Bell County News

It took firefighters 12 hours overnight to control a brush fire Monday in Bell County.

Updated: Jul 6, 2008 11:19pm It's been a weekend of grassfires across the area. A second major fire sparked up Sunday in Bell County.

Police were closing several roads to traffic early Sunday afternoon because of a spreading grassfire in the area of Featherline and Chaparral south of Killeen that was threatening a trailer park.

Two more victims have been identified by police officials in the Aggravated Sexual Assualt case involving former Youth Baseball League coach, William Jacobsen.

From staff reports Two more people came forward this weekend alleging they were sexually assaulted by a Little River-Academy youth baseball coach identified by the Bell County Sheriff's office last week of ...

Updated: Jul 2, 2008 10:37pm A woman is in stable condition after her car went off the road in Bell County and crashed into a trailer.

Two men and one woman were apprehended after they allegedly burglarized a house in Killeen.

Herald/David Morris Sandra Lamb, of Scurry, 45 miles southeast of Dallas, talks to her husband, Larry, on the phone while unloading fireworks at her stand Tuesday morning on State Highway 195 south of Killeen.

Updated: Jun 30, 2008 6:41pm The state of Texas is in another widespread drought.

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald A double homicide that shocked the community almost a year ago has also stumped the Killeen Police Department.

From staff reports Killeen police arrested four people making headway on three burglaries since Tuesday.

Whitney Nicole Salinas, 21, was already in the Bell County Jail when authorities served her this week with an arrest warrant charging burglary of a habitation.

By Justin Cox Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - A Bell County jury found a Killeen man not guilty by means of reasonable doubt of sexually assaulting an underage girl at her home last year.

A head on collision Sunday afternoon just east of Heidenheimer in Bell County left one man dead and two other people seriously injured.

People living downstream from a Hill Country development say they're willing to take their fight for clean water to court, even though some groups that protested the plan have reached a settlement.

Fort Hood Sgt. Oliver Laurence Jones, 35, died Saturday when he failed to negotiate a turn on his motorcycle while riding on FM 2484 in Bell County.

Bell County residents without health insurance will soon be able to sign up for some much needed relief.

By Justin Cox Killeen Daily Herald A Killeen man is heading to jail after violating his probation for the second time.

By Justin Cox Killeen Daily Herald A four-time felon could be facing life in prison after he was indicted Wednesday in connection with an incident in which he allegedly dislocated the shoulder of a Temple ...

On June 13, 1875, Miriam Amanda Ferguson, known as "Ma," was born in Bell County, Texas.