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1 week ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — KILLEEN, TX (KXXV) — For Pastor Lenworth Sealey, faith and action go hand in hand. Leading Killeen’s New Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church since 2021, Sealey has long been committed to improving the community. But after witnessing the heartbreak surrounding the death of 14-year-old Serenity Baker on March 10, he knew it was time for urgent action.
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1 week ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
Melissa Davis hoped to celebrate her son’s athletic accomplishments at Tuesday’s Killeen ISD board meeting. Instead, she was shocked to find herself locked out of the building. “When we got here, the doors are locked for nobody to go in, so that was a big shocker, because, you know, it is a public school building. So to get here and being told that you could come in at a certain time, and the doors will be locked, is kind of shocking,” Davis explained.
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2 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — KILLEEN, TX (KXXV) — The Killeen community remains shaken after the death of 14-year-old Serenity Baker, but Dalton Rudd, founder of the Boys Matter to Men mentorship program, refuses to let the conversation fade. At the most recent Killeen ISD board meeting, Rudd urged district leaders to take meaningful action.
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2 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — Nearly a month after the tragic stabbing of 14-year-old Serenity Baker at Roy J. Smith Middle School, Killeen ISD Superintendent Dr. Jo Ann Fey sat down for an exclusive with 25 News reporter Josh Crawford to discuss key developments in the district. Among the pressing topics were the resignation of Dr. Robert Lilly, security improvements, and leadership changes at Smith Middle School.
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2 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Baileigh Sheffield |Josh Crawford
UPDATED STORY: Dr. Lilly and his legal counsel released a statement to 25 News reporter Josh Crawford shortly after Killeen ISD released documentation of Lilly's resignation. In my communications with Dr. Lilly last night, he did, in fact, confirm that on March 28th, through his attorney, he provided a resignation effective the last day of his contract, which is June 30, 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford |Baileigh Sheffield
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — The Killeen Independent School District announced during a board meeting on April 3 that Dr. Frederick Lilly had resigned as principal of Roy J. Smith Middle School. However, 25 News has learned this may not be the full story. Less than 15 minutes before the district’s press conference, 25 News reporter Josh Crawford personally spoke with Dr. Lilly at 5:45 p.m., when he rejected KISD’s latest resignation offer. Despite this, the board publicly stated that Lilly had resigned.
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2 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — As Killeen ISD continues to grapple with the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Serenity Baker, Superintendent Dr. Jo Ann Fey reports an uptick in bullying complaints from the community. While the district has long maintained an online bullying reporting system, Fey says recent events have led to an increased number of cases. “As for the original bully reporter that we’ve always used, there has been an uptick of cases,” Fey explained.
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2 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV0 — In the aftermath of the tragic stabbing of 14-year-old Serenity Baker at Roy J. Smith Middle School, Ray Garner, a concerned parent, made the difficult decision to pull his daughter from the school during her extended spring break. An incident Garner witnessed left him questioning the district’s handling of the tragedy.
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3 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — In the wake of the fatal stabbing of Serenity Baker at Roy J. Smith Middle School, Dr. Rodney Duckett, an Army veteran and founder of a juvenile reform nonprofit, is pushing for proactive safety measures in Killeen ISD. From organizing town halls to give concerned parents a platform, Duckett is advocating for community-driven involvement in school security.
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4 weeks ago | 
kxxv.com | Josh Crawford
KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — After a deadly shooting Tuesday night near Griffith Loop in Killeen claimed the life of one man and injured three children, Royette Holmes, the mother of the injured children, believes the attack was not random but deeply personal. Holmes shared that the suspect had been friends with her son, and tensions had escalated in the days leading up to the shooting. “It wasn’t random. The boy who did it, he’s actually been friends with my son. They’re friends, talking all year.
