Troy News

By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald The holiday weekend wasn't only hot because of 100-degree heat; fireworks ignited more than 50 fires in Bell County from Friday through Sunday.

High heat and no rain is nothing new to parts of Central Texas. But a corn, wheat, and cow-calf producer in Bell and Fall counties, says to have two years in a row this dry, is a little unusual.

From staff reports PENDLETON - A 21-year-old Troy man tried all he could to escape Bell County deputies Thursday, but it wasn't enough.

The Texas Senate Monday selected Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, to be the body's president pro tempore.

Authorities continue to try to identify a man who died after he was hit while crossing Interstate 35 south of Waco.

An accident in Bell County along Interstate 35 created a traffic jam early Friday evening.

" Temple Parks & Leisure Services invite the public to enjoy a night of vittles and fun at the Hee Haw Hayride musical comedy.

Herald/Catrina Rawson Drivers pass by a red-light camera Monday on W.S. Young Drive in Killeen.

Troy Water Department officials say service will be interrupted at intermittent times throughout the week so crews can perform maintenance and make needed changes to the water system.

LAND: Vasudev Properties purchased 7.5 acres on Garden Road in Pearland from the estate of Luther Sawyer.

By Hayley Kappes Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The Bell County Commissioners and Judge Jon Burrows received official responses from local state legislators regarding a House bill that would prohibit unfunded mandates.

By Hayley Kappes Killeen Daily Herald Bell County Judge Jon Burrows wants to see unfunded mandates prohibited by the state Legislature, and he's taken proactive measures to have his voice heard.

Firefighters were getting the upper hand Wednesday evening on one wind-whipped grassfire along Interstate 35, but other fires were still burning.

The Texas Rangers and the Falls County District Attorney's Office are investigating allegations that a former Rosebud police officer choked a 17-year-old boy to the ground during a traffic stop.

Herald/Steven Doll A New Beginning School of Massage student Katrina Cannon, of Troy, does a massage demonstration on fellow student Devin Stovall, of Killeen, during class on Tuesday evening at the school.

The proposed tax increase would be 2 percent and would almost double the amount of money the Bell County Expo Center generates.

Herald/Catrina Rawson McKenzi Powell, 12, of Troy, participates Sunday in the cloverleaf barrels competition during the annual Bell County Youth Fair and Livestock Show at the Bell County Expo Center.

A smoky fire hampered northbound traffic along Interstate 35 at the 308 mile marker Tuesday morning for about an hour.

Casebolt was driving north Friday afternoon on the interstate when his truck veered off the highway into the median between Troy and Bruceville-Eddy. The truck traveled about a mile in the median until it ...

Herald/SHEENA WILLIAMS Flaring fountains are cartridges that spurt out a brilliant stream of sparks.