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FORT HOOD – The 1st Medical Brigade welcomed a new commander this week during a change of command ceremony at the First Army Division West parade field.
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A Belton man was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of indecency with a child, both second-degree felonies.
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Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mary Alice “Tuke” Shoemaker at the Central Texas Stave Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
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The skepticism in the rooms was palpable when U.S. Army leaders met with soldiers at Fort Hood in recent days to check in on the embattled base, which has been stricken with violence and eroded morale over the past year.
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Following the death of longtime Killeen City Councilmember Jim Kilpatrick on Jan. 5, the council is preparing to move forward to find his successor.
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A viewing is being held today for Tuke Shoemaker, wife of the late retired Gen. Robert M. “Bob” Shoemaker. The visitation is at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen from 5 to 8 p.m. and open to the public.
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Traffic is backed up at Fort Hood entry gates today due to Sunday's snow causing a delayed work day for soldiers.
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The wreaths at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery glistened in the bright Texas sun for the final time Saturday until November.
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As of Wednesday, the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System had vaccinated about 1,900 people, a Veterans Affairs spokesman said.
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Mostly sunny skies should greet volunteers Saturday at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery for the annual wreath retrieval, according to the National Weather Service.
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Services have been finalized for Tuke Shoemaker, wife of the late retired Gen. Robert M. “Bob” Shoemaker.
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The 1st Cavalry Division posted on its Facebook page Tuesday that the distinctive insignia of the division was officially approved by the Army on Jan. 5, 1922.
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A fourth trial date has been set in the case of a Killeen woman who is accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen last year.
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A prescribed burn is going on today on Fort Hood in conjunction with the US Fish and Wildlife Service from Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, and with Fort Hood’s Natural and Cultural Resources Management Branch.
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A defense bill expected to pass the U.S. Senate this weekend will force Fort Hood to change its name.
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A Killeen businessman and Vietnam veteran has been battling the coronavirus during the holidays.
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Fort Hood is expected to do prescribed burns of three live fire areas on Saturday and Sunday, post officials announced Thursday.
This past year has not been good for Fort Hood. Murders, missing soldiers and suicides catapulted the post into the national news spotlight in 2020, sparking an investigation by an independent review committee that could potentially change the way the Department of Defense as a whole conduct…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans a day after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill.
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A jury trial that had been set for a Killeen woman who allegedly helped a man cover up his murder of Vanessa Guillen likely will be delayed for a third time.
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One entry gate into Liberty Village, a Fort Hood housing area, is closed through 3 p.m. Jan. 3, Fort Hood officials announced on Facebook.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a major defense bill that the House and Senate passed by overwhelming margins, setting the stage for Congress to override his veto for the first time, just weeks before he leaves office.
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A Fort Hood soldier died from injuries he sustained in a vehicle accident Friday on State Highway 195 near Georgetown, according to his Army unit at Fort Hood.
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Military family organization and Killeen Food Care Center provided meals for local military families
Military connected families in the Killeen and Fort Hood area received Christmas meals from the Killeen Food Care Center on Tuesday.
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Close to $50 million in construction projects are slated for Fort Hood in the fiscal year 2021 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Appropriations bill.
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A prescribed burn is going on today on Fort Hood in conjunction with the US Fish and Wildlife Service from Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, and with Fort Hood’s Natural and Cultural Resources Management Branch.
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The Killeen Food Care Center came though for area families for Thanksgiving, and along with other organizations and companies, is gearing up to do so again for the Christmas holiday.
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Thursday homicide marks 30th in Killeen, ties record set in 1991
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III Corps and Fort Hood Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur “Cliff” Burgoyne III, the top enlisted soldier at Fort Hood, has been suspended pending an investigation, U.S. Army Forces Command announced Friday evening in a news release.
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The final straw came when Staff Sgt. Ricketta Bryant, a single mother, was giving her daughter a bath.
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Fort Hood’s Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center received its initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine and began inoculating healthcare workers and first responders within hours Tuesday, igniting hope that there is a light at the end of the global pandemic tunnel, officials said.
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At Fort Hood, sexual assaults and harassment claims are “significantly” underreported, the program to prevent such incidents is structurally flawed, there are no established procedures for when a soldier doesn’t show up for duty, and Army detectives who work at Fort Hood are understaffed, in…
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The League of United Latin American Citizens marked an important date for Catholics with a prayer event for all missing soldiers near Fort Hood’s east gate Saturday.
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A culture change is coming to the Army and Fort Hood, according to Army top leaders who updated the media Tuesday on the findings of an independent review of Fort Hood’s command climate.
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FORT HOOD — In the wake of the Army releasing the findings of the Independent Review Committee at Fort Hood — which resulted in the firing or suspension of 14 leaders — Lt. Gen. Pat White, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood, addressed the way forward Tuesday to regain trust across the form…
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KILLEEN — Although he has only been to the annual laying of the wreaths a few times in its 13-year history at the state veterans cemetery, Robert Kitchenmaster, president of the Harker Heights Rotary Club, recalled a moment he said he will never forget.
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The attorneys for a Killeen man who is set to be executed on Thursday for his role in a 1999 double murder intend to file the case with an appeals court after a federal judge in Indiana denied their motions to halt the execution.
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Army and Fort Hood leadership will be briefing the media on the Fort Hood Independent Review this week.
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Does Killeen need a public facility corporation? This is the question the city council wants answered before any decision is made on setting one up.
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One man is dead after a major vehicle rollover on Interstate Highway 14 near the Clear Creek Road overpass Wednesday afternoon.
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Attorneys representing former Killeen man Brandon Bernard have secured a virtual hearing with a U.S. District Judge in Waco in an attempt to halt his execution, scheduled for next week.
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Under a sky of gray clouds, hundreds of people paid their respects to veterans and their family members who have been laid to rest at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
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Despite a 90% chance of rain in the forecast Saturday, the annual laying of the wreaths is still on as scheduled.
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