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Waco, Texas is located in McLennan County. Zip codes in Waco, TX include 76706, 76799, and 76716. The median home price in Waco is $126,900. More Waco information.

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Is April the most violent month?

Floodlights illuminate the Albert P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, as rescuers searched for bodies the day after the April 19, 1995 bombing.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Stars and Stripes

Veteran entrepreneurs lowering jobless rate to below civilian levels

Robert Rummells, a U.S. Army Ranger for 22 years, says it was a natural transition when he opened a Mosquito Joe pest-control franchise in Richmond, Va., this month.

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KWTX

Job Cuts Possible As Local Hospital System Restructures

Waco's Providence Healthcare Network announced Friday it's restructuring to meet the challenges posed by what it calls "unprecedented changes and pressures in healthcare," the impact of automatic federal budget cuts earlier this year, the state's decision to opt out of Medicaid expansion and nationwide reductions in government reimbursement levels.

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KWTX

Molotov Cocktail Ignites Texas Apartment Fire

Houston police arrested a man on an arson charge Friday after an apartment complex fire that was evidently started by a thrown Molotov cocktail.

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KXXV-TV Waco

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Waco police have found the female suspect accused of stealing credit cards from Central Texas hospitals.

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Thu May 23, 2013

KXXV-TV Waco

Veterans One Stop Ribbon Cutting

Men and women who have served in the military now have a one-stop shop for accessing help in Waco.

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KXXV-TV Waco

WISD approves changes to school rezoning plan

The Waco ISD trustees voted to amend a redistricting plan they just passed last month.

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KXXV-TV Waco

Waco uses inspectors to fight against mollusk infestation

That's because the city of Waco is hoping to prevent zebra mussels from getting into the lake.

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KXXV-TV Waco

Motorcyclist sent to hospital after three vehicle collision

A motorcyclist is in the hospital after being involved in a three vehicle collision Wednesday night.

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KCEN

Waco Officers Cleared by Grand Jury

Waco Police Officers Hans Fitting and Darrell Patterson were "No Billed" during their McLennan County Grand Jury meeting.

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KCEN

George P. Bush Looks to Make Mark on Texas

Texas is Bush Country and now a new generation of the political family looks to make his mark on the state.

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Billboard

Events, Festivals, Concert Reviews, Shows

Guitarist Eddy Shaver, 38, who was partnered with his father, country singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, in the group Shaver, died of undetermined causes Sunday in Waco, Texas.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Every Scarf Has a Story

It takes a wacky idea, a penchant for precision, and extreme patience to make an Hermes scarf.

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KWTX

Collision Between Pickup, 18-Wheeler Leaves Woman Injured

A woman was taken to a local hospital Wednesday morning after a collision between the pickup truck she was driving and an 18-wheeler in McGregor.

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KWTX

Naked Man Robbed At Gunpoint During Tryst At Local Motel

A man who thought he was going to have sex with a woman at a Waco motel early Wednesday ended up alone, naked and without his wallet and cell phone after two men robbed him at gunpoint.

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KWTX

Proposed Rules Would Require Microchips For All Dogs, Cats

The Waco Animal Welfare Advisory Board is proposing changes to the city's animal ordinance that would require that almost all dogs and cats be spayed or neutered and that all have microchips.

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Your News Now

Judge orders mental evaluation for ex-West paramedic

A federal judge has ordered a psychiatric assessment for Bryce Reed, the 31-year-old former West paramedic accused of possessing bomb-making materials, according to the Waco-Tribune Herald .

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Banner-Tribune

Rotary scholarships

Jada Davis and Kaitlin Randle are this year's recipients of Franklin Rotary Club scholarships.

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Mon May 20, 2013

KWTX

Search On For Suspect Who Left Two Police Officers Injured

Two Mart police officers were taken to a Waco hospital Sunday evening for treatment of injuries they sustained in a car crash that happened while they were involved in a high speed chase with a suspect.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Voice of America

At Least 5 Dead in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer plant.

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