website, on Feb. 19.
The first- and second-place winners from each category at the regional fair will advance to the virtual Texas History Day competition April 24. Winners in Austin will compete in virtual National History Day in June 2021.
Participation in the Heart of Texas Regional History Fair develops academic, artistic and social skills that provide lasting benefit to students in all areas of study. Specifically, students learn to:
Conduct in-depth research,
Read a variety of texts,
Analyze and synthesize information, and
Write and present historical content.
Schools participating this year include: Atlas Academy, Belton High School, Belton New Tech @ Waskow, Brown Homeschool, Cesar Chavez Middle School, Eagle Christian Academy, G.W. Carver Middle School, Gilmer Homeschool, La Vega High School, Lake Belton Middle School, Lorena High School, North Belton Middle School, Olmstead Homeschool, Robinson Junior High School, Shafer Homeschool, South Belton Middle School, Travis
Although Bell Countyâs active COVID-19 cases fell to 1,761 on Wednesday, local health officials identified nine more related deaths.
These latest reported deaths were for two men from Temple in their 70s, a woman from Temple in her 80s, a man from Belton in his 80s, two men from Killeen in their 40s, a man from Killeen in his 50s, a man from Killeen in his 60s and a woman in her 60s from Harker Heights, according to the Bell County Public Health District.
But Amanda Robison-Chadwell, the health districtâs director, continued to emphasize how death records are not reported to the county on the same day as the fatalities.
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The Bell County Public Health District identified eight COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday as active cases fell below 2,000 for the first time since Dec. 29.