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Lauren Dodd | Herald Left to Right: Kasen Durcan, 5, Adalyn Durcan, 8, Braiden Meloon, 11, Kaleb Durcan, 11, Tanner Meloon, 16, and Skyler Meloon, 8, take a break after participating in the 1k color fun run at the inagural Monarch Fest in Nolanville Saturday at Monarch Park.
Lauren Dodd | Herald Jesse Barker, of Killeen, helps his daughter Natasha, 2, with her butterfly wings at the inagural Monarch Fest in Monarch Park Saturday hosted by Keep Nolanville Beautiful.
Lauren Dodd | Herald Keep Nolanville Beautiful coordinator Kerry Fillip dances at the inagural Monarch Fest at Monarch Park in Nolanville on Saturday.
Lauren Dodd | Herald Letesia Burrell, of Nolanville, spreads her butterfly wings around Braxlynn Burrell, 8, left, and Katelynn Esson, 8, right, at the inagural Monarch Fest Saturday in Monarch Park hosted by Keep Nolanville Beautiful.
With recent local developments with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Killeen has shifted its focus.
âThe City of Killeen has turned its efforts to vaccinations now that testing is more widely available at places like Walgreens and CVS as well as hospitals and clinics,â city Spokesperson Hilary Shine said by email on Monday after the Herald asked if the city was still facilitating free coronavirus testing as it had in recent months.
The city was doing free drive-thru testing every Monday and Tuesday at the Killeen Special Events Center as recently as Feb. 8 and 9, but that is no longer the case.