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Texas-based grocer and retailer H-E-B will no longer charge $4.95 with a minimum purchase of $35 for curbside pickup orders, the company announced in a news release Monday. For free curbside pickup, customers must place an order with a minimum of $35 before discounts, promotions or coupons are applied, the company said. Customers who do not order $35 worth of items will be charged a $2.95 “small basket surcharge,” the release said. “Our goal with H-E-B Curbside is to give Texans ...

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...

A Facebook group dedicated to the Interstate 14 Killeen welcome sign has grown to 1,300 followers in less than a month following the unexpected death of Harker Heights High School student Julianna Allen. Allen, 18, died after hitting the sign, located on I-14 near Stan Schlueter Loop, in the early morning hours of April 16. A family friend of Allen, Alexis McDade-Welch, created The “Welcome to Killeen” Sign Facebook group in January. The group is “dedicated to people that have hi...

Local Samoan residents will soon have a new church in Killeen to congregate. The Samoan Congregational Church of Killeen; aka Samoa-i-Texas (Samoans in Texas), officially kicked off their new building construction on Stan Schlueter Loop, according to a news release from the church. Attendees celebrated with Samoan food, music and dance. Lay Minister Leasina Lefotu opened with prayer and congratulatory remarks followed by group and family photos. Every family was provided a set of personalized h...

An 18-year-old woman has died after being distracted by her cellphone and crashing into a Killeen welcome sign on Interstate 14 early Friday, police said. Shortly before 4 a.m., “officers were dispatched to IH-14 westbound in reference to a 911 call about a major crash. Upon the officers’ arrival, they located a white in color sedan on its roof and on fire,” according to a Killeen Police Department news release. “The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver, single...

A brand new Planet Fitness is under construction off Stan Schlueter Loop near the Walmart. The brand new gym will be a 40,000-square-foot building, and could open in the fourth quarter of this year, said the property developer. David Foor, the vice president of Lovett Commercial, a Houston based real estate developer, said the company was nervous about developing a gym during the pandemic. He said gyms have really taken a hit but Planet Fitness was committed to this project and wanted to build ...

43-year-old Tajuan Carvell Brooks is currently in the Killeen City Jail awaiting arraignment. Author: Celeste Houmard (6News) Updated: 9:44 PM CST March 5, 2021 KILLEEN, Texas — One man is in custody in Killeen after he fled the scene of a crash that involved a police vehicle late Thursday evening. 43-year-old Tajuan Carvell Brooks is currently in the Killeen City Jail awaiting arraignment.  Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Trimmier Road and Sta...

Suspect in Police-Involved Killeen Hit-And-Run Arrested Check out this weird hit-and-run story out of Killeen. According to police, around 9:25 PM Thursday, March 4, Killeen police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Trimmier Road and Stan Schlueter Loop to assist a Killeen Police Sergeant who was involved in a crash. Police say a preliminary investigation revealed that the sergeant was traveling north on Trimmier Road and entered the intersection on a green light when his vehicle...

Man arrested for allegedly crashing into Killeen PD patrol unit, fleeing the scene Police sergeant sustained non-life threatening injuries (Source: Raycom Media) and last updated 2021-03-05 22:05:13-05 KILLEEN, TX — A man has been arrested for allegedly crashing into a police patrol unit and fleeing the scene. According to the Killeen Police Department, around 9:25 p.m. on March 4, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Trimmier Road and Stan Schlueter Loop to help a Killeen Polic...

Killeen area residents planning a trip to the store Friday will find some grocery stores closed and others rationing supplies in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri.