Katy Mendez
Digital Content Producer
Waco, TX
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Katy Mendez from Lubbock, Texas comes to Central Texas to serve as the Digital Content Producer at KWTX. She is excited to work with news on social platforms and keep the community connected and informed.
Education
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:14 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Police are looking for two suspects in a stolen credit cards case.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2021 at 9:27 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Girl Scouts of Central Texas are selling their infamous cookie in a new way this year, to “bring joy during challenging times.”
Updated: Jan. 16, 2021 at 1:12 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District is holding a free vaccination clinic, by appointment only, for people who are eligible under Phases 1A and 1B Wednesday and Thursday next week.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2021 at 8:56 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez and Clint Webb
Three people who lost their sense of smell to COVID-19 may owe their lives to a fourth family member, a 20-year-old woman who doesn’t have the virus and smelled the smoke from an early-morning fire.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 10:52 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Texas music legend Willie Nelson has gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 2:06 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Today marks 25 years since 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted and murdered in Arlington in a case that shook the nation and changed the way we search for abducted children.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 7:50 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Police are reviewing surveillance video in the search for leads after a Dodge Ram crew cab pickup was stolen from a local dealership where a gate lock was cut and a fence was run through.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2021 at 12:57 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District is offering a free vaccination clinic for Phase 1A and Phase 1B with 1,500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 at 11:31 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A local elementary school teacher passed away according to the school’s facebook post.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 10:02 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the National Runaway Safeline is partnering with Greyhound to bring runaways and homeless youth home safe to be reunited with their families.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2021 at 6:56 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez and Rosemond Crown
Firefighters in Waco are battling a fire in a building on West Lakeshore Drive.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2021 at 3:55 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A silver alert is issued as the San Antonio Police Department is searching for Minnie Banks Dancy, diagnosed with a cognitive impairment.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2021 at 11:12 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Soon after the clock struck midnight AdventHealth welcomed a new year and new life in Texas.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2021 at 10:47 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A 23-year-old woman is now in the Bell County jail with multiple charges including manslaughter from a fatal crash last year.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 at 11:53 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Two police officers of the Waco Police Department are retiring on the last day of 2020.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 at 7:15 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Wichita County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Margarito Soliz, diagnosed with a cognitive impairment.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2020 at 2:31 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez and Joe Villasana
Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO., stated early Wednesday, he will raise objections when Congress meets next week to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2020 at 10:06 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Mark Lumley, Baylor’s assistant softball coach, dies after fighting cancer for a fourth time.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2020 at 8:43 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Police are investigating a early morning shooting that left one dead only hours after Christmas Day.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2020 at 1:46 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A Waco police officer has died Saturday according to the Waco Police Association.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2020 at 10:08 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Clifton ISD superintendent, Andy Ball, has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2020 at 7:27 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office is searching for four children believed to be in immediate danger.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 at 1:55 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Border agents made three arrests and seized drugs valued at $3 million in one day on the Texas-Mexico border.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 at 1:24 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Houston Crime Stoppers is looking for a man who is accused of sexually abused a child for seven years.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 at 11:20 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s diaper company, Hello Bello, will open its first wholly-owned diaper distribution and manufacturing center the summer of 2021.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 at 6:46 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Crews from three local fire departments responded Wednesday after a house fire forced a family of five out into the early-morning cold.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2020 at 12:37 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
An 8 month old girl, Lauren Duriso, is missing and according to authorities is in immediate danger.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2020 at 2:45 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Police are searching for 6-year-old Kobie Shay Holiman who is believed to be in grave danger.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2020 at 3:14 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Patrick Mahomes, Texas native, partnered with Adidas to design shoes inspired by his hometown.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:07 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The fourth annual Fish On Toys for Tots catfish tournament broke state of Texas records and raised money for a good cause.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2020 at 2:06 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez and Megan Vanselow
The sheriff agencies will be featured on the CNN series ‘This is Life’ tonight after saving women from a prostitution at a massage parlor.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2020 at 11:29 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
An individual yet to be identified holds the ticket of the multi-million dollar jackpot in their hands.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2020 at 6:33 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Texas Motor Speedway celebrates its 10th year of it’s Gift of Lights display running for 39 days as one of the Lone Star State’s largest holiday light shows.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2020 at 12:58 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Sr. Deputy Robert Small of the Travis County Sheriff’s department died in a collision while driving a motorcycle.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2020 at 9:58 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A person suffered traumatic head injuries Thanksgiving afternoon in a golf cart accident.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 10:52 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A local county elections office is closing temporarily and employees will be working remotely because of COVID-19 concerns.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 10:26 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
A suspect is in custody after a shooting that sent a man and a teenager to local hospitals.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 8:11 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Lady Pirates volleyball team is headed to state for the second year in a row.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2020 at 1:01 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign is officially underway in Central Texas.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 10:48 AM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Each student at Belton ISD will receive breakfast and lunch until the end of this school year.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 6:05 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Austin police are looking for a man who physically attacked a woman on the street and sexually assaulted, feeling on foot.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 4:29 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Veterans can adopt a dog for free through November in Temple at its animal shelter and the local community can help assist the veterans to bring their new companion home.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 10:31 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Another Central Texas school district is shifting back to remote instruction in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 7:03 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
The Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Rodeo tickets go on sale Friday, November 6th at 10am (CT).
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 4:42 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Many restaurants offer specials to honor our military on Veterans Day but McDonald’s is taking it a step further.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 3:46 PM CST
|By Katy Mendez
Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized three pairs of boots and a belt crafted from sea turtles and an arapaima, freshwater fish native to the Amazon River basin, at a consignment shipment facility.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2020 at 6:35 PM CDT
|By Katy Mendez
Children from all across the United States competed in the USA Mullet Championship but only one went home with the gold, a Texas boy.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By Katy Mendez
Federal authorities are accusing a mother of trying to smuggle meth and fentanyl into the U.S. by strapping the contraband to the body of her 13-year-old son.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 4:38 PM CDT
|By Katy Mendez
Police are asking for the public’s help locating a Texas man accused of sexually assaulting a child.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 3:35 PM CDT
|By Katy Mendez
Lee Greenwood, an award-winning country artist who wrote the iconic “God Bless the USA,” will perform at an “America for Trump” event near Lake Whitney.