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Waco Tribune-Herald
April 5, 2018
... Samuel Pittman, Thomas Palmer, Jacob Palmer, Daniel Palmer, and Kaitlyn Kelly; brothers, Edmund and Walter Richter; sister Lillie Phillips; and a large number of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be sent to Zion Lutheran Church, 503 South Tyler, McGregor, Texas 76657 or Providence Hospice ofÃâà...
KWTX
April 2, 2018
MCGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) U.S. Senator Ted Cruz kicked off his re-election campaign in Central Texas on Monday. Cruz was elected to the senate six years ago. Speaking at a farm outside of McGregor the republican reassured his constituents that his main focus will be on securing our border withÃâà...
Business Insider
April 1, 2018
He ultimately took over the mothballed Beal Aerospace facility in McGregor, Texas. The site was built by banking billionaire (and high-stakes gambler) Andrew Beal, already had rocket-engine-testing stands, and was remote enough to not bother too many locals, but close enough to habitation to support anÃâà...
Teslarati
March 28, 2018
After an unusually extended period of testing in McGregor, Texas, SpaceX's next-generation Falcon 9 Block 5 booster (B1046) appears to be scheduled for an inaugural flight as early as April 24, a three-week recalibration from the original April 5 launch date.
EverythingLubbock.com
March 23, 2018
MCGREGOR, TX - A 17-year-old McGregor High School student has been arrested on charges he shared a video of sexual activity in person and on line against the wishes of the other person in the video. McGregor police investigators say that Nickolas Harborth was charged with unlawful disclosure ofÃâà...
KWTX
March 22, 2018
McGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) A former Texas Department of Public Safety narcotics agent who later became a police officer in McGregor was arrested Wednesday on a sealed indictment that charges invasive video recording. Jose Coy, 61, also known as Joe Coy, was arrested by McLennan County Sheriff'sÃâà...
Business Insider
March 21, 2018
The testing will occur on the company's McGregor, Texas, campus. Until now, however, SpaceX has been mum about where, exactly, it plans to build such enormous rockets. On Monday, a member of the r/SpaceX community on Reddit noticed a curious move by the Board of Harbor Commissioners in LosÃâà...
Ars Technica
March 21, 2018
Unlike SpaceX, which built engine-test facilities in McGregor, Texas, or Blue Origin, which has a test site in West Texas, Ellis said he sought the partnership with NASA to avoid similar infrastructure costs. "With this partnership, we really don't have to reinvent the wheel," he said. "Because we have exclusiveÃâà...
Teslarati
March 21, 2018
Awaiting the first static fire of SpaceX's newest upgraded Falcon 9, known as Block 5, local observers and SpaceX fans alike have been on high alert ever since the first booster (B1046) went vertical at the company's McGregor, TX facilities on Feb. 26. Preparing for a suite of tests ahead of its inauguralÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 21, 2018
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to EAA Chapter 59 at https://www.youcaring.com/eaachapter59inmemoryofwdbrown-1135834, or checks can be sent to: EAA Chapter 59 C/O Phillip Perry 210 Oak Creek Circle McGregor, TX 76657 or the charity of your choice. Aviation dreams to reach beyond theÃâà...
Herald-Banner
March 14, 2018
Drew Roberts - Roberts has a background in water infrastructure and has worked as the director of municipal services for Glenn Heights, Texas and Mcgregor, Texas. He was also the public works director for the city of Montgomery, Alabama from 2009 to 2010. John Schempf - Schempf served the countryÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 10, 2018
An intercom that dates back to the 1940s offers an insight to its former location. Buttons are labeled as directing messages to a garage, a justice of the peace, a morgue and two offices. The museum collection continues to grow as people hear the story of the small museum operated out of McGregor, Texas,Ãâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 7, 2018
Tommy was born to Tommy G. McWilliams and Jewel Buice McWilliams in McGregor, Texas, on November 11, 1918. The family moved to Waco in 1925 where Tommy attended Waco schools through his graduation from Waco High School in 1936. His greatest memory of high school was playing footballÃâà...
