Bell County News

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald Property owners in Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties have only days left to decide if they want to protest their appraised values.

By Audrey Spencer Killeen Daily Herald TEMPLE - In 2010, the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center kicked off a three-year pilot program to offer rides to veterans who didn't have a way to make it to their doctors' appointments.

A Fort Hood soldier is dead after a motorcycle crash Saturday night in Bell County, according to local web reports.

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 BELTON - Three Bell County candidates hired political consultants to help reach voters before Tuesday's primary election, according to their latest campaign finance reports.

By Chris McGuinness and Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald As the second week of early voting for the May 29 primary election came to a close Friday, counties in Central Texas were seeing lower voter turnout than in previous years.

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.

By Audrey Spencer Killeen Daily Herald While other parts of Central Texas are struggling to secure staff at polling locations for Tuesday's primary election, Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties report no such issue.

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.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - A Bell County grand jury Wednesday indicted a Killeen man suspected of racing a vehicle through several parking lots on Lowe's Boulevard.

Belton firefighters were hampered by a lack of water as they battled a house fire late Wednesday morning at 7200 East U.S. Highway 190 near the Bell County Flea Market.

A police pursuit that started Tuesday morning in Bell County ended in a crash on Interstate 35 south of Waco.

By Krista M. Madkins Killeen Daily Herald A Killeen man remained in Bell County Jail on Monday after police accused him of passing about $1,500 in counterfeit bills.

This April 9, 2010, file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows U.S. Major Nidal Hasan at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas.

A fire burned 45 acres around Stillhouse Hollow Lake in Harker Heights on Saturday night.

The Bell County Democratic Party reminds voters in Precinct No. 207 to vote on May 29 at the new location, First Baptist Church, 3310 S. W.S. Young Drive, across from the Killeen Civic and Conference Center.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald Moving into the second week of early voting in state party primaries, Central Texas residents in small towns outpaced their larger city-dwelling counterparts in the first week of balloting.

By Philip Jankowski Killeen Daily Herald For the new members of Killeen's City Council, the first week on the job was a fast-paced learning experience.

Before the ladies hit the beach for the Galveston Island Beach Revue on Saturday, the party Friday night will be at Saengerfest Park.