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City of Killeen considering $5.8 million bid to fix badly damaged roads During the winter storm, Killeen roads were severely damaged, due to existing conditions and the impact of ice and snow on the asphalt. Author: Jasmin Caldwell Updated: 10:24 PM CDT May 5, 2021 KILLEEN, Texas — The City of Killeen is still dealing with the lingering effects of the February winter storm. It is so bad, city council members are considering a $5.8 million bid to repair the roads. "So many people drive on those roads,” said Killeen Mayor Jose Segarra. “I think it is the ci...

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 hard hats and shovels to break ground with. The event had activities for all ages: inflatables for th...

The Killeen City Council will discuss awarding a $5.8 million bid to improve some of the city’s worst streets at Tuesday’s workshop meeting. Lone Star Paving and Texas Materials Group were the only companies to submit bids, according to city documents. On March 23, the council passed a $4.2 million budget amendment to address emergency street repairs from February’s snow and ice storm and lapsed street repairs. The funds are to be used for overlay, milling and striping work on a number well traveled city streets. This project will not focus on spot repairs, but work on larger, ...

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area was $2.51 on Saturday. That’s 1 cent lower than last week, according to AAA.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson gave $5 million to Texas politicians in 2020 By Jeremy Wallace, Austin Bureau © Anthony Kwan / Bloomberg FILE: Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., left, and his wife Miriam Adelson pose for a photograph on the red carpet prior to the opening ceremony of the Parisian Macao casino resort, operated by Sands China Ltd., a unit of Las Vegas Sands Corp., in Macau, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Adelson died Jan. 11 at the age of 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s ...