A status hearing is set for Monday in the case of a Killeen man who has been awaiting a jury trial on a capital murder charge from nearly seven years ago.
Marvin Louis Guy, 56, is accused of shooting a Killeen Police Department detective, who later died, during a no-knock raid on Guyâs residence on Circle M Drive in 2014. Guy has claimed self-defense, saying that he did not know it was police entering his residence.
KPD SWAT Detective Charles âChuckâ Dinwiddie and three other officers were shot on May 9, 2014, and Dinwiddie died in a hospital two days later.
Guy has been held in the Bell County Jail since being booked on May 10, 2014.
Mar. 4—The clock on Grand Forks County's mask mandate is ticking. No hurry, as far as we're concerned, but it's an encouraging sign as spring breaks and, hopefully, the pandemic begins to break with it. Dr. Joel Walz, the county health officer, has declared that if the virus stays in the "low" risk category for 14 straight days, he'll rescind the order that requires masks in most businesses .
After being under a citywide boil-water notice for several days, Harker Heights residents may soon be relieved of their expectations to take the precautionary measure before consumption.
Assistant City Manager Jerry Bark said via email Friday that the city anticipates the notice to be lifted Saturday.
âResults are not back but the lab water testing site is overwhelmed with other Texas City samples,â Bark said.
Part of the reason it has taken the city of Harker Heights so long to lift its notice is because the city has disinfected its four water storage tanks.
Bark said Thursday that it is his understanding that disinfection of the water tanks is required by the Texas Commission on Economic Quality when water tanks go empty and/or if water pressure is lost in the water mains, citing Texas Administrative Code Chapter 290.
A candidate has withdrawn from the Kempner City Council race, leaving only one contested race for the May 1 election in the small city west of Copperas Cove.
John Clark III filed to run for Place 4 of Kempner City Council against Gerald Daniel Long on Feb. 12, the last day to file for a place on the ballot.
After some second thoughts, Clark, who is a Herald writing correspondent, told the Herald he would not have time to fulfill the duties if elected and decided to withdraw.
âMr. John Clark III has officially been withdrawn from the May 2021 Election as of Friday, February 19th,â city secretary Hayleigh Robello said via email Wednesday.
Feb. 22—With Grand Forks County unemployment down to 3.4%, now comes a challenge The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Grand Forks County has fallen dramatically from its peak shortly after the beginning of the pandemic, but the region may need to see an influx of new people to fill available jobs, the Herald's Adam Kurtz reports. Unemployment peaked at 9.2% in April, when .