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Student Ambassadors Preview YES! Expo Career Fair at Extraco Events Center
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (79+ words) KWTX Student Ambassadors Preview YES! Expo Career Fair at Extraco Events Center Gatesville Square Relief Benefit: Rebuilding After the Downtown Fire Scholarships & Sneakers: Delta Sigma Theta's Brunch for Local Students Bow Wow Bingo: A Big Night Out to Help Homeless…...
Mc Lennan Community College students present research, creativity at Scholar Day
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (807+ words) KWTX WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Mc Lennan Community College celebrated student research and creativity Friday morning with its Spring Scholar Day, turning the Learning Technology Center into a showcase of ideas'from health science projects to environmental research and classroom debates. The…...
Copperas Cove ISD launches virtual education program for 2026-2027 school year
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (306+ words) COPPERAS COVE, Texas (KWTX) - Students in Copperas Cove ISD will be able to attend school virtually starting next year if families choose to do so. And it's not just for local kids but any kid across the state. Central Texas…...
Helping Kids Handle Big Emotions: What Parents Should Know
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (126+ words) April is Stress Awareness Month, and kids are feeling the pressure too. Palliative Care Child Life Specialist Taylor-Grace Freiberg from Baylor Scott & White Health joins KWTX@4's Justin Earley and Lauren Westbrook to explain how children show they're struggling'often without…...
Student left on school bus for entire school day, Connally ISD says
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (125+ words) WACO, Texas (KWTX) " A student was left unattended on a school bus for an entire school day after being overlooked following a morning route, Connally ISD reported Monday. A driver discovered the student on the bus Monday afternoon. The child…...
New COVID-19 variant, "Cicada," mostly infecting children, health officials say
3+ week, 5+ day ago (160+ words) (CNN) " A mutated version of COVID-19 appears to be mostly infecting children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the variant known as "Cicada" has been detected in at least 23 countries. The new variant is part of the…...
Horses for Healing Charity Auction will help raise funds for nonprofit that helps children with disabilities
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (237+ words) WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A local nonprofit that helps kids with disabilities and veterans through horses is gearing up for its biggest fundraiser of the year. Reach Therapeutic Riding Center is hosting its Horses for Healing Charity Auction in November. The…...
Dream Couture Waco helps Central Texas students find prom dresses " and makes them custom
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Classroom Champions: Texas Wind's Jon Alexander
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (239+ words) WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Texas Wind senior Jon Alexander is everything you want in an athlete: strong, calm, quiet, and a leader. He's a three-sport star and a very decorated one. He was the centerpiece of this year's Texas Wind state…...
Hewitt, Texas teen with epilepsy recovering after undergoing surgery to slow number of seizures
1+ year, 4+ day ago (390+ words) HEWITT, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas teenager with epilepsy is recovering after undergoing a brain surgery that should slow the number of seizures she's having, which was'first denied multiple times by insurance. Emma Isbell, 16, of Hewitt, was born with epilepsy…...