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August 28, 2008
- Chet Edwards gets a moment in the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention
- Editorial: LPGA's English only rule
- Editorial: Waco's poverty problem
- John Young: Something other than fear
- Baylor volleyball looking for finishing kick this season
- Baylor Bears hit stage to launch Art Briles era
- Baylor cross country in it for the long haul
- Jazz in the Square features locally- and nationally-known musicians
- Nibbles: Slippery Minnow Restaurant and Bar
- # Labor Day weekend features music, food, kids' activities and the polka
- Belton-Ennis kicks off long opening weekend at Waco ISD Stadium
- High School football rosters needed
- Baylor University pushing recycling at tonight's game
- Missing Marlin teen found; construction worker charged with sexual assault
- Talk of racial discrimination again surfaces in Wiley hearings
- Coble's ex-wife testifies about the day he kidnapped her and killed her brother and parents
- # POLICE NEWS: Trailer home fire displaces family of 3 in Bellmead
- POLICE NEWS: Man arrested in home invasion
- POLICE NEWS: Worker crushed by machine, survives
- U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards' DNC speech transcript
August 27, 2008
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 27
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry presents $1 million grant check to Waco school district officials
- U.S. Census Bureau: Waco fifth poorest city in state of Texas
- Waco ISD trustee, G.L. Wiley principal among witnesses in court hearing on injunction to keep school open
- MCC trustees slightly lower taxes, set $38.4 million budget for community college
- Childhood fears of murder, threats revived in Waco's Billie Wayne Coble retrial
- McLennan County, Waco burn ban lifted due to rain
- Dr Pepper acquires Waco-based Big Red Inc.
- Waco Paddle Club launch today
- Art Briles guarding his quarterback decision for Baylor football opener
- Wake Forest cornerback has knack for changing games
- Chad Conine: High school football season's kickoff deserves calendar's front page in Central Texas
- #8 Crawford girls spike #4 Centerville in top-10 Central Texas volleyball action
- Editorial: Gun-free for good reason
- Editorial: MCC and stability
August 26, 2008
- A Secretive Kind of Service: Local agent shares stories from around the world
- Witnesses talk of sexual, physical abuse by Coble in murder retrial
- Editorial: Upsurge in measles
- Editorial: Drinking age deserves a debate
- John Werner: Big 12 coaches showing plenty of respect for opening opponents
- BU adds former Penn State DT to football team
- Parks earns job as BU's kicker
- Area's 2A teams look to dominating running backs to lead them to success
- Wiley reopens as Waco ISD trustees vote again to close its doors
- Roosters seized in raid on reported cockfighting ring given to animal welfare group
- Hewitt city officials table moratorium on new home construction
- Teen sentenced to 15 years in plea deal for friend's murder
- KWBU president bound for New Mexico station
August 25, 2008
- Angel Food Ministries helps locals with food at a time of high prices
- Jury to determine fate of convicted triple-murderer Billie Wayne Coble
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Monday, Aug. 26
- Man charged with intoxication manslaughter in collision that killed motorcyclist
- Brice Cherry: A fantasy draft unlike any other
- BU soccer drops opener, 1-0
- Area teams ranked in AP football poll
- Editorial: Reveal potential conflicts
August 24, 2008
- Pro Baseball Notebook: Shoppach proves worth
- Outdoors: Waterfowl regulations remain unchanged
- Richards, ex-Bear Wariner finally get golds
- Baylor quarterback battle still a 3-man race
- Falling for autumn fashions
- Sale of alcohol in Lorena up for vote
- POLICE REPORT: 21-year-old man dies at hospital after Saturday morning shooting
- Victims services team offers help in toughest times
- New census estimates show strong growth in Waco's Hispanic population
- Obama plays it safe in choosing 'ultimate insider'
- Chet Edwards wonders if veep bid undone by war, 'other' Edwards
- Editorial: Edwards is buzzworthy
- Editorial: Street sounds downtown
- John Young: Days of Prohibition Lite
August 23, 2008
- Baylor drops to No. 76 in U.S. News college rankings
- Editorial: G.L. Wiley turmoil
- Baylor catches 4-star offensive lineman recruit
- Hap LeCrone: More on Borderline Personality Disorder
- Stargazer: Evening stargazers have chance to see 4 planets in coming days
- Memories of long-ago school days in Waco
- Waco ISD administrators to helm Wiley classes on Monday
- Battered utility poles: Who you gonna call?
