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Don’t get a pet just yet

Sep 16, 2024 | baylorlariat.com | Lauren Holcomb

By Lauren Holcomb | LTVN Reporter/AnchorEveryone loves pets. Well, a majority of people do. When students move out and start living independently in college, one of the things they miss the most from home is their childhood pet. I have a cat named Earl at home, and even though he’s crazy, I miss him all the time. There are many days I find myself considering getting a cat here in Waco.
Midway ISD holds Back to School Summit for teachers and staff

Aug 9, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Midway ISD held a Back to School Summit for district teachers and staff at Midway High School. This conference-style event featured in-district educators teaching their peers with about 1,300 people in attendance. The district focused on the theme ‘Leading the Way’, with 240 empowering sessions. Teachers could sign up for any sessions and times that interested them and applied to their classroom needs.
Local group seeking Central Texas families to host foreign exchange students

Aug 8, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Education Travel and Culture group (ETC) is looking for people or families to host around 80 foreign exchange students here in Central Texas. They bring high school students to America to study for the year and give them the opportunity of a lifetime. Senior Field Manager for ETC, Chriss Stanley, says smaller schools like the ones here in Central Texas give kids the chance to connect and plug in with ease, instead of feeling lost in a bigger setting.
Baylor, Bell County partner to host ‘Preserving History’ workshop for students

Aug 2, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - Belton youth had the chance to learn all about oral history today from Baylor University professors. Baylor and Bell County partnered to host the Preserving History workshop at the Bell County Museum. Professors Stephen Sloan and Adrienne Cain Darough taught kids from the Heritage Legacy Curators Group about the importance and sustaining value of recording history from the people around them while they still can.
Waco ISD gives faculty, staff preview of Tennyson Middle School

Aug 1, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The new $77.6 million Tennyson Middle School was revealed to faculty and staff today. Tennyson is one of five Waco ISD schools undergoing renovation as part of the 2021 bond project. At 184,000 sq. feet, the new building is right next to the old but considerably larger. Waco ISD Superintendent, Dr. Susan Kincannon, said the new design was focused on safety and community engagement. “What you find here is a building that has been organized for the kids,” she said.
Waco ISD Education Foundation awards teachers $300 for classroom decorations

Aug 1, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Waco ISD Education Foundation awarded all teachers new to the profession $300 to decorate their classrooms, part of an initiative from the WISD New Teacher Launch program and orientation. Many teachers are overwhelmed each year by decorating classrooms out of their own pockets. Foundation member Jim Patton said their goal is to help new staff feel supported and prepared to take on the school year. “We give them the money and say spend it as you need,” Patton said.
Stoney Brook Senior Living hosts Carter Blood car for blood drive

Jul 19, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

HEWITT, Texas (KWTX) - Stoney Brook Senior Living hosted Carter BloodCare outside their community in Hewitt for a blood drive. One blood donation can help save three lives. The group invited the community to join them in bringing that number up. There’s no age restriction on donating. Carter Site Supervisor Lafeavia Robinson said seniors who passed the screening were eager to help. “It’s amazing,” she said.
Home Builder Institute hosted annual ‘Bring a Kid to Work Day’ in Killeen

Jul 18, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The Home Builder Institute (HBI) hosted its annual ‘Bring a Kid to Work Day’ today in Killeen. Kids and their parents, who are all students at HBI and military veterans, teamed up to create model tanks and ships. The activities pushed kids to use their hands and see the art behind construction at a young age. Carpentry Instructor Murray Neal said it’s fun to watch the excitement in the children’s eyes and inspire them at an early age.
Home Builders Institute hosting ‘Bring Child to Work Day’ at Fort Cavazos

Jul 17, 2024 | kwtx.com | Lauren Holcomb

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The Home Builders Institute (HBI) Career Skills Program is hosting “Bring a Child to Work Day” tomorrow, July 18, at Fort Cavazos. The event is free for all transitioning military members and dependents, funded by a $50 million donation from the Home Depot Foundation. As more trade opportunities are opening in the job field, the event wants to help kids understand that construction and crafting can be a career.
“We shot at you six times”: Waco pair ambushed couple in apparent love triangle feud, affidavit states

Jul 10, 2024 | kltv.com | Lauren Holcomb

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Waco Police Department officers on July 9 arrested a pair accused of ambushing a couple and firing a gun into the couple’s vehicle, criminal complaint affidavits state. Zykia Flowers, 19, and Aurealleus Allen-Smith, 19, are both facing two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on June 20, police officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Lake Air Drive to investigate a shooting.