Saturday matinee and evening shows, weekday matinees, a Laser Friday extravaganza and Classic Movie Nite are among the ongoing attractions this month at Central Texas College’s Mayborn Science Theater in Killeen.
Saturday matinee and evening shows, weekday matinees, a Laser Friday extravaganza and Classic Movie Nite are among the ongoing attractions this month at Central Texas College’s Mayborn Science Theater in Killeen.
TEMPLE — School students throughout Copperas Cove Independent School District showed their appreciation to hospitalized veterans with construction paper, glue, glitter and a lot of red and pink hearts. With more than 1,000 valentines in heart-shaped baskets and decorated bags, Miniature Miss…
KILLEEN — Veterans in Central Texas can receive free dental work Friday and Saturday at Fairway Middle School, 701 Whitlow Drive, Killeen. The free dental work is part of a charity event of the Texas Mission of Mercy.
New Orleans is famous for its annual Mardi Gras festival, but right here in the great state of Texas, the folks down in Galveston will also take to the streets beginning this weekend for their own two-week celebration of feasting and merriment preceding the season of Lent.
Copperas Cove High School foreign exchange student Joe Garabedian marveled at the might of the American military. As Fort Hood soldiers from the 3d Cavalry Regiment demonstrated their warfighting equipment, the foreign exchange student from Lebanon stayed back to examine each piece even afte…
Cody McQueen plays drums, guitar, keyboards, mandolin and ukulele, is an accomplished scuba diver and instructor, builds custom computers and enjoys watching movies — especially when he is one of the actors up on the big screen.
HARKER HEIGHTS — The Armed Services YMCA in Harker Heights hosted its first 5K race at Purser Family Park on Feb. 1.
Sometimes it is just not feasible for soldiers to make it to a dining facility for a meal. Whether the nearest dining facility is too far to get to or isn’t open, at times the only option to get a meal is to run to the nearest fast food restaurant.
KILLEEN — Fort Hood officials and the Texas Department of the Public Safety released information Friday about a Williamson County wreck last weekend that claimed the lives of three people, including two soldiers.
KILLEEN — Maj. Gen. Jeff Broadwater, 1st Cavalry Division commanding general, gave insight into the future plans of his division’s brigades during the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce Military Relations Council luncheon Jan. 29.
It was a solemn occasion on Jan. 29 as the 1st Cavalry Division Honor Guard marched on the colors at the Phantom Warrior Center. The invocation was given and the 1st Cavalry Division Band played the national anthem as the crowd of soldiers and veterans saluted the flag.
The “Ironhorse” Brigade welcomed a new senior enlisted advisor on Friday during a ceremony at Cooper Field.
“Contact 12 o’clock!”
One of the two U.S. congressmen responsible for Fort Hood stopped by post on Thursday to check the progress being made on single soldiers’ living quarters.
Boat lovers and water sports enthusiasts are converging from ports far and wide this week on the Houston International Boat, Sport & Travel Show, where more than 1,000 powerboats, luxury cruisers, fishing boats and personal watercraft will be on display.
At 5-feet, 2-inches tall and 115 or so pounds, Larissa Gehring may not look like someone who pumps iron at the gym. But the mother of one and staff sergeant in the Army National Guard more than holds her own as a member of Fort Hood’s championship Phantom Warrior Powerlifting Team.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA — The steam from the hot cup of coffee floated in the air past a monitor showing various thermal camera angles of the same scene. A shot of a M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle sitting in a battle position. A shot of the mountainside the Bradley is facing in the distance where p…
President Donald J. Trump on Thursday ordered the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani after the death of an American contractor and wounding of four U.S. troops in a rocket attack against a military base in northern Baghdad, Iraq, which housed U.S. troops.
KILLEEN — Being on a one-year-tour to Korea, Staff Sgt. Armando Martinez thought spending Christmas with his family was not possible this year.
COPPERAS COVE — The only sounds coming from the room was the rattle of balls, the calling of numbers and the quiet “swish” of players stamping cards.
The past year was a busy one for Fort Hood. Deployments, redeployments, training and more filled calendar year 2019 for the troops stationed at “The Great Place,” along with many changes in unit leadership.
KILLEEN — An Austin-based nonprofit came to the aid of homeless veterans in Killeen on Dec. 14, 2019, hoping to bring a little cheer as the holiday season began.
Ah, Christmas is finally here.
Armed with white, mesh nets and fanned out in a training area, biologists and volunteers, from the Adaptive and Integrative Management program, can be found searching for monarch butterflies at Fort Hood.
Contamination has been a continuous problem at Fort Hood Recycle. Plagued with non-recyclable materials like food waste, diapers and sharps, the recycle program is having to deal with dead animal remains on a weekly basis.
KILLEEN — Members of the Killeen-area community gathered together on Sunday to enjoy a Christmas meal and camaraderie at the Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9191.
KILLEEN — After immigrating to Chicago, Ali Ouali had difficulty finding employment, so she turned to the legacy of service she had witnessed through her father and grandparents’ military service to their native countries.
It’s Christmas day, and children around the world are waking up with excitement and running to see what Santa left them under the Christmas tree. Then running to wake their parents, so they can get to the good part — opening them.
From now through Dec. 28, youngsters and the young-at-heart can take a charming holiday train ride aboard The Polar Express, a 60-minute adventure based on the 2004 Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks, courtesy of the historic Texas State Railroad.
COPPERAS COVE — Operation Stand Down Central Texas didn’t pull up in a sleigh, but they were bringing Santa Claus — played by Kipp Miller — and bags of Christmas gifts to the Copperas Cove Nursing and Rehabilitation center Monday morning. The organization was delivering holiday cheer and pre…
BELTON — The cost to enter the Nature in Lights Christmas display at Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area increased this year, but so have the number of displays and events.
For members of the military community it is no exception to spend the holidays away from home. Deployments, training schedules and changing duty stations affect holiday celebrations in many ways.
Fort Hood officials unveiled a new, recently installed, 171-camera surveillance system during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Robert Gray Army Airfield on Dec. 11.
Fort Hood and III Corps leadership invited the local military community to kick off the holiday season with their annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony Thursday evening.
It’s that time of year again! Free Christmas tree for our troops.
HARKER HEIGHTS — If there’s one thing that’s deeply ingrained in veterans, it’s helping each other.
KILLEEN — The annual Snowball Express took off at the Killen-Fort Hood Regional Airport early Saturday morning to send Gold Star families from surrounding areas on a five-day long retreat to Disney World.
Fort Hood’s popular Nature in Lights display is a well-known holiday tradition throughout the Central Texas area, and the military post also offers a number of other activities to celebrate the season, including a free Christmas tree giveaway this weekend for junior enlisted personnel.
The Junior ROTC cadets from Copperas Cove High School’s Bulldawg Battalion are no strangers to the kindness of the soldiers of the school’s adopt-a-school unit, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment.
KILLEEN — More than 100 people stood in line at Texas A&M University-Central Texas waiting to be shuttled to the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery to help place a wreath on every grave — nearly 10,000.
The 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade celebrated their 75th anniversary Nov. 22 at the Phantom Warrior Center on Fort Hood.
The Spirit of Fort Hood Chapel was eerily silent on Monday, even though the chapel was packed to capacity.
In an annual tradition, two Fort Hood dining facilities took home bragging rights as the best dining facilities for the Thanksgiving competition.
The soldiers of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, received the body of one of their own Tuesday during a dignified transfer of Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Knadle to his family.
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