Harker Heights News

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald The holiday weekend wasn't only hot because of 100-degree heat; fireworks ignited more than 50 fires in Bell County from Friday through Sunday.

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald Scruff McGruff touts in his cartoons about taking a bite out of crime.

The city of Killeen has agreed to pay for more than a million dollars toward TX-DOT's $4.4 million project at the intersection of Stan Schlueter Loop and Highway 190.

Herald/DAVID MORRIS Tim Cole holds out a turtle as he parades it around the Harker Heights library during the weekly program for the summer readers.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON Photos of the late Harker Heights police K-9 a oeLandoa are displayed Tuesday at the Harker Heights Police Department.

Special to the Daily Herald The Harker Heights Activities Center has programs that are sure to keep you cool and connected.

A motorcycle rider from Temple died of his injuries after a Saturday morning head-on collision with an SUV on FM 2483 in Morgan's Point.

From staff reports For the sixth year in a row, H-E-B stores across Central Texas are hosting blood drives with Carter BloodCare to boost the community blood supply for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

By Hayley Kappes Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - A Fort Hood soldier has pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Harker Heights home with the intent to commit sexual assault and forcing a resident to perform a sex act.

Herald//Catrina Rawson West Boyd and Ira F. Bennett, both of Killeen, talk during the Juneteenth picnic, Saturday at Melba Jo Pioneer Park in Harker Heights.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald HARKER HEIGHTS - The City Council received advice Tuesday to consider a $5 million bond for water projects in the upcoming year.

By Stephen C. Smith Sr. Special to the Herald WICHITA FALLS - An historic thunderstorm descended on the area Saturday evening - historic in that the lightning accompanying it doomed the 72nd Oil Bowl to go down as the first in the series history to go down as a cancellation.A A A A The storm system that blew into town Wednesday turned out to be a ...

By Rebecca LaFlure Killeen Daily Herald A 14-year-old epileptic student is back in school following a nearly monthlong battle with the Killeen Independent School District.

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald Don't let the green fool you. If it's cedar, a green tree can be more explosive than dead brown brush, Jack Collier, Harker Heights fire chief, said.

Fourteen year old Heather Jones wants her service dog Della in class with her. Thata s because Heather says her dog senses seizures before they happen.

Herald/DAVID MORRIS Mormon Missionaries play a game of football as heavy equipment is parked along the edge of the Summit Soccer complex in Harker Heights.

HERALD/Catrina Rawson Kristi Mitts, widow of former Harker Heights Police Department officer and Federal Air Marshal Charles Mitts, puts her husbanda s watch on Lt.

By Don Bolding Killeen Daily Herald The Tri-City Lodging Association, a trade group of hotel and motel executives in Killeen, Copperas Cove and Harker Heights, has a lot on its plate these days.

From staff reports The Harker Heights Library is starting its summer reading program, Read Deep in the Heart of Texas, with a kickoff party from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the library, 400 Indian Trail.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald The Harker Heights City Council could change the trash collection policies for Dumpsters and residential buildings larger than duplexes at a 5 p.m. meeting today.