For many, perhaps everyone, 2020 will go down as a year theyâd rather forget. However, the huge news that came in 2020 is unforgettable.
By March, the coronavirus had swept into the world, the nation and Central Texas, drastically changing the way people work, shop, eat and live. It ushered in changes to the Killeen-Fort Hood area that will likely leave lasting impacts to the local landscape. It impacted everyone.
A month later, on April 22, a Fort Hood soldier went missing. Frantic searches, protests, blame and a national spotlight on Fort Hood followed. Eventually it was discovered that Spc. Vanessa Guillen had been reportedly killed by a fellow soldier. Her body was found more than two months later near the Leon River south of Temple.
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At its last meeting of 2020, the Killeen City Council hired a new fire chief for the city.
At the meetingâs outset, Mayor Jose Segarra expressed his condolences to the families of former Councilmember Claudia Brown and Judy Kilpatrick, wife of Councilmember Jim Kilpatrick, who both recently passed away.
âItâs sad, the tragedies we have today,â Segarra said.
Kilpatrick and Councilmember Debbie Nash-King were not present for the meeting Tuesday.
In a 5-0 vote, the council approved the hiring of James Kubinski, currently an assistant chief with the Naperville, Illinois, fire department.
City Manager Kent Cagle had earlier announced his intention to hire Kubinski as the next chief of the Killeen Fire Department, following the retirement of Chief Brian Brank in July.
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