Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge

January 30 News Roundup + John Calaway Interview

By Molly-Jo Tilton,

Published January 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM CST

This week, co-hosts Molly-Jo Tilton and JB Smith will be looking at the effects of this week's ice storm, some updates from Connally ISD, and an update on the data center project in Lacy Lakeview.

Plus, JB Smith sits down with John Calaway, president of Mission Waco, to talk about the Creekside Village Community under construction on University Parks Drive.

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Friday Forum with The Waco Bridge

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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