The Waco City Council voted Tuesday to buy the Doris Miller YMCA for $2.7 million. It will close at the end of the summer and is expected to reopen next year as a community center, replacing the ...

At Waco's Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony Thursday, Doris Miller's family members called for a letter-writing campaign to President Biden to encourage the Medal of Honor for their "Uncle Dorie." ...

WACO, Texas (AP) - The Waco Veterans Affairs Medical Center will get a new name to honor World War II hero Doris Miller. Ceremonies are planned Thursday to rename the VA complex in memory of Miller.

Doris Miller, a Black sailor from Waco, was one of the first American heroes of World War II. His actions on Dec. 7, 1941, earned him a medal, though he almost didn’t receive it due to his race.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Former ... at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, and on its way to the capital from Dallas, the funeral procession passed by the Doris Miller Memorial in Waco. ...

The City of Waco is making a splash this January with the grand opening of the newly-renovated Doris Miller Community Pool. The grand opening will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Seventy-nine years ago Monday, America was plunged into World War II when Japanese planes attacked U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941, fell on a Sunday, and ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The memorial dedicated to Waco native Doris Miller, the sailor who is credited with saving several lives by taking over an unmanned anti-aircraft gun and carrying wounded ...

WACO, Texas — As a Dec. 7 deadline nears for the $2.5 million Doris Miller Memorial under construction on the east bank of the Brazos River, organizers are preparing for ...

About 3,700 miles from Austin, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a 22-year-old man from Waco named Doris Miller – nicknamed Dorie, a cook on the USS West Virginia – heard the alarm as several hundred ...

WACO, Texas (AP) - President Barack Obama will consider signing a bill to rename the Waco Veterans Affairs Medical Center for World War II hero Doris Miller. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved ...