Reagan News

Baylor University has seen its endowment slip below $1 billion, but it is enjoying a record enrollment this fall and appears to be weathering the recession better than some institutions of higher learning.

President Barack Obama exhorted the nation's schoolchildren to stay in school, respect their teachers, set goals and do their best Tuesday, but students in major Central Texas districts weren't among those watching what turned out to be a controversial live satellite and Internet broadcast.

President Barack Obama will be talking about education to schoolchildren Tuesday morning, but most Central Texas students won't be listening.

Unlike students in major Central Texas school districts, the 190 students who attend Waco's Rapoport Academy will watch President Barack Obama's nationally televised speech Tuesday.

Former City Councilman Jim Bradshaw, a conservative Republican in an era of Democratic dominance, died Wednesday of cancer.

Embers from a barbecue pit in the back of a truck were the likely cause of a string of nearly 30 fires Saturday evening in Falls County that kept dozens of firefighters from more than a half-dozen departments from two counties busy, a fire official said Sunday.

Nine fire departments from all around Falls County are fighting several grassfires off of FM 413 from Reagan to Rosebud, about a ten mile area.

An uncontrolled fire in Falls County forced one man to evacuate his home. Falls County dispatch supervisor Raymond Scott said the fire started Tuesday morning in a ditch on Farm-to-Market Road 2027.

An uncontrolled fire in Falls County forced one man to evacuate his home. Falls County dispatch supervisor Raymond Scott said the fire started Tuesday morning in a ditch on Farm-to-Market Road 2027.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald July is National Ice Cream Month. The festivities of summer are under way with fireworks and picnics.

Mr. and Mrs. Choya Walling of Bryan are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Casey Lynn, to Alexander Guyett Dawson, son of Mr.

By Don Bolding Killeen Daily Herald There were questions about whether 3-year-old Reagan Whitson would keep her foot after an accident with a lawn mower in March sheared off 90 percent of her calf and 75 percent of her heel.