Harker Heights News

Local blood centers were asking for donors Thursday evening and churches were beginning to open their doors for residents in search of comfort and fellowship in the wake of the deadly shooting at Fort Hood.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald FORT HOOD - A local mayor near the Fort Hood shooting said soldiers' training helped them to instinctively react to the incident during a college graduation ceremony at Howze Theater.

Marching off to far-away battles used to be a dramatic, once-in-a-generation event at Fort Hood.

Tonight's Copperas Cove vs. Harker Heights football game has been postponed due to the shooting on Fort Hood today.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald A Belton man was indicted by a Bell County grand jury Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald HARKER HEIGHTS - A 26-year-old Harker Heights police officer remained in critical condition Wednesday after being injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 190 Tuesday.

KILLEEN a 'A two-vehicle accident Tuesday evening that may have been caused by a deer on the road closed down a stretch of westbound U.S. Highway 190 between Harker Heights and Killeen and sent to people to area hospitals.

A local animal shelter is trying to figure out what's next after a devastating fire Sunday.

Michael Miller, 26, of Killeen, died in a one-car accident early Sunday morning at mile marker 572 on U.S. 190 between Harker Heights and Nolanville, the Texas Department of Public Safety at Lampasas reported.

Herald/Steven Doll Dressed as a witch, Vanessa Lopez, 7, attends the Halloween Hoopla Saturday evening at Carl Levin Park.

By Matt Goodman Killeen Daily Herald Texas Star Bank, S.S.B. postponed the grand opening of its Harker Heights branch after a portion of a retaining wall made up of 4,200-pound limestone rocks collapsed.

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By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald HARKER HEIGHTS - The City Council elected to negotiate a contract with a new emergency medical services billing service at a Tuesday meeting.

By Hailey Persinger Killeen Daily Herald The 772 students at Harker Heights Elementary School will take home a lesson in combating the flu Thursday.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON Elvira Carrizales of Killeen has her face painted by Ami Kachner of Killeen during the Fest-of-All Sunday at St.

Herald/DAVID MORRIS Eastern Hills eighth-grade history teacher Tracey McDaniels holds up a musket as he teaches his class about the weapons used during the American Revolution.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald The annual 5K run and walk, Monster Dash, which takes place at 8 a.m. Saturday, will have a greater purpose this year.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON Jaleena Frazier, 4 months, has her face painted by her uncle, Cody Shrope, of Harker Heights, as her mother, Erica Pearson, holds her hand, during the Harker Heights Homecoming carnival Saturday at Harker Heights High School.

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

Lito Totoy Beltran of Harker Heights was jailed in lieu of $500, 000 bond after he was arrested on a warrant charging arson in connection with a mobile home fire in 2007 in Killeen that injured three teenagers, one of whom later died.