Salado News

The piecemeal expansion of Interstate 35 to six lanes would extend an additional 29.6 miles between Salado and Hillsboro, at a cost of about $1.1 billion, under a recommendation Thursday by Texas Department of Transportation staff.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald Debbie Charbonneau, Salado's tourism director, is a busy woman.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON Aurora Yauk, 8, of Temple takes part in an audience participation activity as Lynn Watson, of the Lewisville Roughneck Gunslingers, demonstrates during the Salado Founders Day Festival Saturday in Salado.

From staff reports The Village of Salado will hold the inaugural Founders Day Festival marking the 150th celebration of the founding of Salado College with a lineup of non-stop events today through Sunday.

Flooding forced the closure of half of the parks and boat ramps at lake Waco. Those areas are expected to be closed for at least two weeks.

The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District will conduct a drive-through, seasonal FluMist vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of Waco Charter School, 615 N. 25th St.

In a big white tent pitched near Buttermilk Creek, archaeologists and volunteers are on their knees, scraping away sticky black clay a few tablespoons at a time.

By Matt Goodman Killeen Daily Herald Retired Army sergeant major and Killeen business owner Sam Kanouse died in his Salado home Tuesday from leukemia.

Herald/DAVID MORRIS Stephen Richter carries a fruit parfait with house granola to waiting customers partaking in the final meal of the three-day chocolate festival in Salado.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald NOLANVILLE - The City Council held two meetings on Monday to work on the 2009-10 fiscal year budget.

It started with one drop, then another and another. It was just one too many for the Salado area, which received more than 12 inches of rain.

MapSpace! After days of flooding rain has plagued Texas, the storm triggering the rain will finally creep slowly away.

The Bell County town of Salado is stuck with $600,000 worth of damage from the fast-moving flood waters that overflowed Salado Creek Friday and Saturday, uprooting trees and damaging homes.

Herald/CATRINA RAWSON The Salado Creek bridge reopened Monday after flooding damaged it Friday.

Betty Blackson picked Salado for a peaceful weekend with the girls to celebrate her 60th birthday.

People in Salado spent Monday cleaning up the town after heavy rains over the weekend caused the Salado Creek to jump its banks and flood parts of the town.

After two days of non- stop rain, Salado resident Roy Tyson is ready for a break.

More than a dozen people evacuated their homes because of severe flooding in Salado Creek.

Rain in Salado is causing water-levels to rise again Saturday. According to Salado Volunteer Fire Chief Shane Berrier, the Salado Creek is rising at a rate of about one foot per hour, causing the water to rapidly grow out of its banks.

Residents of Williamson and Bell Counties were happy to see more than 15 inches of rain fall in less than a 24-hour period Friday.