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Donna Ward, a Temple schools administrator, can finally cross off one of her goals.

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The Bell County Public Health District identified four new COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday, as active cases reached 3,058 — three more than Monday.

The Bell County Public Health District identified three COVID-19 related fatalities on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 144. “Those were for three women: one from Temple in her 60s, one from Harker Heights in her 80s and another from Killeen in her 80s,” Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said. “Our thoughts go out to their loved ones in this difficult time.” Residents aged 60 years and older now represent about 92 percent of all COVID-19-related deaths in ...

Tuesday was “game-changing” for Bell County’s frontline health care workers as Baylor Scott & White received its first 3,900 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. “This pandemic has weighed heavily on everybody in the country, including our health care workers who have shouldered a huge burden during this crisis. But today, there was optimism and hope,” said Dr. Stephen Sibbitt, chief medical officer for Baylor Scott & White – Temple region. “There was just...