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The incidence rate of COVID-19 cases in the county remained mostly level Monday despite one new death, according to the Bell County Public Health District.
Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said the incidence rate only went up slightly to 84.6 cases per 100,000 people. The previous rate â last recorded on Thursday â was 81 cases per 100,000 people.
âWe added one additional death for a new total of 422,â Robison-Chadwell said. âThe new death was for a man in his 50s in Killeen.â
The county currently has 307 active cases of the virus for a total of 21,952 cases and 21,223 recoveries.
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BELTON â Just like the area it represents, the offices for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 are now expanding.
The precinctâs office â currently at the Salado Civic Center â will now move to a larger building at 11057 Event Drive in Salado. The planned move comes after the Bell County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the purchase and renovation of the space during their Monday meeting.
The new office, the former Acton Imprimis building, was purchased for $1.65 million â along with architectural services not to exceed $146,550 â and is larger than the current 1,500 square foot office at 7,400 square feet.
Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Cliff Coleman said he was thankful for the Salado Independent School District for allowing the office to be located at the civic center, which it owns, but it was now time for an upgrade.
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BELTON â West Temple area resident Savannah Stroud said sheâs seen an increase in crime in her neighborhood as a result of local game rooms.
Stroud, who addressed the Bell County Commissioners Court Monday during a public hearing on the game room ordinance, said she was in support of the new ordinance.
âCrime in this neighborhood, and I have been in this neighborhood for seven years, has never been this high,â Stroud said of the Lake Belton peninsula that includes parts of West Temple and Bell County.
Commissioners heard from those for and against the ordinance â which has been debated for months â during a mandated public hearing required by state law before the measure could be voted on.