Emery County Progress
March 2, 2018
... like Cisco, UT, and disincorporated rural towns like Seneca, NE; resort towns like Moab and Park City; rural recycling-based towns in Africa; and the Green River Launch Facility (circa 1960-80's), SpaceX Rocket Development and Test Facility, McGregor, TX, and Spaceport America in rural New Mexico.
Teslarati
February 28, 2018
SpaceX's next and final generation of Falcon rockets is nearly ready to complete its biggest milestone yet, second only to operational launch. Known as Falcon 9 Block 5, the upgraded booster arrived at SpaceX's McGregor, TX test facilities and went vertical on the static fire test stand. Now vertical, that firstÃâà...
NASASpaceflight.com
February 27, 2018
The first Block 5 Falcon 9 first stage is on the test stand at their McGregor, Texas test facility as it prepares for a test fire. The booster – core 1046 – was first seen on Interstate 8 in Yuma, Arizona, being transported from the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California to their McGregor test site. It is nowÃâà...
The Avion
February 26, 2018
Interestingly enough on the FCC registration for the MicroSats, it lists the receiving stations for the spacecraft as all of SpaceX's facilities, such as Hawthorne, CA, Cape Canaveral, FL, McGregor, TX, and even their future launch site in Boca Chica, TX. While SpaceX is expected to use their facilities to testÃâà...
Standard-Examiner
February 26, 2018
Early indications were that something caused an upper-stage helium bottle to explode, and at the SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas, engineers were trying to replicate the explosion. But “we were having a hard time blowing these bottles up,” she said. So, instead, they got a rifle, “and we shot it,” ShotwellÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
February 18, 2018
Gage Hollingsworth, age 19, of McGregor, Texas. and a freshman at Stephen F. Austin, passed away on February 14, 2018, due to an auto accident near Giddings, Texas. Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Monday, February 19, at the Valley Mills First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Valley MillsÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
February 3, 2018
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, Cole Funeral Home, McGregor, Texas. Burial to follow 11:30 a.m. at Waco Memorial Park. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, February 5, at the funeral home. Louise was born April 3, 1936 to Robert Fritz and Nellie (Cox) Wiese inÃâà...
WIRED
February 1, 2018
SpaceX shipped the massive piece of hardware to its facility in McGregor, Texas for structural load tests—the ones that would show if the vehicle could actually handle the weight it was designed to lift. Then SpaceX geared up to build the real center booster on the factory line back in Hawthorne—the veryÃâà...
KWTX
January 30, 2018
MCGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) The two men on the GOP ticket for McLennan County district attorney were out stumping for votes Tuesday night in McGregor. Despite a fiery exchange at a Republican luncheon in Waco earlier this month, incumbent District Attorney Abel Reyna and his challenger, WacoÃâà...
The Verge
November 8, 2017
On Sunday, one of SpaceX's rocket engines exploded during a test at the company's facility in McGregor, Texas — and now it's investigating what happened, The Washington Post reported. The mishap occurred during a “qualification test” of a Merlin engine meant to be used during a Falcon 9 launch in lateÃâà...
ABC Action News
December 31, 1999
Previous Next. HAINES CITY, Fla. - The homicide suspect accused of killing the mother of his three children in front of them has been arrested in Texas. 38-year-old Maclovio Salas was the suspect in the fatal shooting of Ricio Mozqueda, 37. He was found in his vehicle outside a residence in McGregor, TX.
KWTX
December 31, 1999
MCGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) A Florida man wanted in connection with his wife's murder was captured early Monday morning in McGregor and is being held for extradition. Maclovio Salas Martinez, 38, was arrested at about 4 a.m. Monday by members of the McLennan County Sheriff's FAST Team alongÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
December 31, 1999
Vernon Everette Graham, 90, of Denton, Texas, formerly of McGregor, Texas, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2018, after an extended battle with cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 23, 2018, at College Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor, with funeralÃâà...
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