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MCC trustees hired Gold Hill Associates to lead the search for the college's fourth president + they aim to name a leader by spring.

A major Dia de los Muertos celebration will take place on Oct.

31 (3 to 10 p.m.) at Indian Spring Park, free and open to the public with a kids zone, a parade, live performances, and cultural displays.

The city will begin a demonstration project soon on the vacant corner of 25th Street where a bingo hall burned down (two years ago) to show how the corridor could be revitalized.

Rapoport Academy unveiled a Green School Youth Garden Project on Tuesday at its middle school, funded by a $20,000 Keep America Beautiful grant to create an outdoor learning garden for students.

Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area's unemployment rate fell to 4% in September, down from 4.3% in August (and 4.2% in Sept.

2025).

Connally ISD is pushing to raise math and reading scores to the state average (per a district update), while Lacy Lakeview ISD is updating infrastructure and welcoming new development across the district, officials said.

Chip and Joanna Gaines will showcase their Hawkesdene renovation in a Fixer Upper spinoff that will premiere Dec.

27; the renovated Waco estate is now listed for $7.39 million.

Waco's Dia de los Muertos parade will use its traditional University Parks Drive route this Saturday, canceling plans for a new route and keeping the usual staging and road closures.