- Items dating to 1980s to be cleaned from courthouse storage
- POLICE NEWS: Man allegedly embezzled funds from store
- POLICE NEWS: Robbery charge lands man in jail
- Chet Edwards on short-short list for Obama veep spot
August 22, 2008
- Editorial: Bottom line is underfunded schools
- Editorial: Sop to homebuilders
- Baylor soccer season starts tonight
- Briles gets down to details at annual Kickoff Luncheon
- Merritt outruns former Baylor star Wariner to win Olympic 400 meters
- Aug. 22 youth sports announcements
- It's official: Waco has wettest August on record
- Diaper maker expected to employ more than 100 in Waco
- Local library usage surges
- WISD trustees choose site for University High School at busy session
- Two injured when Waco-bound plane crashes
- Judge approves restraining order reopening Wiley for first day of class Monday
August 21, 2008
- Congress could soon consider proposal to merge Waco Mammoth Site with National Park Service
- McLennan County grand jury indictments for Aug. 20
- Racial discrimination lawsuit and injunction filed to stop Wiley's closure
- New University High campus locale should alleviate traffic, security concerns
- Former Groesbeck High School teacher has hearing on improper relationship with student charges
- Drought? What drought?
- Baylor family enthusiastic about newly appointed interim president
- Briles to speak at Kick-off Luncheon today
- Briles' Bears mean to show running game not extinct
- Fast track, fast foe await Wariner in 400 quest
- Singer Pat Green back for his 11th appearance at the Margarita and Salsa Festival
- # Fall festivals: Texas communities celebrate everything from culture to bats and yams
- Nibbles: Bertha's Bakery and Restaurant
- Editorial: A better looking Waco
- John Young: Policies that distrust teachers
- Editorial: Olympics for all
August 20, 2008
- Editorial:Fighting poverty good for business
- Editorial: Mammoth attraction(s)
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 20
- County judge votes down colleagues on Tokio Store compromise
- Bond package ups Midway tax rate 3 cents
- News report: Truett dean to be Baylor's interim president
- Rain chances lower today after record-breaking rains in Central Texas
- Waco easing some proposed garbage rule changes amid concerns from residents
- For MCC's Michaelis, final year at the helm is ticking away
- Baylor ex Wariner breezes into 400 final at Beijing Olympics
- Baylor-Rice football series extended to 2016
- New Baylor coach Briles to host 1st weekly radio call-in show
- Student cuts hair to raise money for inauguration trip
August 19, 2008
- POLICE NEWS: Police identify 4 arrested in Waco shooting
- POLICE NEWS: Chicken-fighting ring broken up in Corsicana
- POLICE NEWS: Turnersville Cemetery vandalized
- POLICE NEWS: Alabama man struck by car, killed in Waco
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 19
- Like those thunderstorms? More are on the way
- Residents face possible deadlines for trash carts
- Witherspoon wins Texas Gavel Award for covering courthouse rift
- Date set for Billie Wayne Coble's capital murder sentence retrial
- Baylor-flavored java honors campus's 163-year history
- Waco ISD to have athletic physicals
- Pawelek named to Butkus list
- Editorial: Phelps shows the way
- John Young: He who floats 'swiftboaat'
- Editorial: Public's right to know
August 18, 2008
- Dark-horse VP candidate Chet Edwards in national spotlight
- VP job no longer 'bucket of warm spit'
- Sustaita holds on for city golf title
- Ex Baylor star Wariner cruises through opening 400 heat at Beijing Olympics
- Baylor ex Dorsch falls in final at Istanbul event
- Waco ISD officials trying to ease Wiley students' move to their new schools
- South Waco shooting leaves 1 injured, 5 arrested
- Elderly woman assaulted, robbed in front of home
- Waco's Animal Birth Control Clinic setting sights on new digs
- Editorial: Curb corn-based ethanol
August 17, 2008
- Getting drunk drivers off roads a costly, complex problem
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Sunday, Aug. 17
- Trib columnist, journalist Turner reveled in news, Baylor happenings
- Woman dies in wreck near Bruceville-Eddy
- Program teaches family health tips
- Could Waco's mammoths follow Dinosaur Valley's successful footprints?
