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Paramount Lodging Advisors is pleased to announce its recent engagement as asset manager of the new Radisson Hotel located at 810 Interstate 35 North, Waco, Texas.

What kind of personal pain would cause a 42-year-old pastor to abandon his family, his calling and even life itself? Members of a Baptist church here are asking that question after their pastor committed suicide in his parked car in September.

Honky tonker Deryl Dodd grew up in Dallas, TX, where he favored football over music throughout his formative years.

In 2008, 250 scholars, students, staff, and community partners attended Baylor Universitya TMs inaugural Poverty Summit to discuss issues surrounding poverty.

The 100th anniversary of the first Baylor Homecoming is getting the star treatment from two campus institutions, as both the Mayborn Museum and the Texas Collection at Baylor University salute what some believe to be the nation's oldest such collegiate celebration.

Baylor University English professor Kevin Gardner has a gripe with Texas Monthly 's recent best burgers issue.

A seminal moment in Central Texas history has arrived, though some here may not fully recognize it yet.

Paul Quinn College is reaching to its Waco roots for recruitment as the school works to rebuild enrollment after a battle to regain its accreditation.

Normally, having a heavyweight boxing champ and the president of Baylor University in town would be topics of conversation for weeks.

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.

Lost amid news of balloon hoaxes and political battles last week, the W.R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University quietly marked its 30th anniversary with a fascinating celebration of its many artifacts and holdings, not the least involving late Congressman Poage himself.

Date : Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:30:10 +0500 HILL CLIMBERS: LOVING THE COMMITTEES By Kristin Coyner Roll Call http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_44/climbers/39700-1.html Oct 21 2009 Loving the Committees.

Marina DeLuca notched her second win in as many days to lead the way for the UTEP tennis team at the ITA Southwest Regional on the campus of Baylor University on Saturday.

U.S.A.F. Lt. Col. Eric J. Brister, was born to Luther J and Verda Nel Brister, July 13, 1933, Hillsboro, Texas.

A woman was shot in East El Paso late Saturday, police said. The woman, who was not immediately identified, was taken to University Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the upper chest.

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, expanded his fundraising edge over six Republican primary challengers, reporting late Friday that he raked in more than $450,000 during the past three months.

Peculiar to the institution of higher education is the concept known as shared governance.

My friend Rock can build a house from basement to chimney. I read directions before operating a screwdriver.

Hundreds of demonstrators arrived at the Texas A&M campus at College Station on Friday ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to appear with former President George H.W. Bush to mark the 20th anniversary of Bush's "Thousand Points of Light" initiative.

Visitors touring Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo commercial exhibits this week may have noticed something odd about those individuals staffing the Democratic Party booth.

Baylor University has started a new program called Baylor Angel Network that has two goals: Allow graduates and friends of the school to invest in business ventures and give students real-world experience.

Keeping students safe was Baylor University's goal Tuesday after a student dropped a potentially deadly chemical on the floor of a campus science building.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Carol Pitts Diedrichs, dean of libraries and the William T. Young Endowed Chair at the University of Kentucky Libraries , has announced she will resign that position Jan.

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Several years ago, the Trib had the honor of working with Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex to put on a photographic exhibit of images that we captured relating to President George W. Bush and his impact on Waco and Central Texas.

Zach Carrier leads his freshman class. Zach Carrier set a record for positive votes when he was elected President of the freshman class at Baylor University in Waco Texas.

Back in the merry old 1960s, a fellow student who hailed from Great Britain and regularly railed against the Vietnam War assured me that, through thick and thin, Americans could always count on Britons as allies.

The Hammer has hung em up. What a waste of some good costumes -- fire engine red pants and red and white striped shirt with GOP donkey on the back for one.

U2's spiritual leanings go back to the band's origins, when the bandmates were members of a charismatic Christian youth group as teenagers in Ireland.

It's not just children who are preyed upon by religious leaders in churches: women, too, have been victimized by their own religious leaders.

The month of October brings with it a number of exciting new events at the School of Visual and Performing Arts.

An author, a cancer researcher, an award-winning journalist, an internationally known producer, director, choreographer and actor and an acclaimed painter were all recognized recently as the Mesa State College 2009 Distinguished Alumni.

Joe Bartlett is a Vietnam veteran, but that's just part of the reason why he came to the Texas in World War II Oral History Training Workshop on Saturday at Baylor University.

Dean Steven Currall, in front of Gallagher Hall, the new headquarters for the UCD Graduate School of Management, said, "The building is fundamental to taking us to the next level.

It has features such as a reflective roof, solar panels and natural lighting. It is the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce's new $4.3 million headquarters downtown - and it just earned gold-level certification as a LEED building.

Blair Williams, Director of Orchestras at Midway ISD, is smiling from ear to ear these days.

Tennyson Middle School student Austin Lyon never thought about where his food came from before.