East Waco News

No one was exactly surprised by the ultimate victors in Saturday's local city and school elections, but the relative closeness and intensity of the Waco school board race do reflect the tumult that parents, educators and children have endured in recent times.

Just how confusing would it be if we told you today is Election Day and that, oh, by the way, early voting begins Monday? Judging from some of the phone calls we've received, some of you are confused.

Among some Wacoans who toil in the trenches battling poverty, fighting for housing equity and bolstering education in impoverished neighborhoods, 61-year-old Shirley Langston is the real deal.

The Tribune-Herald editorial board this week offered up recommendations regarding pivotal city and school board races.

A teenage girl attempted to slash her wrists with a razor blade Friday morning at Waco High School, but campus police officers intervened before she was seriously hurt, a school district spokesman said.

People who live in the neighborhood where Baylor University is establishing a research park and plans to build a new riverfront football stadium continued to ask pointed questions at a meeting Monday about how the development will affect them.