Fort Hood News

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The names of 160 men and women were added to a memorial at Fort Hood Wednesday.

Police in Central Texas have charged a Kingston man with slashing a cab driver's throat with a box cutter on Memorial Day outside a Walmart store in Copperas Cove, near Fort Hood, according to the Copperas Cove Police Department Daniel F. Edmonds, 28, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and jailed in the Coryell County Jail on ... (more)

Travis Shane Penney, 22, from Lubbock, died over the weekendA after a motorcycle accident in Belton, according to a press release from the Fort Hood Public Affairs office.

The morning arrived.A Waking up at the crack of dawn, but that didn't matter because over 260 service men and women were to arrive to Houston.A Giving them a Texas size grand welcome that many had never experienced before.A Volunteers with MoMs USA, Warriors Weekend, the Texans Cheerleaders, HPD, the Bomb Squad, active duty Air Force and Army ... (more)

By Sarah Rafique Killeen Daily Herald Sgt. Martin LaMar was a devoted husband and father and a loving man who always put others first.

Ed Frank, 87, wasn't the first to fight during World War II. But if he hadn't eventually gone, he would have never been able to bring home about 70 years of good fortune that came in the form of a captured saber.

Command Sgt. Maj. Isaia Vimoto says goodbye to other soldiers during a transfer of authority ceremony with the 1st Cavalry Division at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan last month.

In recognition of Memorial Day, I going to devote this column to a story told by one of my elderwriters, the late Wesley Osborne of Whitesboro, a veteran of WWII and the Korean War.

By Colleen Flaherty Killeen Daily Herald FORT HOOD - Like most soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Verdell Lewis has today off from work.

A Fort Hood soldier is dead after a motorcycle crash Saturday night in Bell County, according to local web reports.

Teresa Nelson knows how to pack a box. She owns Teresa's Treasures, a custom gift basket business in Fort Worth.

By Sarah Rafique Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The deep waters of Belton Lake reminded Heather Jones of her former home.

You'll probably see a lot of U.S. flags flying this holiday weekend. Indeed, it might look like a celebration is at hand what with all the retail sales and backyard gatherings.

By Sarah Rafique Killeen Daily Herald HARKER HEIGHTS - Nearly two years after Sgt.

Cecilia Pena hugs her sister, Carmen Pena Giombetti , during a ceremony that dedicated a park to her son, Capt.

Proctor & Gamble says it will change the design of packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that look like candy.

A jury on Thursday convicted a U.S. soldier of attempting to build a bomb and use it to blow up a restaurant near the Fort Hood Army post in Texas to get revenge for the suffering of fellow Muslims in the Middle East at the hands of the military.

Pfc Naser Jason Abdo is a member of the US armed forces who A decided to blow up a restaurant in Ft.

By Rose L. Thayer Killeen Daily Herald Veterans affiliated with Killeen's Under the Hood Cafe stood outside the East Gate at Fort Hood on Thursday to honor Memorial Day and, they said, soldiers suffering from hidden wounds.

In the latest back-and-forth over the NDAA, the White House listed 32 concerns that may lead to a veto.