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The newspaper has its roots in five predecessors, beginning with the Waco Evening Telephone in 1892. The Tribune-Herald took its current identity when E.S. Fentress and Charles Marsh, who owned the Waco News-Tribune, bought the Waco Times-Herald. That purchase was the beginning of Newspapers, Inc., a chain that eventually owned 13 newspapers.
Grant Garland Teaff (/ ˈtæf /; born November 12, 1933) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at McMurry University (1960–1965), Angelo State University (1969–1971), and Baylor University (1972–1992), compiling a career college football record of 170–151–8. In his 21 seasons as head coach of the ...
Waco was incorporated in 1856. [ 2 ] Elected December 17, 1875. [ 4 ] Succeeded by E. A. Sturgis [ 5 ] Former confederate soldier. [ 6 ] First elected African-American and first female African-American mayor of Waco. Died while in office on February 11, 2005; replaced by Mayor pro tem Robin G. McDurham. [ 1 ] Sworn in on February 21, 2005.
Waco (/ ˈ w eɪ k oʊ / WAY-koh) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. [7] It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2023 population of 144,816, making it the 24th-most populous city in the state.
Steve Schneider (Branch Davidian) Steven Emil Schneider (October 16, 1949 – April 19, 1993 [1]) was an American Branch Davidian commonly called a "lieutenant" to David Koresh, the leader of the new religious movement. [2][3] He was formally married to Judy Schneider, but in the community Koresh impregnated Judy and she bore a child with him ...
Sheila J. Martin. Sheila Judith Martin (born 1947 [1]) is an American Branch Davidian and a survivor of the Waco siege. She was the wife of Douglas Wayne Martin, a Harvard -educated lawyer, who died in the April 19, 1993, fire that destroyed Mount Carmel Center. [2] Four out of her seven children died in the fire: Wayne Joseph, 20; Anita, 18 ...
Madison Alexander Cooper, Jr., (June 3, 1894 – September 28, 1956) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Waco, Texas, who is best remembered for his long novel Sironia, Texas [1] (), which made publishing history at that time as the longest novel in English originally published in book form, in two volumes totaling 1,731 pages, [1] and containing an estimated 840,000 words.
Texas A&M University (BVSc, DVM) [1][2] Occupation. Veterinarian. Charles N. "Doc" Anderson (born June 29, 1945) is a veterinarian from Waco, Texas, who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 56. [3][4] The district encompasses Waco and most of McLennan County. He was first elected in 2004.