FORT HOOD â Four soldiers were honored Tuesday for their actions in taking down a gunman at Fort Hood on Feb. 6.
The 3rd Cavalry Regiment âBrave Riflesâ troopers disregarded their own safety and leapt into action when a former soldier visiting the regimental area allegedly opened fire with a handgun, subduing the shooter and taking away the weapon until military police could arrive on scene.
The soldiers were awarded the Army Commendation Medal by the regimentâs commander, Col. Kevin Bradley. They are 2nd Lt. Hayden Lewis, with the regimentâs Longknife Squadron; Staff Sgt. Luis Liendo, Longknife Squadron; Spc. Hayden Allen, Regimental Engineer Squadron; and Spc. Anthony Marinelli, Regimental Engineer Squadron.
HARKER HEIGHTS — Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Chris McPhee moved to Central Texas last summer from Virginia, and so the icy weather conditions last week were not
The Killeen area will receive some welcome sunshine and warmer temperatures this weekend following a week of below freezing weather thanks to Winter Storm Uri.
âIn a nutshell, itâll be much warmer than what weâve seen,â National Weather Service meteorologist Ted Ryan said Friday.
Temperatures will rise to a high of 60 degrees on Sunday, before dipping back down into the low 30s overnight, according to weather.com.
Saturday’s high will be 49 degrees with a low of 38. Monday will see a high of 57 with a low of 33, according to weather.com.
âThat 49 Saturday is going to feel pretty great to a lot of people,â Ryan said.
Killeen, Harker Heights and Copperas Cove residents are coming up on a full week since the last time they received mail.
The last full day of delivery in some areas was Saturday, according to post office spokeswoman Becky Hernandez.
Following the holiday weekend, many postal services across Texas were suspended in response to icy weather and power outages.
Many post offices have reported returning to full service Thursday, but no offices in Killeen, Copperas Cove or Harker Heights are among them, Hernandez said Friday.
According to the latest list released by the U.S. Postal Service, the cities within the 765 zip-code prefix which have returned to service are as follows: Bartlett, Cameron, Hamilton, HIllsboro, Kempner, Kosse, Lampasas, Moody, Mound, Nolanville, Oglesby, Pendleton, Purmela, Rockdale, Rogers, Thorndale, Thrall and Troy.