Holland News

By Don Bolding Killeen Daily Herald Sales tax rebates reported by the state comptroller's office for July showed wide variations, with Harker Heights, as usual, showing the greatest growth with a 23.89 percent ...

Feature: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Smith: "That's not OK with us. That's not the law." Courtesy Roan Mathews.

Posted on: Thursday, June 05, 2008, 12:55 PM Updated on: Thursday, June 05, 2008, 12:56 PM By Justin Cox Killeen Daily Herald A Fort Hood soldier was killed Wednesday night on Farm-to-Market 1123 in a ...

The dog days of summer are approaching, and downtown Alpine merchants and others are planning a cool Fiesta del Sol June 20-21 to counter the heat.

The Eastern Central Texas Sub-Regional Planning Commission has unanimously approved the first formal demand that development of the Trans-Texas Corridor -35 be stopped and corridor be restudied.

Updated: May 21, 2008 7:16pm A Bell County girl had a wish of a lifetime granted Wednesday in her hometown of Holland.

By Justin Cox Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The damage caused by storms that whipped through Salado and other small towns in eastern Bell County appears to be greater than preliminary estimates late last week.

“I would say it is not the typical event, but anything to support the community we are willing to do”

Herald/SARAH MOORE KUSCHELL Harold Lewis, of Harker Heights, gets pin pricked by Metroplex Hospital's wellness screening staff during the Mystery Health Lime Run at Kay's Motorcycle Mania in Nolanville on ... via Killeen Daily Herald

“We hope that they just learn more and they're more prepared when something bad happens or when they're just prepared that something doesn't happen to be more safe and their homes, their schools, their communities and out on their farms.”

Updated: May 6, 2008 6:47pm Some Bell County 6th graders got a lesson Tuesday in safety. via KCEN

'The Bell County Grand Jury Wednesday returned an indictment charging murder against John A. Coleman, 39, in the February shooting death of Nolan Ran Brantner, 53. via KWTX

Tornado-producing storms ripped through Bell County leaving baseball sized hail and damage behind. via KVUE.com

"I just want to compliment Bernie on his insight and original thinking. I have not heard this type of thinking anywhere else." - B. Holland, TX Chairman and CEO of Schaeffer's Investment Research, Inc. via SchaeffersResearch.com Daily Market Blog

“You ought to try saying it with a lisp.”

Mae Smith, the 64-year-old mayor of the teeny Central Texas town of Holland, seized the civic center lectern like a dragon-slayer ascending the throne. via Houston Chronicle

“We are pointing out all the deficiencies in their environmental impact study, their economic studies, as well as all of the federal laws they must abide by, but have failed to do”

For the second time in three months, the Texas Department of Transportation has come to Holland, Texas to meet with the Eastern Central Texas Sub-Regional Planning Commission over the Trans-Texas Corridor. via North Texas e-News

“When he was backing up he hit the electrical pole and knocked down the wire the wire hit the ground and started the grassfire”

Updated: Feb 27, 2008 5:15pm Several structures were threatened by a large grassfire Wednesday south of Temple. via KCEN

Autopsy results Friday confirmed the identity of a 53-year-old Central Texas man found dead of a gunshot wound in a burning trailer on Feb. via KWTX

A Bell County man died early Wednesday after being trapped in his trailer as it burned to the ground. via KWTX

“I think it's a wonderful thing they're doing”

THINGS MOO-VIN' KIND OF SLOW

Kaylee Walschak, 13, of Mumford was restless.

'They need to pick it up,' she said.

She had already been waiting 45 minutes Wednesday for the weighing and sifting of junior steers.

She and her group of friends had waited 14 hours to get into the barn on Tuesday.

They spent 12 hours in one spot.

They cooked barbecue, which also kept them warm on that cold, windy day.

So what do they do all that time?

'We just talk,' said Kristen Schuler, 17, of Bryan. Read more

Charles Brady Community Editor Published January 23, 2008 04:00 PM CST One person was killed and 10 people were injured in a plethora of traffic accidents which occurred in the bi-county area since Monday. via Monett Times

Updated: Jan 22, 2008 7:22pm Bell County commissioners lifted the county's burn ban this morning. via KCEN