Bell County News

From staff reports Country music star Dierks Bentley is excited and honored to spend his July Fourth with the soldiers and families of Fort Hood, he said last week.

BELL COUNTY a 'Firefighters from several Bell County departments battled a wildfire Thursday east of Salado.

From staff reports The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 flu continues to climb in Central Texas.

By Rebecca LaFlure Killeen Daily Herald The Killeen Independent School District announced its first confirmed case of swine flu Tuesday.

Firefighters rescued a dog Friday from a burning home in rural Bell County. The fire broke out at around 3 p.m. Friday in the utility room of the one-story home at 6271 Three Forks Road between Belton and Little River-Academy. Firefighters from Little River-Academy responded and called for support from the Holland Volunteer Fire Department.

A Killeen man was in the Coryell County Jail Thursday charged in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl.

Milton Britt Crowe, 54, of Temple, who evidently had an attack of conscience and confessed in April that he killed his wife 15 years ago, has been indicted for murder.

That pushes the total number of confirmed cases in Central Texas to more than 160.

Three cities surrounding one Central Texas community still haven't come to a conclusion about who can expand, and where.

One man is in police custody after leading police on a high speed chase from Killeen all the way to Belton on Highway 190 Tuesday night.

A Gatesville man stabbed himself Friday before being arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled teen, according to a press release from Coryell County Sheriff Johnny Burks.

Testimony is set to begin today in the trial of a former Bell County youth baseball coach who is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald Several Maxdale and Ding Dong residents are opposing a proposed power line project for aesthetic and financial reasons.

KILLEEN a 'Killeen police arrested two adults and two juveniles in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins, but only after a chase, a crash and a foot pursuit.

BELTON a 'The Bell County Grand Jury has indicted Jaquinn Keith Williams, 21, of Belton for attempted capital murder and possession of marijuana over four ounces and Samantha J. Paul, 22, of Temple for possession of marijuana over four ounces in connection with a drug raid in Temple in which they and a Temple police officer were wounded in an ...

By Hayley Kappes Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - A Belton man was charged Wednesday with attempted capital murder of a Temple police officer during a narcotics search.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald Bell County Sheriff's Office investigators remained unsure Monday as to whether a Killeen man's death Friday was the result of injuries sustained in an accident or from multiple bee stings.

High temperatures and little rainfall have put a lot of stress on those who rely on full stock tanks and tall green grass for their horses.

By Hayley Kappes Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The Bell County jail staff was honored Monday for passing the Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection and certification for the 23rd year in a row.

The executive director of the Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter, Cynthia Livingston says she hopes some Bell County ministries will help if Martha's Kitchen shuts down.