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Voter-approved Waco ISD schools set to arrive over next four years

Waco Tribune-Herald 04 Nov 2021
Tuesday's passage of a $355 million Waco Independent School District bond package marks an important milestone for district efforts to upgrade aging facilities, but students and teachers eagerly awaiting those four new schools will have to stay eager for a few years. The bonds will finance construction of a new Waco High School, G.W.
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Waco health district to start COVID-19 vaccinations for kids Friday as rollout ramps up

Waco Tribune-Herald 04 Nov 2021
Parents will be able to get COVID-19 vaccines for their children ages 5-11 starting Friday at the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District, and more options will arrive soon ... Waco Drive ... Waco Family Medicine is also gearing up to administer the pediatric vaccine, Assistant Chief Medical Officer Dr.
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Former prosecutor enters race for McLennan County district attorney

Waco Tribune-Herald 04 Nov 2021
Johnson worked as a civil attorney for 30 years before moving back to Waco and defeating Reyna ... Robertson, former chief prosecutor in Waco's 19th State District Court, said a Reyna assistant told him he was fired for being insubordinate. Since then, Robertson has worked with former District Attorney Vic Feazell at his Waco law office.
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Man arrested in September shooting on Bosque Lane

Waco Tribune-Herald 04 Nov 2021
While off-duty in Temple last week, the McLennan County Sheriff's Office chief deputy spotted a vehicle that had been involved in a Waco-area shooting in September, leading to a confession and arrest, Capt ... Waco Police responded to the shooting in the 600 block of Bosque Lane, a ...
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New Waco alley crew to tackle illegal dumping, overgrowth

Waco Tribune-Herald 03 Nov 2021
Waco has started hiring a team to clean up the city's alleys, many of which are unusable because of overgrown vegetation and trash and brush left there illegally ... District 4 Waco City Council Member Kelly Palmer said ... Waco Mayor Dillon Meek said he lived near the alley for 10 years.
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Waco ISD voters approve record $355 million bond issue for new schools

Waco Tribune-Herald 03 Nov 2021
Waco Independent School District voters on Tuesday approved a record $355 million bond issue that will rebuild four schools and renovate a fifth ... The bonds will rebuild Waco High School, G.W. Carver Middle School, Tennyson Middle School and Kendrick Elementary School on their existing campuses, while South Waco Elementary School will be expanded.
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Connally ISD voters reject $39 million bond for new elementary school

Waco Tribune-Herald 03 Nov 2021
Voters Tuesday rejected a $39 million bond measure Connally Independent School District hoped to use for a new elementary school that would have eased crowding and modernized instructional space. The measure to replace the 60-year-old elementary school failed with a vote of 53.75% against, 46.25% for, or 466 votes to 401 ... West ... Bruceville-Eddy ... Moody.
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Capstone Mechanical's $5 million expansion getting $400,000 public boost

Waco Tribune-Herald 03 Nov 2021
Capstone Mechanical wants to produce more sheet metal and jobs, and has received a $413,000 financial nudge from Waco and McLennan County to build a $5.15 million manufacturing facility on Imperial Drive ... The company will receive $300,000 from the Waco-McLennan County Economic Development Corp., which is funded by the city and county.
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Waco man pleads guilty to sexual assault of high school student

Waco Tribune-Herald 02 Nov 2021
A Waco man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old high school student in February 2019 ... The girl reported the sexual assault to a school counselor two days later and school administrators notified Waco police, according to reports.
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Rusk Lady Eagles bi-district champions after playoff win against Waco Robinson

Tyler Morning Telegraph 02 Nov 2021
FAIRFIELD - The Rusk Lady Eagles defeated the Waco Robinson Lady Rockets in a match that went five sets on Monday 14-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-9, 15-10 to become bi-district champions. The teams met in Fairfield for the first playoff game of the post season. The match started slow and Rusk looked off their game ...The game was intense ... ....
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Tuff-Man Series completes 2nd regular-season event at Lake Waco

Killeen Daily Herald 02 Nov 2021
The September to January Tuff-Man Tournament Series held the second of five regular season bass fishing tournaments at Lake Waco on October 17. Partners Hayden Grimm and Grant Zahirniak took first place at this event with five fish totaling 22.23 pounds, earning them $5,000 ... Second place went to Craig and Carla Gilbert ... The Gilberts earned $2,200 ... 9.
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Election Day includes Waco, Connally ISD bond referendums, state amendments

Waco Tribune-Herald 02 Nov 2021
Waco Independent School District residents will consider a $355 million bond issue that would finance the construction of four schools on their present campuses and renovation of a fifth. The bond package approved by district trustees this summer would build a new Waco High School, G.W ... Herring Ave., Waco ... 15th St., Waco ... Ninth St., Waco.
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Families displaced in downtown Waco fire must 'start from scratch'

Waco Tribune-Herald 02 Nov 2021
The Waco Fire Department responded around 12.43 a.m ... Waco Fire Department, provided ... Johnson said Waco Independent School District has also been accommodating to her children, sending a bus out of its initial route to pick them up for school ... ““Lately Waco and Killeen have had a lot of fires,” Renold.
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Longtime lawman credited with solving 1982 Lake Waco murders dies

Waco Tribune-Herald 02 Nov 2021
Truman Simons, the longtime law enforcement officer credited with solving the 1982 Lake Waco triple murders, died Saturday night at his home ... Anthony Melendez talks about the Lake Waco murders during an interview from prison in 2013 ... Spence, who was convicted in Waco and Bryan, was executed in 1997.
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