The list of top 10 delinquent taxpayers in the Waco area includes manufacturing businesses, fast-food restaurants, a retirement home and a car dealership, according to McLennan County Tax Office records.
Donis “D.L.” Wilson, Riesel High School police chief, will get a third crack at representing Precinct 2 on the McLennan County Commissioners Court.
Cameron Park Zoo's city subsidies from the tax-supported general fund are expected to decrease after next month's expansion that includes a penguin exhibit, which may help boost ongoing attendance.
Five people, including two with ties to the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, want to run as Republicans for the vacant Precinct 2 seat on the county commissioners court.
Chet Edwards called Joe Biden’s decision to step away from the 2024 election “an unselfish act,” while the local GOP called it a “coup” by the “‘national democratic machine.’”
The pause opens the door to further arguments about whether the $6 million program, paid for largely with federal pandemic aid, should be shut down entirely.
Hewitt has begun prohibiting outdoor watering between 9 a.m.-6 p.m. to safeguard against drought, looking to extend the lifespan of its current water supplies with a new drought contingency plan.
Since the microtransit system launched April 29, the program has served around 1,500 riders, causing an overall increase in public transit usage over the last few months.
Brazos River cleanliness took another step forward following a local nonprofit’s river cleanup July 13, but single-use plastic waste in the river can take more than 1,000 years to decompose.
Eighty area residents were found eligible to have their records cleared of dismissed charges at an “expunction fair” at the McLennan County Courthouse Annex on Friday.
A global cyber snafu Friday resulted in lines at the Waco Hilton, software problems at City Hall and the closure of the driver's license office.
This long-neglected Waco neighborhood ballpark is undergoing a $100,000 makeover from Bobcat, Chip Gaines the National Recreation and Park Association and the city of Waco.
EFC would join economic heavyweights such as SpaceX, Messer and Knauf Insulation in McGregor's 9,600-acre industrial park with more than 2,000 acres still available for development
McLennan County political parties and a former Waco congressman shared a sentiment of “toning down the rhetoric” after Saturday's attempted assassination of former president and current Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Turnout since the Woodway Family Center opened its new facility with expanded programming is outpacing any year in the old building, and that's before youth sports leagues even get started.
"There really is no substitute for the gases they produce, and very few entities can produce them in these quantities," a Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce official said.
Jared Wallace, who has a long history of community policing, replaces retiring Assistant Chief Frank Gentsch.
"The rate of increase has slowed, but it is still there," Judge Felton said. "If you don't keep up with cost of living, you're actually taking a pay cut."
A $10 billion semiconductor plant is bound for Bryan, potentially doubling the property tax base of the city 90 miles from Waco.
Only a few people have shelled out the $59.99 needed to buy a new Waco city flag, but a library check-out option has sent it with Wacoans around the world.
A remodel is expected to start this fall at Waco's main post office, which already has received upgrades for its conversion to one of 31 sorting and delivery centers nationwide.
The Bellmead City Council is considering a two-cent property tax rate increase in hopes of building a long-term fund dedicated to road work.
Seven weeks after live-fire training exercise in Lacy Lakeview melted siding on a couple’s home and filled it with smoke, no insurance adjustor from the city’s insurance company has yet inspected the damaged house, a daughter of the homeowners said.
Lacy Lakeview will have almost $8.9 million for bond-funded street work voters approved in May, and work on the first two streets is expected to be scheduled later this year.
Woodway budget officials are proposing to increase pay for all employees while keeping the tax rate at the state-defined no-new-revenue rate.
"If people want to build in a high flood risk area, then we taxpayers may pay in the future for their decisions today," County Engineer Zane Dunnam said.
"I have heard that upwards of eight people are interested in running," the local GOP chair said of the crowd forming to take on Democrats' contender in eastern McLennan County.
"We're ahead of the storm in some ways," City Manager Bradley Ford said of the city's preparations for slowing revenue growth "and that's good governance."
Ahead of Thursday's July Fourth festivities, McLennan County defense attorneys put the focus on the holiday's meaning with a reading of the Declaration of Independence on the county courthouse steps.
Two days of emergency water-use restrictions were enough for Waco to recover from a pump failure at the Mount Carmel Water Treatment Plant without resorting to more drastic measures.