Robinson News

The Waco City Council will be discussing capital projects under way and projects the city still needs to tackle at the council work session this afternoon.

The Salvation Army will have its annual Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at its facility, 1225 S. Jack Kultgen Expressway.

McLennan County sheriff's deputies arrested Ramonell Stephens, 21, Monday on warrants charging murder and arson as Stephens was released from Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where he was treated for burns he suffered in a fire that was evidently set to cover up the shooting death of his father, veteran Waco firefighter Ramonell James, 55.

Pet lovers once again will be "puttin' on the dog" New Year's Eve at the ninth annual Barkin' Ball, which benefits Fuzzy Friends Rescue.

He came into our office a couple of weeks ago carrying an extraordinary framed document, albeit a little beaten up.

A proposal to limit front-yard fence heights hit a wall at Tuesday's Waco City Council meeting.

A memorial service for slain Waco firefighter Ramonell, James, 55, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Downsville.

Veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and even young men home from Iraq and Afghanistan, home on leave, gathered with others on the courthouse lawn to observe Veterans Day.

Three Waco men who received the military's highest service distinction for bravery and valor in combat are being honored with a new memorial to be unveiled at Rosemound Cemetery next year.

Preliminary autopsy results released Friday show that the person whose badly burned body was recovered from the rubble after a fiery explosion was shot to death, but the results don't confirm that the remains are those Waco firefighter Ramonell James, 55.

A Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged, authorities said.

A late night fire Wednesday destroyed a home and claimed the life of at least one person.

An unusually rainy fall, relocation of municipal water and sewer lines and a few minor mistakes have put the widening of Interstate 35 between Hewitt and Robinson six to eight months behind schedule, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the work.

Count Trista Joy Lathern's husband and co-workers among those who now feel misled and betrayed by her alleged pretense that she had breast cancer and was undergoing the rigors of chemotherapy.

Robinson schools were locked down from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday while police and sheriff's deputies searched for a burglary suspect.

Authorities say a Robinson woman told them she lied about having breast cancer and then spent $10,000 raised for her at a charitable benefit on breast implants in an attempt to save her failing marriage.

Trista Joy Lathern, 24, who claimed she was undergoing chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but took thousands of dollars raised at a benefit in August at a Waco-area club and spent it on breast augmentation surgery, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging theft by deception over $1,500, but under $20,000. Lathern, who ...

Several local school districts were forced to wait out narrow votes Tuesday night as ballots were counted.

Stakes are high today for the city of Hewitt and four McLennan County school districts, as voters will decide whether raising taxes is worth the respective payoffs.

Breaking a longtime gender barrier, Fort Worth Episcopalians loyal to the Episcopal Church will ordain their first female priest next month.