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A Central Texas man was indicted on a murder charge Wednesday in connection with a missing person whose body was found in Killeen. Palmer Grant Contreras — in custody at the Bell County Jail since 2019 — was indicted by a grand jury, court records show. He was arrested on a murder charge in December 2020 in the death of Temple resident Tommy Hebert. Contreras’ bond at the jail is set at $1.2 million. Contreras, 36, was indicted by a Bell County grand jury in August 2019 for trying to hide a black Dodge Ram pickup that belonged to Hebert, who was reported missing in late May 201...

Although the Bell County Public Health District planned to regularly update its COVID-19 dashboard this week, weather-related issues prevented local health officials from releasing figures Wednesday afternoon.“Due to the weather

Although shelters and warming stations could lead to new COVID-19 cases, Amanda Robison-Chadwell, the Bell County Public Health District’s director, said residents should still seek services if they cannot shelter

County spokesman James Stafford told the Telegram that Pfizer notified Bell County regarding the shipment delay. “Our shipment has not left Kalamazoo, Michigan,” he said. “We got a notification from Pfizer that they are not going to ship doses until they know that it can get here on time” Stafford said shipments from Pfizer are packaged with dry ice, and need to arrive at its destination within 24 hours in order to maintain the vaccines’ ultra-cold storage. “Dry ice is needed to maintain proper temperatures in the thermal shipping container,” according to in...

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,...