The temporary closure of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 14 between Paddy Hamilton Road in Nolanville and FM 2410/Simmons Road in Belton will continue another 24 hours, a Texas Department of Public Safety release said.
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One person died Monday night in a two-vehicle collision near FM 935 in Troy, Troy Police Chief Gary O. Smith confirmed Tuesday.
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A three-vehicle wreck on eastbound Interstate 14 slowed down traffic to just outside of Copperas Cove Tuesday morning.
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The Texas Department of Transportation has temporarily closed the eastbound lanes of I-14 between Paddy Hamilton Road, in Nolanville, and FM 2410, in Belton. The temporary closure, which started Monday afternoon, is necessary in order to conduct a detailed assessment of existing drill shafts…
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An accident involving an 18-wheeler is slowing southbound traffic on Interstate 35 in Belton just south of the Interstate 14 overpass.
Gas prices have officially dropped below $2 per gallon in the Central Texas area. The lowest price in the area is currently $1.99 at Sam’s Club in Harker Heights, 600 W. Central Texas Expressway, according to gasbuddy.com.
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The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $2.19 in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area on Saturday.
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BELTON — A jump in the number of accident calls on Interstates 35 and 14 prompted the Belton Police Department to ask the Texas Department of Public Safety to respond first to crashes on the state thoroughfares.
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Construction work continues on a portion of O.W. Curry Drive in Killeen. The work is being done on a stretch of the road that intersects East Central Texas Expressway and runs past Applebee’s, Academy Sports + Outdoors and the Hampton Inn.
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A Salado Police Department patrol car was totaled Wednesday night because a vehicle didn’t move over on Interstate 35 for an emergency vehicle. Salado Police Officer Castillo wasn’t injured.
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A minor traffic accident took place on Florence Road near Jasper Drive in Central Killeen around 8:40 a.m. Friday.
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A motorcycle wreck was reported this morning near the 3000 block of South W.S. Young Drive in Killeen.
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Traffic signal lights are not operating this morning at an intersection on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Killeen.
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.
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Pharmaceutical campaigns preach about “eye love” and taking dry eyes seriously. What might seem exaggerated on TV, is actually a health condition you don’t want to brush off.
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The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $2.22 in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area on Saturday.
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A vehicle was rolled over on East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen today. The vehicle was partially in the parking lot of the First Texas Bank in Killeen.
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BELTON — A teenager was injured Thursday morning in a collision near Stillhouse Hollow Lake.
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Interstate construction is promising to take front stage in Nolanville in 2020, following a year a city beautification projects and new business developments.
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A portion of O W Curry Drive in Killeen, from Central Texas Expressway to the rear of Academy Sports, is now closed from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays for road construction, according to a press release issued by the city.
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The Copperas Cove Police Department has released the names of the driver and pedestrian in the fatal hit and run Monday morning.
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The driver in a fatal hit and run from Dec. 21 in Killeen has turned himself in, according to a Killeen Police Department news release. He is now being held at Bell County Jail.
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The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $2.25 in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area on Saturday.
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Temple Police officers responded to a pedestrian vs. vehicle accident Thursday night at Third Street and Elm Avenue in Temple. The adult male pedestrian was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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A Tuesday afternoon police pursuit ended in Killeen with the arrest of one man, police said.
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The driver of a Hyundai Elantra traveling at an unsafe speed and making an unsafe lane change caused a three-vehicle collision that included a rollover on Interstate 14 in central Killeen Monday, police said on Tuesday.
The speed limit on Interstate 14 has officially been reduced from 75 mph to 65 mph between Farm to Market 3423 (Indian Trail) in Harker Heights through Nolanville to the overpass at Farm-to-Market 2410 in Belton now that the Texas Department of Transportation has replaced the temporary speed…
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A 16-yea-old McGregor youth reportedly died in a car wreck in Coryell County.
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BELTON — Central Texas local governments are rallying behind a proposed grant to improve roads on Fort Hood.
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A vehicle flipped over in a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 14 in Killeen Monday morning.
The speed limit on Interstate 14 has officially been reduced from 75 mph to 65 mph between Farm to Market 3423 (Indian Trail) in Harker Heights through Nolanville to the overpass at Farm-to-Market 2410 in Belton now that the Texas Department of Transportation has replaced the temporary speed…
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The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $2.26 in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area on Saturday.
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A Belton man died Wednesday after he was ejected Monday from a bicycle he rode by a driver allegedly impaired by the setting sun.
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The Texas Department of Transportation will close Main Street at the Main Street bridge/culvert at Rock Creek on Sunday in downtown Salado, according to a Village of Salado news release.
A pretrial hearing date was set on Thursday for two Killeen women accused of beating a 12-year-old child with clubs last year.
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Area law enforcement agencies are not reporting many alcohol-related crashes and incidents over the holidays, however, state police said they believe alcohol was a factor in a Wednesday Coryell County rollover and a few incidents involving alcohol appeared on local police reports this week.
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Killeen police have located the vehicle and the driver involved in a fatal hit and run from Dec. 21, according to a news release by KPD spokeswoman Ofelia Miramontez.
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NOLANVILLE — A bicyclist had incapacitating injuries from a Monday afternoon collision with a woman allegedly blinded by the setting sun, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said Thursday.
The speed limit on Interstate 14 will be temporarily reduced from 75 mph to 65 mph between Farm to Market 3423 (Indian Trail) in Harker Heights through Nolanville to the overpass at Farm-to-Market 2410 in Belton beginning Jan. 6, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Trans…
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The yearly national average for a gallon of gas in 2022 will be $2.60, according to a news release from GasBuddy.com. That average is two cents lower than the national average in 2019.
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The speed limit on Interstate 14 will be temporarily reduced from 75 mph to 65 mph between Farm to Market 3423 (Indian Trail) in Harker Heights through Nolanville to the overpass at Farm-to-Market 2410 in Belton, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Transportation.
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One man was wounded in an overnight shooting, and Killeen police are investigating.
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The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $2.24 in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area on Saturday.
Some teachers waited for months to finally receive a special gift recently. Others waited a lot longer.
The last weekend of 2019 brings a lot of opportunities for local live music, as well as some last-minute holiday cheer with BLORA’s Nature in Lights and holiday movie favorites at the Mayborn Science Theater.
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