The Waco Citizen

WACO, Texas – June 7, 2012 – Whataburger will ask the question, “Are you orange enough?” during an all-day recruitment event Saturday, June 9 in Waco to add full- and part-time employees to its growing family. The burger icon, known for its custom-made, always-fresh burgers, is looking for 12 managers and 20 team members to [...]

Now I’m a graduate of driving school. The good Lord must have wanted me to get a radar ticket so I could write this story about On Line Driving school. You know I wasn’t really guilty. The posted limit on Franklin was 40 MPH then 30. Of course the officer wasn’t at the 40 sign [...]

Looking for some summer plans? Well, how about spending your summer days building homes at home with Waco Habitat for Humanity! We are need of volunteers throughout the summer months, and individuals and groups (up to 10 people) are welcome to schedule morning (8:30-12:00) and afternoon (1:00-4:30) shifts. All volunteers must be 16 years or [...]

Do you like our Heloise columns? Do you read them every week? King Features, the syndicate that handle the column, sold our same columns to the Waco Tribune Herald. They discovered how popular she was after we put on a banquet for her a year ago. Now we have to decide if we are going [...]

It’s been 6 months in the remaking of the Waco water park into what the Dallas company is making it into a fabulous water park which kids of all ages will enjoy. We suspect MoMs and Dads will enjoy these new amenities that have been built. Many exciting things are planned such as a movies [...]

The Gov. Bill & Vara Daniel Historic Village on he Baylor campus has been rebuilt since the early days when it was moved here from Liberty Texas. Gov. Bill was often at the center checking things out. He was one of Baylor’s biggest contributors. The Student Union Bldg is named after him. An ad in [...]

Early Voting for May 29 Primary Early voting began Monday at the usual five locations. Records Bldg. Robinson City Hall Lacy Lakeview Civic Center Waco Multi-Purpose Community Center First Assembly of God Church Hours are 8 to 5 p. m. til Sat., May 19. Then hours are 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. on [...]

Kim Mulkey will be guest of honor at a fund raiser for the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children, Tuesday, May 22nd, 6 p. m. Waco Convention Center Gov. Bill Daniels family was well represented at the ribbon cutting and rededication for the rebuilt Daniel Historic Village. BU President Ken Starr told about when [...]

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced another round of grants for 11 community colleges and technical institutes totaling $3 million, which will be used to purchase equipment and train students to enter the workforce. The grants are distributed through the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) program, which promotes career and technical training and has been [...]

Community Bank & Trust is celebrating 60 years of continuous growth in Waco. Bank President David Lacy says the bank didn’t grow by taking in other banks, but by taking care of loyal customers nut in the bank and in the Trust department. The bank started in 1952 and now has assets of $405 million [...]