Mike Copeland

Heading into its 10th year, the Waco Independent Film Festival has been named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World for 2025.

Selling a home in Waco is not what it was five years ago, when a for-sale sign went up in the morning and offers piled up by the afternoon.

Fresh asphalt is down along much of Waco Drive, and the stretches still sporting milling grooves from the Brazos River to Valley Mills Drive are in contractors’ sights.

The Phillips family's De Kalb sawmill has been churning out products almost 70 years, and they are bringing their retail operation, The Forest Store, to Washington Avenue in downtown Waco.

Mars Inc., a candymaker in Waco since 1976, has signed a record-making deal with Enel North America to buy energy from three Texas solar farms, though details are sparse.

Sergio's Food Truck has closed. SpaceX tops a list of the most valuable private companies. Nominations are in for the Leading Waco Women awards, and more Waco-area business news.

Waco’s housing market is among the 20 most frigid residential marketplaces in the U.S., Zillow says. Texas restaurants love new laws from the Lege. Plus downtown hotel talk and more.

The team behind Uncle Worm's is expanding its presence at the Hippodrome, El Conquistador has introduced its renovated Bellmead location, and several more Waco-area restaurants are preparing to open.

A standout Cajun restaurant has decided to call it quits. Waffle House is reportedly coming to Hillsboro. Many recognizable local names at the “Rhythm & Brews Karaoke Showdown” and more.

The Hawaiian Falls Waco water park now belongs to Ripley Entertainment Inc., probably best known for its “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” franchise and more than 100 themed attractions.