Valley Mills News

Several Central Texas communities are grappling with water shortages during this already long, hot summer.

Temple Stage 5 restrictions were imposed Friday for western areas of the city because of a problem at a pump station kept some of the citya TMs aboveground tanks from refilling and then were rescinded Sunday.

VALLEY MILLS a 'Valley Mills officials Tuesday instituted the first phase of the communitya TMs drought contingency plan because of mechanical problems at one of the towna TMs two wells.

The office of Gov. Rick Perry just e-mailed a press release about six appointments to the Texas Fire Protection Commission.

M.A. Taylor, the McLennan County Republican Party chairman since 1994, resigned his post in an executive committee meeting Tuesday night.

Four fire departments helped quench a fire Sunday night near Valley Mills. Valley Mills, Clifton, Crawford and Coryell city fire departments responded about 7:30 p.m. to the apartment fire on East Middle Bosque Road about nine miles from Valley Mills.

Melissa McAdams and Chad Green were married April 18 at Tenroc Ranch in Salado, Texas.

VALLEY MILLS a 'A boil order was issued Friday for parts of Valley Mills after a drop in water pressure.

In the school board race in Valley Mills, sole incumbent Ben Trammell was voted back on the board with the most votes among seven candidates vying for three at-large seats.

Waco fire investigators are looking into three separate fires overnight as possible arsons.

WACO a 'A police pursuit that started early Tuesday morning in South Valley Mills Drive in Beverly Hills ended in a crash just off Highway 6 near the Scott & White clinic on Fish Pond.

A small Waco Transit Bus carrying disabled passengers caught on fire this afternoon, prompting an emergency evacuation of the vehicle.

Oly Ivy, 30, has been in jail since early Sunday morning. He's accused of using a taser on his live-in girlfriend.

Oakwood Police Chief Oly Ivey was arrested Monday for allegedly using a taser on his live-in girlfriend.

WACO a 'A pickup truck whose driver swerved to avoid another vehicle that pulled out in front of him struck a utility pole Tuesday evening on North Valley Mills Drive, causing a power outage.

A five-vehicle accident Friday at a busy Waco intersection snarled lunch hour traffic.

A fire destroyed a mobile home in Bosque County Tuesday night. Valley Mills and China Spring volunteer fire departments battled the blaze on a double-wide mobile home on County Road 3551 in Valley Mills.

Waco Lions Park, 1716 N. 42nd St., will be open extended hours for spring break, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting today.

The Baylor University School of Music will present Collage II, a gala concert featuring Baylor music students, at 7:30 tonight at Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

It took a view from above to help located hot spots and flames from three fast spreading grass fires today in McLennan County, two of which sparked up in Valley Mills and one in Crawford.