Belton News

BELL COUNTY a 'The Bell County Sheriffa TMs Office is investigating how a car wound up submerged early Saturday morning in Lake Belton with the lights on, but no one at the wheel.

By Matt Goodman Killeen Daily Herald Belton-area doctors, police officers, firefighters, hotel managers, pharmacists and other professionals hosted 25 Belton High School seniors at their workplaces Wednesday as part of the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce Job Shadow Day.

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 Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - Voting concludes today on a contested $29 million bond election for a new Belton middle school.

Jean Wadlington, 79, of Belton, Texas passed October 30, 2009 at 6:54 am in the comfort of her home.

By Nick Talbot Killeen Daily Herald ROUND ROCK - Not much can outrun Belton's Regan Tindell.

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

By Hailey Persinger Killeen Daily Herald As early voting draws to a close and next week's election nears, Belton Independent School District officials hope for a higher voter turnout for its bond election than it had in May.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The city of Belton took its first steps toward compliance with the Texas Department of Transportation's plan to widen Interstate 35 from Farm-to-Market 2484 in Salado to U.S. Highway 190 in Belton.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The photos showed a 53-year-old woman lying in the fetal position on the ground.

From staff reports TEMPLE - The Vaccines for Influenza Prevention in Schools research project has started immunizing school children in the Temple-Belton area against the new H1N1 influenza virus, commonly known as swine flu.

A town hall meeting is scheduled this weekend to discuss a series of sexual assaults targeting elderly women living in rural areas of Central Texas.

Investigators from three Central Texas counties and the Texas Rangers met Wednesday to compare notes on a series of attacks on elderly women living in rural areas that may be the work of a serial rapist.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - A man from Sealy was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing a Killeen man with a gun-shaped cigarette lighter and a toy gun.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - Monday night, the city of Belton hosted the first of four ice cream socials aimed at gathering input about its parks and recreation system in preparation for development planned for next year.

Anyone who has ever strived to make a dream come true can often relate to the phrase, a oeIta s my time.a The time has come for Jennie Walker, a native to Bell County, to make her dream of being a record producing singer come true.

Saturday, Oct. 17, is the Downtown Belton Merchants Association second annual Octoberfest, joined this year by the Capt.

For the next two weeks, the Belton Team of Champions and the City of Belton will be hosting an ice cream social and community meeting to get the publica s input about the park system in Belton.

A family of Four is being treated this afternoon following a two vehicle wreck. Belton Police say a truck travelling on George Wilson Road ran a stop sign striking a truck headed southbound on the Highway 190 access road.

By Dirk Aaron Bell County Extension The Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District of Bell County and the Bell County Extension Office will again be hosting the annual water symposium Nov.