Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge

Friday Forum - Inaugural Episode

By J.B. Smith,

Published June 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM CDT

Welcome to the inaugural edition of KWBU's 'Friday Forum with the Waco Bridge.'

In this first episode J.B. Smith - Editor in Chief of the Waco Bridge and KWBU's Molly-Jo Tilton will be taking a look at a cancelled EPA grant and how it affects Mission Waco's Creekside Community Village. They'll also be touching on some local ball teams making a run in state tournaments along with ongoing efforts to protect Lake Waco from upstream dairy pollution.

Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge

J.B. Smith

Before joining The Waco Bridge in February as editor-in-chief, J.B. Smith had 33 years of Texas journalism experience, most of it as local government reporter and managing editor at the Tribune-Herald. He has won numerous statewide awards for enterprise journalism, including a series on migrant deaths on the Mexico border. A Sulphur Springs native and Southwestern University graduate, he is grateful for the opportunity to build a nonprofit newsroom in his adopted hometown of Waco.

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Molly-Jo Tilton

Molly-Jo Tilton joined KWBU in 2024 as the station's Multimedia Reporter. She covers all things Waco for KWBU, from City Council to the local arts scene. Her work has appeared on The Texas Standard and NPR's All Things Considered.

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