McGregor News

The Neff family owned land on the Leon River in Coryell County. This was a popular picnic spot for residents of the area.

The U.S. House passed a funding bill Thursday that includes $950,000 for law enforcement in McLennan County and for Baylor aerospace engineering research.

Today we are all wired for communication. We have two or more telephones at home, perhaps two phone lines, one for the phone and one for fax, and each family member has a personal cell phone.

Hunched over the island inside the Price Seniors Center Tea Room's kitchen, Joyce and Roger Kidd run down the list of ingredients for what will be their final meal as cooks there the following day.

McGregor's TaRoya Clayborn was eighth in the 2A girls' shot put with a mark of 34 feet, 6 1/2 inches.

Sentech Architecural Systems Inc. leased 1,989 square feet at Kaleido II, 9390 Research Blvd.

A 37-year-old former McLennan County employee was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday in the March 2008 traffic death of his best friend.

The Grammy-award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band takes the stage Saturday night. Members of this yeara s committee for the festival are Jo Helmer, chairman; Mike Powers, Bruce Skiles, Gene Winkler, Susan Cooper, Brent Boyer, Donna Bernhardt, Reuben Feuerborn, Sharon Kelsey, Alex H. Case, and Margo Yates.

The General Motors dealerships in McLennan County dodged the massive ax that GM was swinging Friday when it told 1,100 dealers nationwide that they will be fired.

From Staff Reports Ardie Maier's opening night bull ride was a dandy, so good no other rider could top it the next three nights.

A new Star Trek film hit movie theaters this weekend, reminding some of us of the old TV series from the late 1960s.

The Midway Independent School District Association of Texas Professional Educators is sponsoring a MISD School Board Candidate Forum from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria at South Bosque Elementary, 1 Wickson Road.

Event: Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys - the One Book, One Waco spring selection and inspiration for the 1999 film October Sky - will take your questions online during a Tribune-Herald Live Chat from 1-2 p.m. Monday at wacotrib.com. Talking points: You name it.

In 2008, Texas AgriLife Extension Service volunteers numbered 103,861. They made almost 3 million direct teaching contacts and contributed more than 5.3 million hours of service.

The Draco thruster test series included 42 firings with over 4,600 pulses of varying lengths and was performed in a vacuum test chamber to simulate the space environment.

Five McLennan County marathon runners finished the Boston Marathon Monday, according a check of the searchable database at bostonmarathon.org , which I thought was pretty cool considering there were about 23,000 runners in the event from all over the world.

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Deborah Ann King Wilson arose to her Savior Monday, April 13, 2009. Deborah was born to Billy and Freddie King, September 23, 1955.

McLennan County sheriff's deputies are checking into reports of a loud explosion from residents around the Chalk Bluff or Lacy-Lakeview area, according to the police scanner.

McGregor Police are investigating a questionable death after the body of an 87-year-old man was found along Johnson Drive near U.S. Highway 84.