Waco ISD is changing its attendance zones for the first time since 2012 because of bond-funded construction, and public input meetings will start Feb. 18.

Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for the region that covers Texas and four neighboring states.

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...