- New franchise wants to give moms a real workout
- # Baylor football scrimmage marked by abundance of turnovers
- Baylor's Wariner begins quest for repeat gold tonight
- Former Baylor hurdler eliminated at Olympics; Richards moves on
- Pro Baseball Notebook: Baylor ex Weems earns promotion, makes noise at Double-A
- Sustaita takes two-shot lead in Waco city golf tourney
- Outdoors: Cool August morn tickles anticipation of dove season
- Editorial: Pump prices, traffic deaths
- Editorial: State should halt power cut-offs
- John Young: With this screwdriver I thee wed
- Trailer hits or trailer trash? The best, worst of movie previews
August 16, 2008
- Editorial: Overboard laptop seizures
- New Baylor soccer coach brings wealth of experience to Waco
- High school quarterback makes smooth transition to Baylor receiver
- Aug. 16 youth sports announcements
- Hap LeCrone: What parents can do to help kids start school year off right
- Brazos Past: Early photographers of Waco
- POLICE NEWS: Alleged abduction lands man in jail
- Mountainview Elementary gearing for international outlook
- Planned Parenthood sees 21 percent rise in clientele
- POLICE NEWS: Man accused of assault out of jail
- Sinkhole bridge downtown nearly ready for traffic
- City still heavily invested in Waco zoo's growth, popularity
August 15, 2008
- Pair of Antonios help Baylor at linebacker
- Former Penn State DT plans to transfer to Baylor
- Baylor puts 2 on all-Big 12 volleyball team
- High School Volleyball Preview: Midway aims to build 'new memories'
- Editorial: Living with autism
- Editorial: Perils of privatizing
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Friday, Aug. 15
- POLICE NEWS: Fugitive's wife moved to Bell County Jail
- Stores brace for annual sales tax holiday
- Waco company sued for negligence in worker's electrocution
- Eight years of presidential summer vacations later, much has changed in Central Texas
August 14, 2008
- Editorial: Stronger bus regulations
- Editorial: Responding to Russia
- John Young: Where rubber hits road
- POLICE NEWS: Fire destroys South Waco home
- POLICE NEWS: Man killed in house fire
- Waco Pilgrim's Pride plant could feel sting of company-wide cutbacks
- Aug. 14 youth sports announcements
- Midway outfielder heads to Wrigley
- Arkansas point guard commits to Baylor
- Download the jukebox
- Nibbles: Applebee's Neighborhood Bar and Grill
- Bell County Museum exhibit features photographic prints of Plains Indians
- Commissioners approve hiring company to build new jail
- Waco Tribune-Herald, other Cox papers in Texas up for sale
- Commissioners approve hiring company to build new jail
August 13, 2008
- Former Bear Mote joining baseball staff
- Fleet Bears receiver Gettis looking for breakout junior season
- Members of the public sound off on University High School design
- Library Web access down part of Wednesday for upgrade
- Fahrenheit 451 chosen for Waco reading selection
- Woodway police searching for painkiller theft suspect
- Robinson man dealing with the heat after his power is turned off prematurely
- McLennan County commissioner, judge spar over jail bidding process
- Prosecutor: Kick cameras out for Mills theft trial
- Waco woman drowns in Alabama
- Nethaway: A new look into Putin's eyes
- Editorial: Future for Wiley?
- Editorial: Stealth vouchers
August 12, 2008
- Woodway pharmacy robbed of drugs at gunpoint
- Judge rejects plea bargain offered to teen in stabbing death
- Group taps attorneys to consider challenges to Wiley's closure
- Once a student in Waco, Georgian now talks of bombs falling around his hometown in the former Soviet republic
- Waco man killed in collision on rain-slick I-35
- Agency urges probe over jail contracting
- Loose goat herd back on home turf
- Study: Low-performing schools often have less qualified teachers
- Midway bows out of Series with 5-4 loss
- Trojans, Lions hit field at different speeds
- Baylor kickers enjoying starting competition
- John Young: 'Defined by a test score'
- Editorial: Man provides civics lesson
- Editorial: Renew U.S. AIDS-HIV struggle
August 11, 2008
- Editorial: Bridges need repair
- Midway softball routs Canada, 10-0, in pool play at Little League World Series
- Man opens fire at crowd at reunion, injuring 3
- Attorney: Youth to plead guilty today in friend's stabbing death
- POLICE NEWS: Mattress catches fire at Waco hotel
- East Waco leaders announce effort to hire legal help over Wiley's closing