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Two children, man injured during explosion at Rogers gas station-liquor store

Firefighters late Thursday night responded to the Exxon gas station on Highway 190.
Firefighters at the Exxon gas station in Rogers, Texas late at night on Jan. 18.

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Skylynn Tuerk, 33, and Charles Harris, 27
Parents of infant who died at Waco motel indicted on multiple felony counts, including murder

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Dogs rescued from Marlin animal shelter
Dog nearing death, rescued from Marlin animal shelter finds family

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Houston Crime Stoppers released a composite sketch of the suspect in the road rage killing of...
‘Get this animal off the streets’: Sketch of gunman in road rage murder of Central Texas teen Louise Wilson released

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Nicolas Jaimes-Hernandez

Judge sets court proceeding in McGregor mass shooting case under assumption DA will pursue death penalty

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By Tommy Witherspoon
The judge said he is hoping to try the case in January 2025.

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Marlin water distribution site

City of Marlin distributes water bottles to residents impacted by water outages, low water pressure

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By Bradley Vaughn
The City of Marlin continues to experience water issues after water pipes burst during freezing temperatures this week.

Sports

Texas Rangers celebrate after winning Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the Arizona...

Texas Rangers release schedule of 2024 promotional giveaway dates

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By Bradley Vaughn
The reigning World Series Champion Texas Rangers on Thursday released their 2024 promotional schedule for home games.

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Charity Champions

TFNB Your Bank For Life offers free leadership training to dozens of area nonprofits

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By Julie Hays
Charity Champions are nonprofits chosen each year by TFNB employees after being nominated by the community.

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10 Things to Do: January 20-21

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By Lauren Westbrook
10 things to do: January 20-21

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Mobile home in Lampasas sprayed with bullets hours after it was burglarized

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By KWTX Staff
The Lampasas County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies identified a suspect and hope to make an arrest soon.
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A Niobrara, Nebraska resident brought their horses inside so they could get out of the cold...
Homeowner brings horses inside house to get them out of sub-zero temperatures
Linemen work to restore power in Hewitt, Texas on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
Power outages reported throughout Central Texas
When she saw an ad for a clothing company’s challenge to wear one of their dresses for 100...
Middle school librarian wears same dress for 100 straight days

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Dog rescued from deplorable conditions at Marlin facility finds new family

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KWTX News 10 at Six
Reigning World Series Champions visit Waco

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The Daily 4 on KWTX@4: Superbowl pre-game performers, Hidden Valley Ranch Lip balm collab...
The Daily 4 on KWTX@4: Superbowl pre-game performers, Hidden Valley Ranch Lip balm collab sells out, and more. - 1.18.24

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KWTX@4: Be Awesome Now partners with the Cameron Park Zoo for upcoming fundraiser event. -...
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FILE - In this image from surveillance video from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School...

Police response to the Uvalde shooting was riddled with failures, a new DOJ report says

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By The Associated Press and ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG
Attorney General Merrick Garland says Uvalde shooting victims ‘deserved better’ after Justice Department releases scathing report on police response.

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Dutler is out $10,000 and the theft won’t even be investigated.

‘It’s a crime. It was fraud’: Woman is out $10,000 after Chase Bank refuses to investigate check scam

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Colin Stanton , Gary Harper and Gray News staff
She mailed a $10,000 check to a relative out of state. Someone stole it and cashed it, and now her bank says they’re not covering it because of a technicality.

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Investigators said “disregarded safety standards” directly led to the preventable death of...

17 citations issued in death of 16-year-old sucked into machine at poultry plant

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By Ame Posey and Dorothy Sedovic
Investigators said “disregarded safety standards” directly led to the preventable death of 16-year-old Duvan Pérez.

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Samuel Rechtfertig

Salado boy runs a mile a day for an entire year

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Bradley Vaughn
A year ago Wednesday, a 13-year-old Salado boy challenged himself to run a mile every day for a year.

