Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge

Friday Forum June 13 + Pat Curry Interview

By Molly-Jo Tilton,

Published June 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM CDT

Welcome to this week's episode of KWBU's 'Friday Forum with the Waco Bridge.
In this episode J.B. Smith - Editor in Chief of the Waco Bridge and KWBU's Molly-Jo Tilton will be taking a look at the effect of recent rain on the Brazos river and Lake Waco. They'll also examine the announcement of a finalist for Waco Fire Chief, new nonprofit space and possible changes coming to the McLennan County Commissioner's Court.

After their news roundup, J,B, will be joined by Waco representative Pat Curry for a discussion about his first legislative session as a state representative.

You can find the information talked about in today's show below;

RSVP for Texas Decisions, Waco Impact here.
Details for the Pete Sessions Town Hall can be found here.

You can listen to the extended interview between J.B. Smith and Pat Curry below:

Pat Curry extended interview - Friday Forum

Waco representative Pat Curry sat down with J.B. Smith to discuss the Texas 2025 regular legislative session. A condensed version of this interview aired during the June 13, 2025 episode of Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge.

Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge

Molly-Jo Tilton

<b>Molly-Jo_Tilton@Baylor.edu</b><br/><br/>Molly-Jo, or MJ as her friends know her, joined KWBU in 2024 as the station's Multimedia Reporter. Originally from San Antonio, Tx, she grew up on local TV journalism and knew that when she decided to pursue journalism as a career, she wanted to find a local beat. Molly-Jo graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2024 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. While there she served as the Audio Editor for UT's student paper, The Daily Texan, and worked with The Drag Audio. She also interned for The Texas Standard, where her feature on a San Antonio nonprofit earned her a statewide award for health reporting (and becoming the first intern to do so). When she is not scoping out stories, MJ enjoys reading a good book, hiking or learning new crafts.

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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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