The Waco Citizen

Some relief for young adults with health problems might be on its way as several key provisions of the federal health care bill take effect today. Young adults up to the age of 26 can receive coverage under their parents’ health insurance plan regardless of full-time status. —Julie Chang

It started with a small group and a vision to enhance Moody and its efforts to have a community center. 11 years later, the volunteers may have changed, but the groups’ vision has remained the same. The Moody Cotton Harvest Festival has grown in numbers and size throughout the years and this year’s festival proves [...]

  You need to get to the Library to get this year’s Festival T-shirt so you be able to wear it Saturday. They are $8.00. The shirt has the winner of this year’s T-shirt Contest held in the High School Art classes. These shirts will sell quickly. The Design is great as seen above. Do [...]

  ENNIS, Texas — What makes Texas Motorplex special? Is it the fact that it was the first all-concrete quarter-mile facility built to host NHRA national events? Is it the fact that it was the first super stadium built specifically for drag racing?  History is always on the line at all-concrete facility  Is if the record-breaking [...]

Activist Advises Pet Lovers How They Can Help Sharon Langford doesn’t want to focus as much on the overly-publicized crisis facing animal shelters today as she does on the joy that the loving animals housed there can bring to people’s lives. What’s more, she’s willing to put her money where her mouth is when it [...]

   It started with a small group and a vision to enhance Moody and its efforts to have a community center.  11 years later, the volunteers may have changed, but the groups’ vision has remained the same.  The Moody Cotton Harvest Festival has grown in numbers and size throughout the years and this year’s festival proves to continue that trend.  [...]

Baylor University Announces $100 million President’s Scholarship Initiative Baylor President Ken Starr to spoke Wednesday at Bill Daniel Student Center   What: Baylor University President Ken Starr announced a $100 million scholarship fundraising initiative, officially titled How Extraordinary the Stories: The President’s Scholarship Initiative. This is the first fundraising priority announced by Starr, who will [...]

  Contact:  Carrie Kuehl, Executive Director                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: 254.776.7603 Cell:  254.722.2878 Email:  animalbirthcontrol@sbcglobal.net PIT BULL SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM HELPS LOCAL PET OWNERS Animal Birth Control Clinic to hold surgeries to improve community safety. The Animal Birth Control Clinic is offering 50 free spay or neuter surgeries for pit bulls in the month [...]

Read about Kurt Krakowain being honored by the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce for getting new members. See his picture in the Thursday, Sept. 16 issue.

Dear Fellow Community Members, Why Ozone, why now? The subject of ozone levels has been around for a while now, but soon the EPA will be setting new and stricter standards of the Air Quality here in Waco and surrounding communities.  Here at the Heart of Texas Council of Governments we have set up an [...]