Bell County News

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald Bell County voters followed the statewide election trend Tuesday, voting to pass all 11 constitutional amendments on the ballot.

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald Bell County SWAT teams barricaded and evacuated a downtown Killeen apartment complex where Maj.

Killeen was the site of one of the nation's most deadly mass shootings on Oct. 16, 1991.

By Hailey Persinger Killeen Daily Herald Killeen city staff will start work on plans for two concepts proposed for the former First Baptist Church property during the City Council's Tuesday meeting.

AUSTIN a 'The Texas Transportation Commission Thursday approved seven projects around the state worth an estimated $193 million including improvements to U.S. Highway 190 in Bell County that will be funded through the Texas Department of Transportationa TMs pass-through finance program.

Lance Nickolas Mendez, 19, of Killeen, was in the Bell County Jail Friday in lieu of bonds totaling $65,000, charged with three counts of burglary of a vehicle, one count of burglary of a habitation, and one count of tampering with a government record.

The current session of the4 Bell County Grand Jury returned 20 indictments against 20 persons during its Wednesday session.

Herald/Christina Kruse Guest speaker Rick Vasquez listens while an award is presented during JAIL Ministrya s 15th annual banquet at the Bell County Expo Center Tuesday night.

Road rage could be to blame for a deadly accident in Bell County. Police are still on the scene of the wreck on West Adams off 317.

Sheriffs from Bell, Leon and Milam counties met Wednesday to compare notes from investigations on seven different cases of sexual assault and attacks on elderly women across the state.

Sheriffs from three Central Texas counties met Wednesday to compare notes from investigations into seven different cases of assaults on elderly women.

Herald/Steven Doll Ashley Goudeau speaks at the Bell County Judge and Commissionera s Committee on People with Disabilitiesa 29th annual awards ceremony Wednesday at the Bell County Expo Center.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - "Where the 'possum and the badger, and rattlesnakes abound, "And the monstrous stars are winkin' o'er a wilderness profound; "a Where the antelope is grazin' and the lonely plovers call - "It was there that I attended 'The Cowboys' Christmas Ball.'" Bell County will have its first Cowboy Christmas Ball, ...

If you'd like a head-start on November voting, you can hit the polls now for early voting.

From staff reports A Harker Heights man has been charged with first-degree arson in connection with a Dec.

Temple and Killeen have won a total of $2 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rep.

An undercover trafficking investigation led to a large marijuana bust Friday in Killeen.

Texas companies and local governments say they've saved or created about 1,100 jobs with stimulus-funded contracts, in the first statewide look at the impact of the $787 billion package on the state.

BELTON a 'The Bell County Grand Jury has indicted two Fort Hood soldiers in connection with a shooting in August that left a Killeen man dead.

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald A Bell County judge blocked the Killeen Police Department from moving forward with its physical fitness program Friday, citing a possible violation of the officers' rights.