Killeen News

By Rebecca Rose Killeen Daily Herald HARKER HEIGHTS - Following comments from a standing room-only crowd Wednesday, the Harker Heights Planning and Zoning Committee turned down a developer's request to bring luxury town homes to the city.

A Silver Alert was issued Wednesday night for Audrey White, 74, of Killeen, Texas, who left Edmond for her home Wednesday morning but never arrived.

By TIM MONZINGO Staff Writer The race for Wood County sheriff was headed to a runoff election after Tuesday's Republican primary.

By Chris McGuinness Killeen Daily Herald The man who has served as the city's interim manager since March 2011 is one step closer to gaining the job permanently.

COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS On May 28th, 2012 at approximately 10:58 A.M Copperas Cove Police responded to the parking lot of 2720 East Highway 190 regarding an altercation.

Killeen police Tuesday identified a man they want to question in connection with a recent murder and asked for the public's help in finding him.

A Best of the Best Dance with DJ Walter Schupp is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. today at the Lions Club Park Senior Center.

By Chris McGuinness Killeen Daily Herald As summer vacation gets closer for students in the Killeen and Copperas Cove school districts, some likely will be returning to the classroom as early as June.

The following roads will be closed weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, through June 4: Second Street, from Rancier Avenue to Young Avenue Mary Lane, from Zephyr Road to Brock Drive Traffic will be routed around the work zones during this time as city of Killeen crews repair sections of failed roadway and replace asphalt.

By Rose L. Thayer Killeen Daily Herald Despite losing funding for some programs, the Bell County Public Health District is still open and seeing patients.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says Travis Shane Penney, 22, most recently resided in Killeen, but had a permanent address in Lubbock County.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald COPPERAS COVE - A complete homestead tax exemption for 100 percent disabled veterans has city officials searching for ways to recoup the budget losses.

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

The annual Garden of Memory Cemetery meeting begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at the cemetery, State Highway 195, Killeen.

By Colleen Flaherty Killeen Daily Herald Terry Saffron lost part of his jaw and suffered trauma to the brain, among other injuries, during a 2004 deployment to Iraq with what is now the 41st Fires Brigade.

A federalA juryA in Waco, Texas, on FridayA convicted American IslamistA Naser Jason Abdo , a former U.S. Army soldier,A on charges in connection with a July 2011 terroristA bomb plot in Killeen, Texas.

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This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer.

Killeen mom visits 10-day-old son daily at Temple hospital By Rose L. Thayer Killeen Daily Herald The sounds of the neonatal intensive care unit are distinctive.

Jhakeem Antwan Chambers, 22, of Killeen, was in the Bell County Jail Thursday charged with aggravated robbery in the gunpoint holdup of a local restaurant.