Carl Hoover

3 days ago | wacotrib.com | Carl Hoover

The clock is ticking on yet another funding challenge for Waco public radio station KWBU-FM, and it's not for the end of a pledge drive. The challenge lies in a federal rescission bill awaiting Senate action that, if successful, could mean a loss of $164,000 in anticipated funding for the Waco station, already scrambling to replace $209,000 in support withdrawn by Baylor University.

1 week ago | wacotrib.com | Carl Hoover

Texas public school parents who stay connected to their kids during the school day through their cellphones, brace yourself: Change is coming this school year. A new state law going into effect bans or restricts most students cellphone use on school grounds, although the details of what, when and where will fall largely to school trustees and administrators to determine.

1 week ago | wacotrib.com | Carl Hoover

Waco Independent School District elementary school students showed improvement in reading on this year's State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests, particularly among young readers. Math, on the other hand, proved problematic at both the elementary and secondary levels, with a majority of students failing the test and some schools seeing double-digit drops.

1 week ago | wacotrib.com | Carl Hoover

New state laws will bring in more than $10 million in new revenue for Waco Independent School District, offset by roughly $5 million in increased local costs and possible lost tax revenue, the district’s chief financial officer told trustees Wednesday. CFO Sheryl Davis walked the board through the financial impact of new legislation passed this spring, two months before trustees consider the district’s budget and tax rate for the upcoming school year.

1 week ago | wacotrib.com | Carl Hoover

Musical genres will blur and memories awaken Friday night at the last regular Brazos Nights concert of 2025, which features three groups known for fusing hip-hop with jazz, funk and rhythm-and-blues. The free concert at Indian Spring Park offers a lineup of Dallas-based opener RC & the Gritz, followed by DJ Spinderella, formerly with ’90s group Salt-N-Pepa, and New York headliner Digable Planets.