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A Voice in Your Corner
Bologna sandwiches and a gallon of orange juice split 12 ways. Not exactly Wheaties, but for the Waco Boxing Club, it was enough.
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The Few… The Proud… My Mom.
It all started with cookies but in time, it became clear cookies weren’t quite enough.
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African-American Tradition, 145 Years Young
The Rev. Stephen Cobb was black at a time when it wasn’t particularly easy to be black.
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Around We Go…
Life on the Circle… In the heart of Waco sits one of the city’s most frequented areas.
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Making a Stand for the American Dream
There is a burned-out building near 25th Street and Bosque Boulevard. Graffiti and black scorch marks cover its three standing walls,
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More than memory
Cindi Moore has a talent: She knows everything about you. Mention anybody connected to the Waco Baptist Academy, and Moore, the principal, can tell you all about that person. Point to any of the school’s more than 160 students. Go ahead, pick one.
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In the name of love
Inside they sipped drinks and dreamed of anything but Jesus. This scene, formerly a foreign world, is now commonplace for Emily Mills, a Baylor alumna and founder of Jesus Said Love, a local nonprofit ministering to strippers.
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Learning independence one game at a time
Umpire Lupe Rosas stands ready atop the pitcher’s mound. While the boy at bat prepares to swing, Coach Colleen Ostrom shouts words of encouragement from the dugout. And for a moment in the sun, the Challenger League baseball team, for children with special needs, appears like a regular baseball game — because it is.
