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Hundreds flock to Cove food truck festival

COPPERAS COVE — After a one-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Copperas Cove food truck festival returned to Cove’s City Park, drawing a crowd of hundreds if not

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Secretary of Army visits Fort Hood Thursday


Wormuth is also the first female secretary of the Army in U.S. history.
During her visit, she got updates on “Operation People First,” met with junior enlisted soldiers, toured barracks, family housing and motorpools.
Operation People First is a campaign aimed at building trust and strengthening bonds for all 90,000 soldiers across III Corps, including Forts Hood, Bliss, Carson, and Riley, according to a press release from the Fort Hood Press Center.
The People First program has three focus areas: getting to know soldiers, certifying leaders, and leaders’ holding leaders accountable for individual and unit actions.
Wormuth held a closed-door listening session with junior enlisted soldiers from several Fort Hood brigades and battalions. Only privates through specialists were included in the hour-long discussion.

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Secretary of Army visits Ft. Hood Thursday

New U.S. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, paid a visit to Fort Hood on Thursday, making it her first visit to a major military installation since assuming her duties

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What to do in the Killeen-Fort Hood area this weekend

Now that school is out, there is a lot of extra time to spend with the family. Take them to the Summer Sunflower Fest at Robinson Family Farm, enjoy some

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Killeen police: Man found shot along roadway has died


The Killeen Police Department released new information Tuesday evening in the Memorial Day shooting of a man in the 2200 block of Dickens Drive.
According to police, the unidentified man who was found on the side of the roadway around 1:21 p.m. Monday suffering from a gunshot wound has died from his injuries.
“The victim succumbed from his injuries on Monday, May 31, 2021,” KPD spokeswoman Ofelia Miramontez said in a news release. “Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson pronounced him deceased at 3:02 p.m.”
Police said the man was immediately transported to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood in critical condition Monday.

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Elections ongoing in Killeen, Harker Heights


Early voting is coming to an end in Harker Heights today, but it’s just beginning in Killeen.
In Killeen, voters will be able to head to the polls to cast ballots in the special District 4 City Council election — which was necessitated when the first election ended with a tie.
Both incumbent Steve Harris and challenger Michael Boyd received 181 votes in the May 1 election. A third candidate, Brockley Moore, finished with 112 votes.
The election to determine the winner between Boyd and Harris will be June 12, with early voting conducted weekdays beginning today and concluding June 8.
The first and last days of early voting will have extended hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting the other days will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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