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2 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
A severe weather threat for Sunday evening is expected, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. With the metroplex taking the brunt of severe storms and high winds, the Killeen area should expect to experience some high winds and the possibility of storms.
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3 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer The Killeen Police Department released its annual report for 2024 in late May which included statistics and clearer explanations of operations during 2024, than in past years. The report gives totals for key, but not all, crime incidents and in some instances compares them to numbers from 2023.
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3 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer HARKER HEIGHTS --The Stewart C. Meyer Public Library in Harker Heights hosts a weekly storytime program for youngsters and their parents, and this week's theme was, "Let's Pretend to be Astronauts."Library Director Lisa Youngblood uses storytime to promote literacy and other cognitive skills based on a variety of themes which are age-appropriate and kid-friendly.
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3 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer The Leon Valley District of the Longhorn Council, Scouting America, will honor Bell County Sheriff Bill Cooke during the Killeen Silver Eagle Luncheon Thursday at Central Texas College. This special event, which begins at noon, will bring together community leaders, dedicated volunteers and supporters of Scouting to recognize outstanding achievements and to invest in the next generation of leaders.
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3 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer With most of the Killeen-Fort Cavazos area receiving anywhere from .25 to 1.5 inches of rain overnight, the rest of the week will be hot and humid, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Meteorologist Sarah Barnes said the overnight storms accounted for the first rainfall of the month.
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1 month ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer Two heavy rounds of storms moved through the area Monday - one just before 7 a.m. and the other around 8:30 p.m., bringing frequent lightning and heavy rain for the Killeen-Fort Cavazos area. Fort Worth-based National Weather Service Meterologist Matt Stalley said Killeen recorded 0.8 inches of rain from the morning storms, but some area readings were significantly higher.
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1 month ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer The city of Killeen canceled its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery because of bad weather Monday, but that didn't stop some service members and families who showed up at the cemetery from reflecting on the somber holiday. "My dad would've worked in the rain and thunderstorms," Craig Wilson, 15, said. "There's no reason we can't take time to remember the soldiers that did that for our country."
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1 month ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
By By Jana Lynn Kilcrease | Herald Staff Writer Two heavy rounds of storms moved through the area Monday - one just before 7 a.m. and the other around 8:30 p.m., bringing frequent lightning and heavy rain for the Killeen-Fort Cavazos area. Fort Worth-based National Weather Service Meterologist Matt Stalley said Killeen recorded 0.8 inches of rain from the morning storms, but some area readings were significantly higher.
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1 month ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jana Lynn Kilcrease
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth is reporting a slight increase in hot weather through Tuesday with high temperatures in the low 90s, dipping back into the 80s for the rest of the week. According to meteorologists, a wavy frontal boundary will meander in place from the southern Rockies eastward through Texas/Oklahoma and into the Southeast.
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1 month ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jada Holcomb |Jana Lynn Kilcrease
Following another great rodeo season in Killeen, the Rodeo Killeen Association brought three trucks full of food to Nyle Maxwell in Killeen to donate to local food drives in the area. The food amounted to over 5,000 pounds of canned food from last weekend's event.
