Waco News

Just blocks from the Waco boulevard that bears his father's name, Martin Luther King III delivered a message of hope tonight in struggling East Waco.

A McLennan County grand jury Wednesday indicted two 18-year-old Waco men, charged in an April 14 carjacking and shooting outside a Bush's Chicken restaurant.

A rush hour accident at a busy Waco intersection sent to people to the hospital Wednesday evening.

Originally published July 8, 2009 at 10:20 a.m., updated July 8, 2009 at 11:22 a.m. WACO, Texas a ' An FBI agent has been sentenced to two years' probation and 300 hours of community service for killing a neighbor's Chihuahua last year.

East Waco's decline can be reversed, but only if the larger community moves beyond wishing and takes action, leaders of a Fort Worth revitalization effort told a Waco crowd Thursday.

A 13-year-old Waco boy was injured Monday evening when a van struck him as he road his bicycle the wrong way on a one-way street.

Beryl Moore walks the Parkside Village property most every day. As the new manager of Parkside Village Apartments in North Waco, she watches for non-residents hanging out, shooting dice or causing trouble.

Police have arrested a suspect in the June 24 stabbing at a local Skinny's convenience store.

A man was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning outside his East Waco business, according to Waco police.

A man was robbed at gunpoint this morning outside his East Waco business, according to Waco police.

A woman was shot early Friday morning as she attempted to escape from a man wearing a ski mask who attempted to rob her, her brother and a man to whom they were talking in the parking lot of a Waco apartment complex.

WACO a 'Jennifer Mitchell, the former office manager of the Waco Civic Theatre, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges in the theft of an undisclosed amount of money from the community theater.

A special session of the Texas Legislature is in full swing. Lawmakers convened the special session Wednesday and immediately took steps to extend the life of several key state agencies.

President Barack Obama Wednesday signed a bill authored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to award Congressional Gold Medals to honor the more than 1,000 women who earned their wings in Texas during World War II as Women Airforce Service Pilots.

A Waco woman has been arrested in the stabbing of her boyfriend with a piece of glass.

A man was stabbed Monday afternoon while making a purchase at a Waco convenience store and both he and the woman suspected of attacking him were taken to a local hospital.

The city of Waco will hold two groundbreaking ceremonies on Wednesday to celebrate the construction of two new fire stations, both bond election projects.

A 21-year-old woman died Monday morning in an accident in the 3800 block of North Martin Luther King Boulevard, which was closed while the wreckage was cleared and police investigated the crash.

Tiffany Bell said she expected to see the face of evil as she stood Monday to address the man who killed her brother.

The Waco Police Department reports that a 21-year-old Baylor University student was killed this morning in a head-on collision.