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Local residents are invited to attend a grand reopening event at the Village Square in Killeen next month. Francine Hamilton, the broker and owner of Dwelling Place Realty — a new business at the Village Square on Stan Schlueter Loop in Killeen — is also hosting the reopening event that is welcoming all of the businesses in the square back after COVID-19 restrictions. There are also two other new businesses in the square, Dreams of Beauty by Warnita and Creation Station Learning Acade...

Dutch Bros Coffee plans to open two Temple shops by early next year. The Oregon-based coffee chain will open sites at 6520 W. Adams Ave. and another at 201 N. General Bruce Drive off Interstate 35 near Temple High School, 415 N. 31st St. “We’re so excited for our two upcoming shops in Temple,” company spokesperson Rilynn Davis said in an email. “We’ve started construction at 6520 W. Adams Ave. (in) Temple, TX, and are still in the planning process on North General (Bruc...

Harker Heights chamber and city to host awards celebration on May 12 The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce and the City of Harker Heights will be hosting an awards banquet and celebration on May 12 in Belton. The community is invited to visit the La Rio Mansion, 4501 Dice Grove Road, in Belton, from 6 to 8 p.m. May 12. Open seating is $25 per person and reserved tables are $200 for eight seats. EXIT Realty affiliated offices welcome new team members Elma Garnett and Judith Brown have joined EX...

More than 8,900 motor vehicle registrations are estimated to be expired in Bell County as a state waiver for vehicle titles and registrations ends late Wednesday evening. Beginning Thursday morning, law enforcement agencies — including the Texas Department of Public Safety — may begin issuing citations to motorists operating a vehicle without a current registration sticker or receipt. “There is no grace period after the April 14, 2021, deadline,” DPS said in a news release. ...

As Texas opens up vaccinations to all adults, vaccine doses in Bell County have become as hard to get as toilet paper was during the early stages of the pandemic. County officials are encouraging people who are unable to find appointments at county sites to look to partners in the community such as local hospitals. While there are many appointments each week, people in need of first or second doses will need to be patient as there are more people who are trying to get the vaccine than doses. Th...

Bell County will have six vaccine sites for residents this week including those operated by Baylor Scott & White, Seton Medical Center and AdventHealth, County Judge David Blackburn said.

Many local events were canceled within the past few weeks because of the bad weather, but luckily a few have been rescheduled and are upcoming. So, check the listing below to see if one of the things that you were looking forward to has a new date that you can attend instead. Local Events The Phantom Warrior Four-Person Golf Scramble will begin at noon Feb. 26 at the Courses of Clear Creek, 52381 Battalion Ave., Fort Hood. On-site registration is from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Cost is $40 per person, lu...

The mobile food pantry is a ministry of the church. Distribution is done in a drive-thru format. Volunteers will come through the lines checking people in and getting the number of families and the number of individuals being served. Each family receives around 50 to 60 pounds of food, which usually includes fresh produce, fresh dairy, fresh meats and other non-perishable goods. Also during the distribution, the Innovation Black Chamber of Commerce was planning to distribute more than 1,500 cas...

A new hair and cosmetics shop in Killeen cut the ribbon for its grand opening this week. She Jay’s Hair Collection, an online business selling beauty products, now also has a physical location in south Killeen. The business is located at 2707 E. Stan Schlueter Loop, Suite 105. Shenice Jones is the CEO and founder of the business and she spoke about the ribbon cutting from Monday. “Yes, I feel great about it. My favorite part about the ribbon cutting was that the mayor was able to show...

Free COVID-19 virtual counseling service offered by phone or tele-video Texans Recovering Together COVID-19 Virtual Counseling Program offers free, short-term crisis counseling by phone or tele-video for individuals, families, and groups living in Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Lampasas, Lee, Milam and Williamson counties. The program operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will respond to requests for counseling within one ho...