Army veteran and registered dietitian Maria McConville, spouse of Gen. James C. McConville, chief of staff of the Army, spent Thursday getting reacquainted with Fort Hood and everything it has
KILLEEN — Workforce Solutions of Central Texas accepted a $7.8 million check from the Texas Workforce Commission during a ceremony Jan. 27 at the Workforce Solutions of Central Texas –
Longtime Belton journalist and historian Berneta Peeples died Sunday at a Belton nursing home at age 103.
A July 29, 2001, Telegram story described how Peeples, then 83, was named the Central Texas Workforce Areaâs 2001 Outstanding Older Worker for a seven-county area and honored by the Bell County Commissioners Court.
âOur 27-member board gave her a standing ovation,â said Susan Kamas, executive director for the Central Texas Workforce Development Board.
Peeples began working at the Belton Journal as a âcub reporterâ when she was just 13 and on and off continued her reporting duties there into her mid-90s.
Her longevity drew recognition from The Dallas Morning News, which featured her in an article the Telegram picked up on Nov. 7, 2013.