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The Belton Independent School District moved forward in preparations for a 12th elementary school on Monday when trustees approved the hiring of a construction manager at-risk — a hire, who will begin working with architects in exploring designs. During a meeting last month, the Belton ISD school board authorized Superintendent Matt Smith to issue a Request for Proposals for the position. Mike Morgan, Belton ISD’s assistant superintendent of operations, said Smith’s request — which inquired about proposed fees for construction management and pre-construction services â€�...

After announcing that its director, Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, was leaving earlier this week, the Bell County Public Health District did not update their COVID-19 dashboard Friday. Due to the learning curve required to update the dashboard, the district announced that it would pause its updates until such time as the incidence rate of the virus rises above 80 cases per 100,000 people. While Bell County will not update their dashboard, other counties and local school districts are continuing to do so. Milam County showed on its website Friday that they had five active cases of COVID-19, with...

After early voting for local elections ended Tuesday night, three more cities have now reported the total number of votes they have seen so far. Multiple entities across the county are currently holding elections for municipal seats as well as seats on school boards and the issuance of new bonds. Election Day voting is set from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Temple officials reported Wednesday that the city saw 3,267 ballots cast during early voting between the two races it is hosting at its sites from 1,641 voters. The Temple mayoral race between incumbent Tim Davis and challenger Richard Arwood...

Curative, which has partnered with Bell County to give COVID-19 vaccinations, is opening a clinic in Temple starting Tuesday. The new clinic is set to be located in Temple at Vista Community Church, 7051 Stonehollow Drive, and will be open from Tuesday through Thursday. Similar to the Curative clinic in Killeen opened last week, at Leo Buckley Stadium 500 N. 38th St., the Temple location will offer 1,500 vaccination appointments each week. The clinic’s operating hours are from 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Wednesday appointments ranging from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. County Judge David B...

The Bell County Public Health District announced 11 new COVID-19 related deaths on Monday, as cumulative cases near 20,000. Active cases dropped to 1,370 — 137 fewer than its last update on Friday. On Thursday, Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said local health officials anticipated that COVID-19 related deaths in Bell County would rise. “I expect to see more added for the next several days as we receive certificate updates from our period of high hospitalizations,” she said at the time. The county death toll is now 276. Bell County has now totaled 19,669 cases,...