November 21 News Roundup + Doreen Ravenscroft Interview

By Molly-Jo Tilton,

J.B. Smith

Published November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM CST

This week, co-hosts Molly-Jo Tilton and JB Smith will be looking at statewide redistricting news, some updates from city council and a roundup of Waco area schools in football and volleyball playoffs.

They'll also be joined by Doreen Ravenscroft about Cultural Arts of Waco's future projects.

Plus this week's trivia question:The UIL football playoffs started last week and McLennan County has 7 schools competing this year.. In what year did a Waco area school first bring home the state title? Listen to this week's Friday Forum to find out!

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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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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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