The Waco Citizen

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Seven young women from around Central Texas will be competing for the title of MISS TEXAS USA 2011 this Labor Day weekend in Houston. Those participating (and pictured) will be MISS WACO Christina Entsminger, MISS HEART OF TEXAS Felicia Bolton, MISS CASTLE HEIGHTS Shannon McNamara, MISS WOODWAY Erika Hammond and MISS LAKE WHITNEY Kelly Kohlenberg. Also competing (but [...]

Waco Cultural Arts Fest is now in its 7th year. Since 2004, WCAF has drawn artists representing some of the best in music, spoken word, dance, performance and the visual arts to Waco. Waco Cultural Arts Fest takes place in the heart of the city at Indian Spring Park, September 18th 10am – 11pm and [...]

On August 28, Family of Faith Church of the Nazarene, located at 3336 Garden Dr, Waco, will host Connecting Hearts and Hands:  Waco Mission Fair 2010.  Non-profit and service organizations from the local area will be featured in this unique “one-stop-shop” for volunteerism event.  Door prizes will also be given away and admission is free [...]

 HEB is paying for the WISD stadium for three days so they call it the HEB Kickoff Classic. Probably still have to buy a ticket. This helps out the schools. Thursday, August 26th Lorena meets West at the WISD stadium on New Road. West is considered the visiting team. Time 7 p. m. Should be [...]

The run off election for a new State Senator for District 22, is June 22nd. Early voting will be June 14-18. The Waco Citizen will carry the official election notice, including early voting sites and all voting precincts on election day June 22nd. David Sibley and Brian Birdwell face off in this special election June [...]

an Dallas back then, according to the Texas Almanac. Waco had the tallest building west of the Mississippi when it was completed in 1911 with 21 stories. Today the ALICO building is a proud symbol of our downtown. Then some dudes in Dallas had to outdo us and build one two stories taller. Waco continued [...]

The Chisholm Trail Festival. Oct. 22-24 The McLennan County Historical Commission is staging this re-enactment of the trail drives that crossed the Brazos in the 1870′s. Back in 1999 when Waco was 150 years old Bill Johnson organized a simulated trail ride using real Longhorns. They are going to do it again. And it has [...]

Mayor Jim Bush gave an outstanding report to members of the Waco Rotary Club recently. I’ll give my report here. I believe Waco really lucked out to get millions in bond issue money to reinvent Waco. After the vote the economy crashed. We doubt that the bad news had come first, Waco voters would have [...]