwide to evaluate the abilities of newborn babies.

The Mayborn Museum part of Baylor University located at 1300 S. University Parks Drive in Waco Texas.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office are asking for the publics help to find two suspects who used stolen credit cards that were stolen in a burglary on Wednesday.

Jake and Karen Black, owners Jake's Texas Tea House, 613 Austin Ave., would like to see more traffic in downtown Waco at night.

Funeral services for Steven Tyrone Minor Sr., 28, of Mart, will be held June 25, at 11 a.m. at First Methodist Church, 701 E. Texas Ave. in Mart.

WACO --Since March the Central Christian Church on Lakeshore Drive in Waco has looked a bit barren, but that changed Thursday afternoon when church's landmark steeple was restored to the perch from which it was removed in March for restoration.

Pat Green and Wade Bowen performing at the 15th Annual Wade Bowen Classic Concert in Waco, Texas, on June 2 to benefit the rebuilding efforts of the West, Texas, community At the avid golfer's annual Wade Bowen Classic Celebrity Golf Tournament and Concert, held at Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco, Texas, on June 2, Wade and pals including Pat ... (more)

In this Wednesday, April 17, 2013, photo provided by Joe Berti, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire near Waco, Texas.

Leaders of an independent alumni association for the world's largest Baptist university have voted to disband the group and turn over duties to the school.

A Bellmead man was arrested May 26 after Waco police say he used his daughters to create a diversion while he stole a dog from the animal shelter.

A mother of four is fighting a nationwide photo studio to get important family pictures taken before she had amputation surgery.

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a robbery of an 82-year-old man outside a local restaurant.

The layoff will be spread across all operating units including the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program at DePaul Center, which will discontinue operations effective Friday, June 14, 2013, because of shrinking numbers.