Christopher De Los Santos

Barry Johnson on Wednesday stood by vague and unsubstantiated allegations in a campaign mailer attacking 19th State District Judge Thomas West, whom he is hoping to unseat in the Nov. 5 election.

Waco will have more right-of-way mowed along roads leading into town and start a maintenance program for public sculptures in the coming year, part of the new Beautification, Arts and Culture Program.

One-term Texas House District 13 incumbent Angelia Orr, R-Itasca, faces a Democratic reelection challenge from Albert Hunter, a Meridian Independent School District board member and retired educator.

"It looks like SRC is just going to walk away from that small water system, which is quite confusing and very frustrating," McLennan County Commissioner Ben Perry said.

Tap water flowed again Tuesday in the Rolling Hills neighborhood after a weeklong outage, no thanks to the water system's owner.

The temporary manager would assume responsibility for the Rolling Hills system and all of SRC, which owns small water systems in several Texas counties.

"I want the multifamily portion to be low-density, and what I'm thinking about is townhomes," said Callan Village developer Ryan Lindsey.

The Waco Housing Authority will seek complete local and federal tax exemptions for the developers of Heritage of Waco.

Reducing property taxes and providing state funding for school choice will be priorities for the next legislative session, Birdwell said Tuesday in Waco, sharing the stage with the lieutenant governor.

The mailer supporting Travis Gibson against the Democrat and Republican in the Precinct 2 race appeared to be from a GOP donor, but its source could not be verified.