HARKER HEIGHTS — A husband-and-wife team who were honored with the Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year award thought they were just attendees at the chamber’s annual banquet last week.

Representatives from Smile Doctors Braces in Harker Heights were all smiles after being honored with the Large Business of the Year award by the Heights Chamber of Commerce at the annual banquet and ceremony last week.

Habitat for Humanity fundraiser

Dozens of people, young and old, gathered at 1000 S. WS Young Drive, holding candles and offering their condolences. Their only connection: They were all regular customers of the 7-Eleven at this address.

An insulation manufacturer whose plant is in Nolanville laid off 13 employees this week, according to Gloria Blauvelt, with the Nolanville Economic Development Corporation.

The local radio station KIIZ-FM 92.3 is undergoing organizational reconstruction by its parent company, which has resulted in laying off local personnel.

Interstate construction is promising to take front stage in Nolanville in 2020, following a year a city beautification projects and new business developments.

Employees and customers of a 7-Eleven in Killeen are remembering fondly a store clerk — known to many as “Ms. Janet” — who passed away earlier this week.

BELTON—During a status hearing on Tuesday for a Killeen capital murder case, the court heard a brief medical update on the defendant.

The Cefco on Main Street in Nolanville is being expanded and the new building is expected to be opened in the summer of this year, according to Kessler Pamplin, the brand manager for Cefco.

The Central Texas College Continuing Education department will offer a new course on improving business processes through business continuity management, or BCM, methodology. Overview of Business Continuity classes will be held each Friday, Jan. 24 through Feb. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. The class…

Hometown Heroes Awards Banquet

Texas Home Health Hospice now has an office in Killeen.

Central Texas College CTC held its annual service awards ceremony recently to recognize those employees who reached their service anniversary date in 2019 with at least 10 years of service. Nearly 70 employees with a combined 1,175 years of service received commemorative service pins and gifts.

A new call center is being added to a current business focusing on helping people with substance use problems in Killeen.

The Central Texas College Career Center announced online registration for its upcoming annual career fair is now open. This year’s event will be held Wednesday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Anderson Campus Center (Building 156).

The new Jeep store next door to Freedom Jeep Chrysler in Killeen is continuing construction and should be done by the end of March, according to Mitch Connell, one of the owners of the dealership. Connell said the pavement construction is under way and should be completed by the middle of th…

Ribbon Cutting: Texas Home Health Hospice

Providing a nutritious, locally sourced meal to her patrons motivates the owner of a relatively new eatery in downtown Killeen that also offers cooking classes.

More than 50 women gathered in one of the ballrooms at the Killeen Civic & Conference Center Saturday to network and learn how to better themselves professionally and personally.

The Cefco convenience store, 100 S. Main St., in Nolanville, is expanding, according to Kara Escajeda, Nolanville's city manager.

Recent initiatives by the Trump administration to limit flavor options for e-cigarettes negatively impact the industry and vapers, according to Killeen area vape shop owners and managers, who say amendments to the policy announced Thursday leave some space for hope.

Businesses in Killeen and Harker Heights are shutting down and combining into a new business in Nolanville.

A Harker Heights business gave away a brand new motorcycle this week to give back to its customers.

As the year 2019 comes to a close, Killeen-area chambers of commerce officials are reflecting on the past and preparing for improvements ahead.

Women’s Leadership Brunch

Stocks fell on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday amid global jitters about a virus outbreak in China.

Tesla will be able to sell and service its vehicles in the backyard of Detroit’s three automakers under a lawsuit settlement, a person briefed on the matter says.

NEW YORK (AP) — The travel and lodging industries were hit hard Tuesday as a virus in China claimed more victims and spread outside that nation's borders.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Greta Thunberg isn't easily intimidated.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin formed his new Cabinet Tuesday, replacing many of its members but keeping his foreign, defense and finance ministers in place.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to rethink part of his key Brexit bill and restore a promise to reunite child refugees with family members in the U.K.

LONDON (AP) — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Money, it’s a gas. Unless you need to borrow some from your parents. Then it’s a conversation many adults will avoid at all costs, even if it means paying for groceries with couch nickels.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, making it highly unlikely that the justices would decide the case before the 2020 election.

PARIS (AP) — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, protesting workers cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday, plunging homes into darkness and shutting down trains to one of the capital's main airports.

BEIJING (AP) — Stock and oil prices fell Tuesday as concern about the potential impact of a Chinese disease outbreak increased and a rating agency cut Hong Kong's credit rating for official borrowing due to political tension.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A decision by the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its economic growth forecast for India is adding to pressure on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his policies.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans hit a hurdle Monday when Parliament’s upper chamber told the government to give European Union citizens living in the U.K. physical proof of their right to remain after the country leaves the bloc.

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s major oil fields and production facilities remained closed on Monday, its national oil company said, in a sign that the country's east-based forces are not backing down after an international summit to end the Libyan civil war.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Climate issues are set to be one of the main talking points at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos this week, but a survey of CEOs released Monday shows that they are not even ranked among the top ten threats to business growth.

PARIS (AP) — Paris commuters who have battled through six weeks of misery-inducing transport strikes found their smiles again Monday as some subway workers ended their walkouts against a contested overhaul of France's pension system.