BELTON â Those celebrating Memorial Day will be able to make it more colorful and louder this year after an order by the county this week.
The sale of fireworks during the days leading up to the holiday was approved by the Bell County Commissioners Court Monday in a unanimous 5-0 vote. Fireworks stands will be able to open from midnight on May 26 to May 31 to sell their products.
County Judge David Blackburn said Texas normally allows the sale of fireworks around New Yearâs Eve and the Fourth of July but the county can allow the sale at other times of the year.
The incidence rate of COVID-19 cases in the county remained mostly level Monday despite one new death, according to the Bell County Public Health District.
Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said the incidence rate only went up slightly to 84.6 cases per 100,000 people. The previous rate â last recorded on Thursday â was 81 cases per 100,000 people.
âWe added one additional death for a new total of 422,â Robison-Chadwell said. âThe new death was for a man in his 50s in Killeen.â
The county currently has 307 active cases of the virus for a total of 21,952 cases and 21,223 recoveries.
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BELTON â West Temple area resident Savannah Stroud said sheâs seen an increase in crime in her neighborhood as a result of local game rooms.
Stroud, who addressed the Bell County Commissioners Court Monday during a public hearing on the game room ordinance, said she was in support of the new ordinance.
âCrime in this neighborhood, and I have been in this neighborhood for seven years, has never been this high,â Stroud said of the Lake Belton peninsula that includes parts of West Temple and Bell County.
Commissioners heard from those for and against the ordinance â which has been debated for months â during a mandated public hearing required by state law before the measure could be voted on.