Scene: recent hearings in two different state district courtrooms to schedule long-delayed trials of dozens of bikers from motorcycle groups swept up in the wildly indiscriminate 2015 Twin Peaks dragnet. Mood: something between Christmas and the Second Coming.
Naomi DiRago walks her dog, Luna, on the newly repaved Lake Waco Dam Trail. The hike-and-bike trail has been closed since October for a $1 million project to address surface cracks at the dam.
AS a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent made his way onto the roof of a building in the large compound in Waco, a volley of bullets ripped through the wall beside him. A TV camera captured the moment he was hit and crumpled on the roof.
Why does the Waco City Council waste tax-paying dollars to keep these old "yes men" in office in District 1? I attended both interview sessions of the candidates to succeed Councilman Wilbert Austin and, let me tell you, the difference between the candidates over 60 years old and the younger ones was like night and day. I was literally sleeping through most of the interviews because they were boring as hell.
From February 28 to April 19 of 1993, the Federal Bureau of Investigation besieged a compound in Waco, Texas, owned and occupied by the Branch Davidians. Prior to the siege, the leader of the radical Christian sect, David Koresh, had been suspected of sexually abusing girls as young as 10 and of violating certain firearm restrictions.
Rebecca Farrar, a Baylor Senior, was initially going to go to Washington, D.C. but wanted to stay in Waco with her community. "Your senator and your congressman, especially if they don't agree with your values, are never going to want to change until you speak out."
But with this year's heated national election, their role is now part of a fresh narrative of accountability. Watchers are independent citizens appointed to observe the conduct of the election.
A number of Longview residents reported that their power had been flickering intermittently on Monday evening. Karen Wissing, SWEPCO spokesperson, said that the company began working on the issue at about 6:23 p.m. Wissing said at 9:20 that there were 20 troublemen investigating the problem, and they had narrowed it down to an issue at a substation in North Longview.
While thousands of voters in McLennan County participated in early voting on Monday, others do not plan to vote at all. As of Monday night, a total of 8,153 people had voted by mail and in person in McLennan County.
If the phone calls flooding the McLennan County Elections Office are any indication, there may be a line of registered voters Monday waiting for the doors to open to be first to cast a ballot in the Nov. 8 joint general election, Elections Administrator Kathy Van Wolfe said. With 136,036 registered McLennan County voters, area leaders are pushing the message to vote early.
Wednesday's editorial chastised Donald Trump for not being prepared for the debate. The first example was his defense of "stop-and-frisk," which you stated "was not only wrongheaded but flat-out wrong factually."
The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce will host a State of the Nation luncheon featuring Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at noon Oct. 12 at the Baylor Club in McLane Stadium, 1001 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-College Station, and Rob Enstrom, senior vice president and the national political director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will join Cruz for a panel discussion about matters pertinent to Central Texas. Cost is $50 for individual tickets or $500 for tables for 10 people.
Bosqueville native George Weaver was sent to Vietnam in 1969 after being drafted while in high school. After returning stateside, he joined the Army Reserves before leaving for the National Guard to train as a medic.