The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the Lake Shore Drive entrance to the Waco Dam Hike and Bike Trail starting Monday and continuing for 45 days while the city of Waco installs new aeration lines along the dam.

Waco League of United Latin American Citizens Council 273 will award 51 scholarships totaling $22,000 to 51 Hispanic area high school seniors today.

Robinson resident Jane Thomas, 54, is the area's only licensed wildlife rehabilitator.

Citing his battle with Parkinson's disease, Bobby Gilliam announced his retirement as president and chief executive officer of the Methodist Children's Home.

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When Heather Dudley was planning her wedding, she was determined that it would be at a reasonable cost but still look good.

After nearly two years of flunking government housing inspections, Waco's Parkside Village remains a scene of crime and disrepair.

New abuse charges were filed Thursday against a man awaiting trial in the sexual assault of a child in 2008.

The A&M student body president is a leader, a servant, a representative and speaker, among many things.

I read a shocking article on President Barack Obama's stimulus bill that said we spent $300,000 to study the effects of drinking malt liquor and smoking marijuana.

Master Hannah Orosco, 18, of Lorena. was promoted to fourth degree master instructor during the 2009 awards banquet conducted by Passmorrea s Self Defence in Robinson.

A pair of teenage twins and a Robinson man were arrested Thursday night in an attempted drug sale at Robinson High School, police said.

Two Waco subsidized apartment complexes hit with the worst inspection scores in Texas last year are appealing those findings to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This is in response to a Jan. 17 guest column by Waco lawyer Seth Sutton, "Breath tests ineffective way to gauge blood alcohol content," in which he takes issue with a Jan.

Rejoice all ye faithful for there is hope in this world gone mad. The voters in Massachusetts elected their first Republican senator since 1972.