A routine traffic stop on Interstate 35 Thursday evening uncovered 714 pounds of marijuana, according to Texas Department of Public Safety officials.

Sheila and Walter Umphrey, of Beaumont, gave Baylor University one of its 10 largest capital gifts for the school’s proposed on-campus football stadium.

McLennan County sheriff candidate Randy Plemons is stepping up attacks on opponent Parnell McNamara's qualifications, raising the temperature in an already contentious race with less than two weeks before election day.

Speegleville Elementary School, which was displaced this schoolyear because of a fire, will give iPads to all of its teachers and students in the fall.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that their distribution center on State Highway 6 will remain open until at least 2014, while the nearby annex on Imperial Drive will close early next year.

Although residents are pleased, Malcolm Duncan Jr. said the city probably can't force owners to mandate the age rules.

Waco police investigating the shooting death are having to piece together the incident without much help from the community.