Fort Hood officials said the Bernie Beck Gate traffic pattern will be adjusted, starting this evening between 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. Friday while the digital information boards on the Santa Fe Bridge Overpass are replaced.
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FORT HOOD — 1st Armored Combat team from the 1st Cavalry Division brought in some Air Force firepower — in the form of B-52 bombers from the 96th Bomb Squardon from Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana— Tuesday for a live-fire exercise.
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Three Army soldiers, including two stationed at Fort Hood, are among the nine men arrested in a prostitution sting that took place this past weekend in Killeen.
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A Fort Hood brigade is scheduled to bring in some Air Force firepower — in the form of B-52 bombers — today for a live-fire exercise.
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A public memorial for Fort Hood Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen will take place from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Cesar Chavez High School, 8501 Howard Drive in Houston.
FORT HOOD — 550 Fort Hood troops were sent to the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland where they arrived July 16. The deployment included troops from the 1st Cavalry Division 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team for training exercises.
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NOLANVILLE — More than 75 people showed up Saturday morning for the unveiling of 12 murals at Monarch Park in Nolanville.
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While many expressed their support and stressed the importance of Fort Hood to the Killeen area, local community leaders and activists also asked about the Army’s sexual harassment and assault prevention program, Fort Hood’s involvement with local schools and even possible psychological eval…
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A Fort Hood brigade is scheduled to bring in some Air Force firepower — in the form of B-52 bombers — next week for a live-fire exercise.
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A memorial was held at Fort Hood this week for Pfc. Brandon Rosecrans, who police say was killed by gunfire May 18 in Harker Heights.
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The family of Vanessa Guillen will continue with their peaceful protests in Killeen today, according to Find Vanessa Guillen Facebook page.
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A Killeen man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Fort Hood soldier, police said on Thursday.
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Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy met with Killeen-area community leaders this morning at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center.
Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy is visiting Fort Hood this week to “engage with local civilian and military leadership and to conduct sensing sessions with enlisted soldiers and junior officers,” according to a news release issued by Fort Hood on Wednesday.
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Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy is visiting Fort Hood this week to “engage with local civilian and military leadership and to conduct sensing sessions with enlisted soldiers and junior officers,” according to a news release issued by Fort Hood on Wednesday.
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Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy will arrive in Killeen today and is scheduled to speak with Fort Hood officials, local government and civic leaders today and Thursday about Fort Hood, which has faced heavy criticism in recent months after the death of a female soldier drew nationwide …
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FORT HOOD — Fort Hood officials on Tuesday released the name of a soldier whose body was recovered after a boating incident on Stillhouse Hollow Lake on Sunday.
One of the Killeen men convicted of murdering two youth pastors in 1999 at Fort Hood is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 at U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas man accused of threatening a mass shooting at Fort Hood in retaliation for the slaying of a Fort Hood soldier has been released on bond, jail records showed Monday.
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The mother of Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales, the Fort Hood soldier who was found dead in early June, visited her son’s memorial in Killeen for the first time on Saturday.
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A Coryell County grand jury indicted one man for allegedly beating a child, and also indicted a Gatesville man after police said he injured two police officers and bashed a woman’s Jeep.
A fatal crash was reported over the weekend on Interstate Highway 14 in the westbound lanes near Killeen, state police said.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A military seafaring assault vehicle that sank off the coast of Southern California is under hundreds of feet of water, putting it beyond the reach of divers and complicating rescue efforts for eight missing troops, officials said Friday.
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One day after the family of slain Fort Hood soldier Spc. Vanessa Guillen met with President Donald Trump, a few dozen people gathered at the intersection of North Fort Hood Street and West Rancier Avenue to continue asking for justice.
FORT HOOD — Soldiers of the Army’s 7th Cavalry Regiment including 1st Squadron and 2nd Battalion from Fort Hood, and 5th Squadron from Fort Stewart, Georgia, celebrated the regiment’s birthday at Fort Hood’s Cooper Field Friday where they hosted a variety of competitions between 18 competito…
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The man that shot a protester in Austin on July 25 has been identified as a sergeant from Fort Hood.
Two Killeen men were indicted by a Bell County grand jury on third-degree felony charges after police said that one man attacked a security guard last year and another man injured a police officer and a nurse.
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On the same day a funeral was held for Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales in his hometown of Sepulpa, Oklahoma, his unit also held a memorial for him at Fort Hood.
WIC on Wheels will be available to recertify, load benefits, or qualify a new participant from its mobile set up from 8 a.m. to noon July 31 at Clear Creek Exchange, Building 4250, Clear Creek Road, Fort Hood.
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Fort Hood officials have announced new travel restrictions to five Texas counties due to an increase in coronavirus cases in the areas.
Local nonprofit Bring Everyone In The Zone is hosting its annual training and appreciation event in the parking lot of 204 Priest Drive in Killeen from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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President Donald Trump met with the family of Spc. Vanessa Guillen and its lawyer, Natalie Khawam, in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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The attorney for a Killeen woman charged in the death case of Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillen is asking a federal judge to impose a gag order in the case.
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The funeral service for Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales, a Fort Hood solider who was found dead in Killeen last month, was held Thursday morning at the First Baptist Church in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
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The Secretary of the Army has announced the five civilian experts who will lead the independent review of Fort Hood.
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An Army inspector general found that more than a third of female soldiers at Fort Hood who were surveyed said they have been sexually harassed.
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For the first time since she was reported missing on April 22, the family of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen and their attorney will have the chance to meet with President Donald Trump Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred on by President Donald Trump's demand to pull troops out of Germany, the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,600 to other countries in Europe, American defense leaders said Wednesday, detailing a Pentagon plan that will cost billions of dollars…
WASHINGTON — A congressional hearing Wednesday on sexual harassment, assault and bullying in the military, held in the wake of the murder at Fort Hood of a female soldier, spotlighted how the Defense Department and the Coast Guard continue to fail to protect women service members from abuse …
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Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, III Corps and Fort Hood deputy commander, hosted members of local governments and nonprofits at the Heart of Texas Defense Alliance on Monday in Killeen to brief them on the state of affairs at the installation.
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The Department of the Army is in the process of putting together an independent review panel to look into the command climate and culture at Fort Hood.
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Three state representatives came to Killeen on Friday to show their support for Spc. Vanessa Guillen and her family during the weekly rally near the intersection of West Rancier Avenue and North Fort Hood Street, near Fort Hood’s east gate.
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The Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport will have a new hangar, thanks to a $1.52 million federal grant.
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A new Jimmy John’s sandwich shop is now open on Fort Hood.
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The remains of Fort Hood soldier Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales will be returning to his hometown of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, for funeral services and burial, according to his mother, Kim Wedel.
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