With concern continuing to rise over the ongoing global threat of the coronavirus, it is unclear how the transition of Fort Hood soldiers overseas — and in particular those stationed in South Korea — will be handled in the coming weeks and months.

Families living in privatized post housing now have a formal Bill of Rights ensuring quality housing and fair treatment after Secretary of Defense Mark Esper signed the document on Tuesday.

The Army has reported that a first U.S. solider has tested positive for coronavirus while in South Korea, according to the Associated Press. This brings up concerns about what will happen to the estimated 1,500 Fort Hood soldiers still stationed in the country.

Update 10:30 a.m.: Fort Hood officials said it is unlikely that any Fort Hood soldiers operating in South Korea have been exposed to the coronavirus as a result of the first reported case of a U.S. soldier in South Korea contracting coronavirus, but they are still taking the spread of the vi…

Update 9:30 a.m.: Fort Hood officials said the aircraft transporting Fort Hood soldiers home from South Korea has made it to the U.S. and the soldiers have been cleared to see their families.

FORT HOOD — Wratten Drive on Fort Hood will close to traffic starting today through March 16 for renovations.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, PYEONGTAEK, Republic of Korea - A military dependent living on an American military installation in South Korea tested positive for coronavirus, making this the first time a post-related individual has tested positive for the virus, the South Korea Centers for Disease Control…

FORT HOOD — Lt. Gen. Lee Quintas, the deputy commander of U.S. Forces Command, hosted a farewell ceremony on Friday for Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Kamper, the outgoing III Corps deputy commander for maneuvers.

The Veterans Crisis Line in Killeen is looking for volunteer responders, according to the organization’s Facebook page.

This weekend is packed with events tailored to a variety of interests and hobbies. The semi-annual Hood Howdy event will be at Club Hood, welcoming new soldiers and their families to Fort Hood. If golfing with friends is your thing, check out the Phantom Warrior Golf Scramble, or head to the…

A total of 84 dentists, 84 dental assistants and 30 dental hygienists and students — all volunteers — are expected to offer free dental care for veterans in Killeen this weekend.

III Corps and local U.S. Army recruiters will host a Career Expo on March 3 and 4 for high school juniors and seniors that is expected to draw more than 9,000 students to Fort Hood.

FORT HOOD — Nearly half of the roughly 4,000 Fort Hood soldiers from Fort Hood’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division are now home from a deployment to Korea.

The Central Texas Chapter of the Military Officer Association of America will host John. S. Vasser, provost of University of Mary Hardin Baylor, as the guest speaker at its monthly member meeting on Friday.

Central Texas College will host a military history presentation in the campus library at noon Feb. 25. Featured speaker is Steve Draper, director/curator of Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division Museum. Also scheduled are Texas A&M University-Central Texas faculty members Timothy Hemmis, assi…

Grammy-winning singer and Austin native, Ciara, is coming to Fort Hood in March.

COPPERAS COVE — Brandon Brown attracted local attention as he decided to give a Christmas card to each of his fellow students at Copperas Cove Junior High last December.

The chairman of the Texas Veterans Land Board is asking people to attend the funeral service for a Navy veteran who will be buried this week in Killeen, with no family expected to attend.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Spring Fling on March 9 will feature the San Antonio kennel manager for nonprofit K9s for Warriors as a guest speaker.

The chairman of the Texas Veterans Land Board is asking people to attend the funeral service for a Navy veteran who will be buried this week in Killeen, with no family expected to attend.

One Facebook message sent to Killeen ISD about one special teacher led to a surprise reunion of a family of six Friday morning.

The first few hundred soldiers of about 4,000 troops from Fort Hood’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are beginning to return home after a deployment to South Korea.

FORT HOOD — Fort Hood soldiers have a new option for getting a meal on post as the The Culinary Outpost food truck opened up for business on Thursday in front of III Corps headquarters.

The National Mounted Warfare Foundation has raised its goal of $10.9 million needed to build Phase I of a new, state-of-the-art museum near Fort Hood’s main gate.

FORT HOOD — The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse,” 1st Cavalry Division, welcomed a new command sergeant major on Friday during a ceremony at Fort Hood’s Cooper Field.

Maj. Gen. Jeff Broadwater, commander of Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division, talked about the readiness and future of his brigades at the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce Military Relations Council luncheon on Wednesday.

FORT HOOD — The lives of two Gold Star spouses were changed forever on Friday when they each received a refurbished Nissan Altima through the National Auto Body Council’s Recycled Rides program.

FORT HOOD — Fifteen students, mostly soldiers transitioning out of the Army, graduated from Caliber Collision’s Changing Lanes course on Friday during a ceremony at the Phantom Warrior Center.

FORT HOOD — U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, toured some of the barracks under construction on Fort Hood on Thursday to see the progress being made on soldiers’ living quarters.

If you hear booms in the distance, the sounds may be from a Fort Hood artillery unit conducting live-fire training this week