Here’s what’s coming up on Brazos Bulletin for the week of September 25, 2026. Check below for updated story links and audio.
Waco breaks ground on Barron's Branch, first phase of downtown redevelopment
The City of Waco officially broke ground on Barron’s Branch on Thursday. The investment marks the first phase of its downtown redevelopment project.
KWBU's Molly-Jo Tilton reports.
Chocolate Reign: South Texas siblings featured as top candy sellers in national campaign
Two South Texas siblings are melting hearts – and thankfully, not their candy bars – as faces of World’s Finest Chocolate’s latest national campaign.
KEDT’s Rob Boscamp reports.
Central Texas has seen two major fires this month. Here's what you can do to prepare for and prevent wildfires.
Texas is in it’s peak summer fire season as high heat and extended drought conditions across the state create perfect conditions for wildfires to start and spread.
Just in the past two weeks, Central Texas has seen two large fires – the Hydra Fire in Meridian, which was 92% contained as of Thursday afternoon and the West Fork fire in Moody, now 100% contained. And the Texas A&M Forest Service, which monitors and helps respond to wildfire, currently rates much of McLennan County at Moderate or High risk of wildlife exposure.
Waco's Fire Chief, Robby Bergerson, joined Brazos Bulletin to talk about what Waco residents can do to prepare for wildfires and how they can help prevent them.
The country's biggest braille transcription center is inside this Texas prison
The U.S. added over 160,000 jobs in August, but many seeking employment report that it feels difficult to find work.
People with criminal records are among those hit hardest when the job market is tough. But a program in a Gainesville prison is trying to help.
The Texas Standard’s Sarah Asch reports it teaches incarcerated women to transcribe braille.
Loved ones describe a quiet life of 'family, soccer and work' for Austin man shot by ICE
Across Austin and beyond, the name Wilber Garces Perez has become a rallying cry for opponents of the Trump administration immigration policies.
Garces Perez remains in immigration detention after being shot by an ICE agent on Sunday. Up until that encounter, friends and family say the 28-year-old lived a quiet life in Austin.
With more about why Garces Perez came to the U.S., and his life here, KUT’s Mose Buchele has this profile.
