On June 1 residents in District 4 can begin heading to the polls for early voting in the second election to decide their representative. Election Day will be June 12.
UPDATE 12:43 p.m.: The National Weather Service issued a significant weather advisory for the Killeen area at 12:30 p.m. Monday. At 1230 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Copperas Cove, moving east at 35 mph, the alert said.
Penny-sized hail and winds in excess of 40 mph are possible.
Heavy rain continues to be the main threat for the next several days, although strong to severe storms could move through the Killeen area this evening, the National Weather Service said Monday morning.
Rain chances are 30% for Monday during the day and into the evening, according to the NWS forecast.
Mike Wilson, the airport manager in Killeen, spoke on how recovery has gone.
âConsidering what the outlook was looking like in March and April last year, the outlook is totally different,â Wilson said. âEverything is starting to pick up and we are picking up at a much faster pace.â
He added that the airport ended the last four months of 2020 with about 70% to 73% of the passenger volume it was seeing during the same time in 2019.
âThe first two months of 2021 were very low due primarily to the weather events,â Wilson said. âHowever, March and April numbers are very good. In fact, Aprilâs passenger numbers are about 92% of what we had in April of 2019. As of March, most airports in the country are around 65% of the passenger volume compared to this time in 2019,â Wilson said.
The Killeen City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve spending nearly $6 million to help improve the current conditions of 12 streets in Killeen.
The item was originally on the consent agenda and was set to be approved along with eight other items. However, at the beginning of the meeting, the item was removed from the consent agenda and became a discussion item.
Councilwoman Mellisa Brown spoke during the discussion about her concerns over possible insurance or a warranty on the road construction.
Jeffery Reynolds, the cityâs director of public works, said a warranty or something similar is not typically done for this type of work.