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Justin Randall Sauceda, 35.

Mart man pleads guilty to sexually abusing young relative, sentenced to 60 years in prison

Updated: Jan. 16, 2024 at 4:40 PM CST
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By Tommy Witherspoon
The child rapist and his attorney worked out a mid-trial plea agreement with the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office.

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Dana James Hogrell, 42, is charged. with cruelty to non-livestock animals

Man abandoned two starving dogs following eviction in Bruceville-Eddy, affidavit states

Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM CST
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By KWTX Staff
The McLennan County man is charged with charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals.

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Central Texas pharmacies facing shortage of hydrocodone, Adderall

Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM CST
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By Madison Herber
A medication critical for managing pain and a drug used for controlling behavior problems are the latest to face a daunting shortage.

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Joy Mellinger (left), Michael Stanford (middle) and Luis Jimenez (right)

Three charged with promotion of prostitution in McLennan County

Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:29 PM CST
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By KWTX Staff
The arrests were made during a sting on Jan. 12 and 13, the sheriff’s office said.

Local

Family in West loses house and belongings in fire

Family in West loses home and belongings in fire

Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 9:58 AM CST
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By KWTX Staff
A family in West is only just beginning a long recovery process after losing their home and belongings in a structure fire Monday morning.

Local

Jeff Aguirre (Left), Parnell McNamara (Right)

Waco Police Association endorses Aguirre over McNamara

Updated: Jan. 16, 2024 at 6:54 PM CST
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By Tommy Witherspoon
Aguirre, 51, announced the vote of the 332-member WPA Tuesday after he and McNamara addressed the group last week prior to the membership vote.

Local

Waco ISD bus drivers prepare buses for extreme cold

Central Texas bus drivers prepare buses for students in extremely cold conditions

Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 8:15 AM CST
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By Ally Kadlubar
Drivers are preparing buses for students in extreme cold as most Central Texas school districts are opening as normal Wednesday.

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Chalk Bluff neighbors voice concerns to council members over wastewater plant coming to the area

Chalk Bluff neighbors voice concerns to council members over wastewater plant coming to the area

Updated: Jan. 16, 2024 at 9:20 PM CST
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By Jasmine Lotts
The Chalk Bluff community is coming together even more to convince the city of Waco to not build a wastewater plant in their area.

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Kesean Demond Bowens

Temple man charged in sexual assault of 14-year-old Troy girl

Updated: Jan. 16, 2024 at 12:54 PM CST
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By KWTX Staff
A Central Texas mother told police her underage daughter admitted to having sex with the Temple man on three occasions.

Local

Lance Allen Mendoza, 31.

Affidavit: Beverly Hills man accused of assaulting elderly roommate, caught with meth

Updated: Jan. 16, 2024 at 4:14 PM CST
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By Joe Ashley
Lance Mendoza, 31, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance in penalty group 1 that weighs more than four grams and less than 200 grams, a second-degree felony, and assault impeding breathing/circulation, a third-degree felony.

Local

Jessica Colleen Robinson (RIGHT) pleaded guilty to murder in the case of missing Waco woman,...

Gatesville woman sentenced to 47 years in prison for murder of Elizabeth Romero

Updated: Jan. 11, 2024 at 12:26 PM CST
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By KWTX Staff
Jessica Colleen Robinson, of Gatesville, pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony charge of murder

Local

Samuel Campos

Waco man accused of trying to run wife over with his car: affidavit

Updated: Jan. 12, 2024 at 2:06 PM CST
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By KWTX Staff
A Waco man is accused of forcing his wife to get out of his vehicle during an argument, then attempting to run over the woman with the car, an arrest affidavit states.

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Central Texas baby fights RSV

Central Texas ‘quad princess’ has battled RSV in the hospital for nearly a month

Updated: Jan. 11, 2024 at 7:13 AM CST
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By Nate Smith
Everleigh has spent the better part of the last month in the hospital battling RSV.
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