Robinson News

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.

Local officials involved in the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative say Dr.

Paul J. Meyer, who founded Success Motivation Institute and lived his life encouraging others even as he battled cancer, died at his home early Monday morning surrounded by his family.

School and community leaders hurried into the Baylor University Law School building Friday to hear about plans to spend nearly $30 million converting the former General Tire plant into a technology research center that could slow what one official called the state's brain drain.

The General Tire & Rubber Co. in Waco announced it was closing in 1985, devastating a community that could point with pride to an industrial powerhouse that employed 1,400 people and had a $42 million payroll.

With cases of flu likely to increase in the coming weeks, state health officials are urging people who get sick not to forgo antiviral drugs just because they can't afford them.

A fellow veteran of the Southern Baptist youth revivalist movement and former members of his Waco flock fondly recalled this week the work of pastor Charles T. Wellborn, who died earlier this month at age 86.

Ponder for a moment just one definition of common sense: "a conclusion based upon a mix of instinct, intellect, experience, logic, prudence and justice.

The Waco Police Department is looking for Lamar Anthony Simpson, 23, of Waco who is wanted for the July 2009 attempted murder of an Arkansas woman.

With the Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2009, the theme of the Chamber's annual Gala is "Diamond Anniversary Gala." The event will be held Nov.

After two years of operating in the red, Robinson Independent School District is turning to voters for help, asking for their approval to increase the tax rate and, ultimately, the school district's revenue.

Few Waco-area residents have gotten a ticket for breaking a new law that bans cell phone use in school zones.

A McLennan County commissioner is aiming to repeal a county resolution against the Bull Hide Creek wastewater treatment plant and get started planning a county park adjacent to it.

While Robinson police say they continue to work on the October 2008 slaying of Joe Sturdivant, they have no firm suspects a year after the Waco businessman was killed.