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Sorrells and Co.

Cordova Springs

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From the Grackle

Magnolia’s Fall Menu

New autumn flavors to enjoy

Food & Drink

Food & Drink: October 2026

A Shucking Good Corn Chowder

Waco Chat

Wade Bowen & Jill Goss

Red Dirt Country Music Artist and President of the Bowen Family Foundation; Vice President of the Bowen family Foundation

In this Month’s Magazine

Rebecca Malcik

Partnership Marketing Manager, Magnolia

By Susan Bean Aycock

Insider’s Guide to Silobration

A celebration of art, music and community

By Emily Ober

Building the City That Waco Wants

How city officials attract new businesses, and why we still don’t have a Trader Joe’s

By Gretchen Eichenberg

From the Grackle

The 254

Featured Events

The Great Waco Duck Race

Oct 18, 2026 — Show starts at 12 PM

Waco’s Calendar of Events

October 12, 2026

Aquí, Escuchar at the Martin Museum of Art
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Martin Museum of Art, 60 Baylor Ave, Waco, TX 76706, USA / More Info
Paradise Tossed at the Martin Museum of Art
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Martin Museum of Art, 60 Baylor Ave, Waco, TX 76706, USA / More Info
Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at 4601 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX 76710, USA / More Info
Faith & Blue Waco Police Events
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Waco, TX, USA / More Info
Week of STEAM
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Bledsoe-Miller STEAM Center, 300 N M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Waco, TX 76704, USA / More Info
Week of STEAM
From 12:00 am - 11:59 pm at Bledsoe-Miller STEAM Center, 300 N M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Waco, TX 76704, USA / More Info

See More Events

Waco Chat

Wade Bowen & Jill Goss

Red Dirt Country Music Artist and President of the Bowen Family Foundation; Vice President of the Bowen family Foundation

DJ Lagway

Quarterback for the Baylor Bears

Annie Carrell

Assistant Director of Spirits & Traditions, Baylor University

from the Publisher

Michelle Johnson

Local Dining

From the Island to Your Plate

Tru Jamaica dishes up authentic Caribbean flavors

Crafted for Connection

AC Bar + Kitchen’s menu relaunch invites community

A Neighborhood Place

Blaine’s Restaurant & Wine Shoppe brings Fine dining to richland hills

Food & Drink

Food & Drink: October 2026

A Shucking Good Corn Chowder

Food & Drink: September 2026

Let the Good Times Roll

A Look Back

Rediscovering Waco Through 25 Years of Storytelling

Stephanie Claus

Physician | Mother | Trainer

By Megan Willome

Lisa Blackmon

Chief Destination Development Officer, City of Waco/Destination Waco

By Susan Bean Aycock

The Cleanest Playground

Baylor professor helps create a space for immunocompromised children

By Kevin Tankersley

Welcome to Waco

A Tale of Two Vacation Destinations

By Gretchen Eichenberg