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Clint Harp will bike and run from Waco to Austin on Sunday to raise funds for the Heart of Texas Network for Immigrant Rights + supporters can follow his progress.

Waco will get a USL2 pre-professional soccer team, and fans can vote on one of four names, Mammoths, Deportivo Waco, Waco Smoke, or Brazos United; voting runs through Nov.

29 (brand revealed in early December).

Waco ISD officials presented their first State of the District at the Waco Convention Center, highlighting programs, outlining budget pressures, and asking the community for support.

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).