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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 2026 State of the State Luncheon this Thursday. The event will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Baylor Club, located at 1001 S M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick will provide a preview of...
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Temple and Killeen police arrested a Killeen daycare owner on child sexual abuse material charges following a search of his home. Investigators are now working to identify potential victims.The police departments executed a search warrant on October 7 at a residence in the 500......
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - The Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo has returned to Waco, and we at FOX 44 News will be there! This annual event is held at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, located at 4601 Bosque Boulevard, and will take place from October 8th – 18th in 2026. The Fair [...]...
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - One of the pioneers of change for the Waco Hispanic/Latino community is Alice Martinez Rodriguez, who served over a quarter century on the Waco City Council until retiring in 2007. You can be assured her legacy will live on for years to come – and that......
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) — Jesse's Tortilla Factory in Waco has been pumping out tortillas the old-fashioned way since the 1950's, and that's not changing anytime soon. Jesse's Tortilla Factory was opened up in 1958 by Jesse and Esther Contreras, and now nearly 70 years later, their....
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) — Two men in Waco have opened a unique gym meant to cater to adaptive atheletes. Edwin Munoz and Victor Lopez are two adaptive athletes that run Waco Adapt, a first of its kind gym in Central Texas. They both experienced serious accidents that left them......
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Millions of Social Security recipients will now know how much their checks will be in 2027 after new government data was released on Friday.The Social Security Administration announced that Social Security recipients will get a 3.6% bump in checks in 2027, which represents a $75....
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An Honor Escort set for Wednesday will bring fallen Buckholts Volunteer Firefighter Rick Fuentes back to his home city of Cameron.Fuentes, 26, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in the 7300 block of FM 437 while responding to a fire call on Sunday. Aside from being a volunteer....
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U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas, clothes, and air fares got more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before the midterm elections that have focused heavily on issues related to affordability.The consumer price index......
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Republicans are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising in battleground Senate races as they scramble to defend increasingly competitive GOP seats in the final stretch of the midterms.But when it comes to how far they can stretch a dollar, theyre effectively......
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Plans to potentially livestream the firing-squad execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan are raising questions about what emotional impact watching an execution in real time could have on viewers, particularly children.Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted in the......
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By Giselle Lee | Staff Writer Before students can understand international conflict, they have to learn to see the world through someone else's eyes. That's the philosophy Baylor diplomat in residence Joanne Cummings brings to her classroom. Before coming to Baylor, Cummings......
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By Bennett Parker | Sports Writer There is a level of agitation fueling Baylor football ahead of the TCU game. "I just don't like them; none of us do," senior safety Micah Gifford said. The Bears will butt heads in the Revivalry game with the Horned Frogs on Saturday. Returners.....
